Since Viper production was halted approximately a year and a
half ago, America has been without a standout muscle car. Stateside muscle car
enthusiasts have been as lost as a senior citizen trying to operate a
navigation system. Well, there is now a light at the end of the
tunnel. Dodge just made an announcement
that will ease those motor enthusiast worries.
No longer will they feel as directionless as a navigation system missing
its SD card.
The Viper is indeed actually coming back, but it will not be
a Dodge. It will be an SRT Product. This is the second brand since the Fiat
takeover that has been splintered off from the Dodge name. The first was Ram Trucks. It is an interesting move to separate Dodge,
Ram Trucks, and now SRT from each other.
I’m not quite sure what they are trying to accomplish. It could be a dumb and we could look back in
a few years and ask ourselves, “what were they thinking?” or we could look back
and think, “what a smart move?” Either way, I am just happy the car that
epitomized American muscle in the last decade will be back on the prowl, or
should I say, “slithering back on the streets.”
Come on, you knew there was no way I would get through this whole thing
without a bad snake joke.
Another great benefit of this announcement is that it will
be sending people back to work; 150 people to be exact. The SRT Viper will be made in the Conner
Plant in Detroit, Michigan. According to
Dodge’s press release, the jobs were first offered to current Chrysler hourly
employees who previously worked at the plant.
The first Viper is expected to roll out the doors in late 2012 as 2013 models.
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