Gerry Wood Dodge is Down From 140 Vipers to Just 15

"Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind)
06/20/2017 at 23:22 • Filed to: Dodge

You may recall that one dealership !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! when news broke Chrysler would be discontinuing them back around October. Then in January, I asked you all to !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! out of the 120 available. Well it looks as if there are only !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at Gerry Wood Dodge. I mean if you missed out on a Ford GT and can’t wait for the ZR1 to be marked up above a brand new NSX then why not grab a Dodge-SRT Viper?

DISCUSSION (11)

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Wobbles the Mind
06/20/2017 at 23:30

Wait, did they actually get an allocation of 140 Vipers? Or did they get denied by Dodge?

Wobbles the Mind > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
06/20/2017 at 23:53

Looks that way. I never saw anything strange over the last six months.

Steve in Manhattan > Wobbles the Mind
06/21/2017 at 00:00

This is another case of not enough enthusiasts stepping up to buy something they claim to want. I recall a couple years ago that they had to idle the factory for a while because of poor sales. And if you want to help, go buy an SS before they go away as well.

BigBlock440 > Steve in Manhattan
06/21/2017 at 08:59

Or it’s a case of new federal airbag regulations being to expensive to implement on a low-volume, comparatively low-cost, hand-built supercar.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Wobbles the Mind
06/21/2017 at 11:51

I mean, why NOT purple?

http://www.gerrywood-dodge.com/new-Salisbury-2017-Dodge-Viper-ADVANCED+AERO+SOLID-1C3BDEDZXHV500432

Steve in Manhattan > BigBlock440
06/21/2017 at 14:38

If that’s the case, then shame on FCA - they have plenty of money, designers, and engineers to throw at the problem.

atfsgeoff > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
06/23/2017 at 10:08

That might be the most gorgeous purple I’ve ever seen on a car.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > atfsgeoff
06/23/2017 at 11:25

It really is stunning...

BigBlock440 > Steve in Manhattan
06/23/2017 at 15:38

But then they’d have to sell the Viper at normal supercar prices, which you hear enough complaints about a $100k dodge, how many would you hear about a $300k Dodge, and how many would they sell?

Steve in Manhattan > BigBlock440
06/23/2017 at 15:50

If it added 10K to the price I’d be surprised. Besides, innovation like that pays off when designing other models.

BigBlock440 > Steve in Manhattan
06/23/2017 at 21:27

They sell like 300 a year, that’s only $300k to design, build, and crash test. They’ll probably do a bit more testing than that. Also, what sort of development could they get from implementing overhead airbags on a 300 unit hand-built car that they didn’t already get from the rest of their lineup?