Dodge Viper: books - history, types and construction

Dodge Viper: the full story of the worlds first V-10 Sportscar

Until the Viper was unveiled, Dodge's manufacturing had been focussed on front-wheel drive, mostly four-cylinder powered cars. With the Viper, Dodge showed that it could make a raw, brutal, V10-powered car, that could run with the best American performance cars. At Le Mans, Team Viper showed that the car could also handle turns - so well that it won its class - and all at a fraction of cost of the cars it beat.

Discover the full story of the world's first V10 sports car - Chrysler Corporation's 1990s image building V10 engined sports car: the Dodge Viper. The Viper stunned Americans and showed that Dodge, known for tame cars and minivans, could make a brutal monster of a sports car. This book covers the Viper from concept, to rough rocket, to world-class supercar.

Covers the period 1989 to 2017, and includes the Dodge Viper and SRT Viper, 1989 concept car, 1992 to 2017 production cars; Dodge Ram SRT-10 and Dodge Tomahawk four-wheel 'motorcycle.'

Contents:
- The complete history covering all the Viper years
- Includes the 'Viper-powered' Dodge Ram SRT-10 and Dodge Tomahawk
- Also features some related Chrysler concept cars
- Based on past works, archive material, tech documents, and interviews with people inside and outside of Chrysler, past and present
- Includes coverage of the two factories - Mack and Conner
- Tells the stories (some contradictory!) of how the original concept was created and approved as a real production car
- Talks about some of the issues owners should look out for
- Illustrated with colour photos of each generation
- Covers the "almost sale" of the Viper rights and plan.

Dodge Viper (1992-2002)

Brooklands Portfolio book about the Dodge Viper sports cars from the years 1992-2002. Describes the Dodge Viper RT/10, GTS Coupé, GTS, GTS/R ACR and GTS/ACR.

• The articles, published at the time in the American car magazine Road & Track, provide much information about history, model introductions and technology.
• Also technical specifications, driving impressions, tests, comparison tests, etc.

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