Originally Posted by golfdude
If the Viper moved upmarket, I have doubts that it will do well. Please correct me if I am wrong, but I think that the Ford GT isn't selling too well, and I can't see why the upmarket Viper would do any better.
My 2 cents.
I don't understand where DC is going with the Viper. I've been a fan of the car since it's concept was introduced. I've traveled to see them race (LeMans), but where is this car going? Up market? It's not a Maserati, a Bentley, or that type of upscale road car. It's a beast, that should be have a racing pedigree, which it no longer does. It's over priced and dollar for dollar doesn't deliver the performance of the Vette. Is this the trend for DC? Come up with a concept/initial release and then totally fail on the evolution?
Firepower? My point...don't evolve the XF...just give up and move along to another concept, which will suffer in the mid-high range market. The car will be in the Vette range, it won't have the performance, and it won't be practical. It's a Chrysler, it doesn't have the MB brand, it's gonna have a hard time. Why didn't they just take XF and fix the short comings?
I'll write more but I keep getting "timed out" (can we fix this)?