Dodge Just Fired Everyone in the SRT Division and Shut It Down

[TheBlackAdder]

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Perhaps not fired, reassigned to other areas of the firm. We know how that goes.

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[RainCaster]

1. I couldn't listen to this guy. 4 1/2 mins is all I could take

I've had two Vipers over the years, both built at the CAAP. many wonderful and unique cars have been built in that plant over the years. Vipers, Prowlers, Hemi/SRT Challengers... IMO, the Vipers were the best by far. That was a plant for motorheads, similar to GM's Bowling Green plant.

[Cirque du So-What]

3. At one time, I was in possession of the die that stamped the hood of every 2nd generation Viper

I sold it several years ago, as I felt it deserved a better fate than being coated with Cosmoline, covered with a military surplus tarp, and residing in the rafters of my garage.

[RainCaster]

7. The die for the first Gen hood would be gold

In a wreck the price of one of those was over $17k, with them out of production, I'm sure it's gone up.

[Gore1FL]

2. I expect this will be a trend as the move to electric takes hold.

We'll see electric performance cars in the future with similar names and styling, I would guess.

[Miguelito Loveless]

4. There are electric "performance" cars now.

Sub-2 second 0-60 is a lot of performance, especially in relative silence.

[Gore1FL]

5. I mean as the mainstream of performance vehicles

I apologize for my unclarity.

[Miguelito Loveless]

6. Not a dig, just a note

I am also seeing the rise of custom shops creating kits to convert classics. I was looking at a Ferrari conversion, and the EV performance seriously upgraded the original specs.

[rwsanders]

8. VW set the record climbing Pike's Peak in an EV. The video was fun.