05RavenV

Was watching the Fast Lane Daily on youtube and apparently Dodge is dropping the price of the introductory viper to 80 grand. Does anybody think it will be competitive with the new Z06 now with the price drop? It sure does make it more appealing.

LEO

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Dropping 15K off the price of a vehicle will always make it more appealing, but maybe not enough to steal 2015 Z06 buyers.

Z Fury

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Agreed with this. The Z06 will sell out no matter what the Viper is priced at. The Viper just needs to sell to justify its existence. Inventory backlog on a car like this is a guaranteed way to get it cancelled, and I don't think any fan of fast cars wants to see that happen. I sure don't.

The Viper is my favorite domestic vehicle ever made. I just wish I had the coin to afford one.

LS1-450

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They're both over priced, IMO; regardless of what they're compared to. Generally, all new cars are far too expensive due to Government mandates & electronic Nannies that cost even more after they age & begin to fail.

Admittedly though, wouldn't mind buying a Stingray .

Stingray>Z06

05RavenV

V10 N/A vs V8 supercharged... I still feel like the Z06 would outperform the viper seeing as it isn't going to be the track edition that is still a lot more. If they can drop the price that much and make money makes me wonder how much build up is in the vette as well.

94FBIRD

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The previous buyer of this generation are going to be PIIIIISSSSed!

justin455

No kidding. Aside from buying one for a lot more money, they just took a HUGE depreciation hit.

Imagine owning a 1-2 year old Viper with 1000 miles on it. You paid ~$110k for it and it was still worth $95-100k on a Sunday. Now Monday rolls around and it's worth >$80k. That's fucked up.

JDEP162

i cant imagine many people who shell out 110k for a sports car, giving a crap if it depriciates more or less. i mean if u can drop that money on a viper, resale value isnt priority number 1.

Z Fury

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Agreed. People with money know that cars are not good investments. This is a toy for people with money. Most won't care too much about the depreciation hit, just like they don't care about the gas mileage.

'WHEELS'

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Eh.. A $20,000 drop in value over night would kinda **** me off regardless of how much money I have. I'm sure there are some collectors that wouldn't be too happy about it either.

wordsandsuits

Gen I and Gen II here I come.

NW-99SS

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This, no matter what your financial position, if you can afford a Viper and paid 100+K and now this, you will be upset.

If I won the lottery and bought one, maybe I wouldn't care, but for those who worked hard, earned their money and spent it on a Viper, they will not be happy about this at all.

SSCamaro99_3

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As I understand it, people are that already have this generation Viper are getting a $15,000 voucher should they wish to trade in to the new model year to cover the proce drop.

justin455

That's pretty awesome of Dodge.

And if you think having money to spend on a Viper means you don't care about "losing out" on $20k, you're dreaming. People go batshit crazy and demand refunds if the $10 item they bought at walmart last week in on sale for $7 this week.

05RavenV

Dodge is doing a pretty good job of regulating car dealers that price gouge. Giving more to people that don't and less for people that do. As far as vipers and hellcats go.

SlowFRC

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At around 80k the gen V is priced comparably to the gen 1 when it was new, if you adjust for inflation. Obviously it's a hell of a lot more car than a gen 1 ever was.

Of course this is an embarrassing move for Dodge to have to make but price-wise, I think it's a very competitive car now.

"MAC"

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People should have seen this coming. It was a smart move on Dodge/SRT part to do this. Otherwise the Viper would be no more. So from a business stand point this makes a lot of sense.

NW-99SS

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The Viper is now selling at a loss. Hardly a good move for Fiat/Chrysler, but I have a feeling Fiat isn't as interested in the Viper as many Mopar fans would like to believe seeing that they own/control Ferrari.

Either way, the Gen 5 is a beautiful car, and I would love to own a TA version. My shop budget has eliminated my new sports car budget sadly!

MeentSS02

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I'm seeing a lot of them actually upgrading to new ones...they knocked $15k off the price of a new one, and on top of that offered another $15k off to current Gen 5 owners. Tony (Nine Ball) traded his white 2013 in on a new white T/A, and kept his car payment the same. I've seen a couple other owners on the Viper forum that did the same thing...I don't see them complaining at all.

NW-99SS

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Agreed, that's about the only way Dodge could save face with Gen 5 current owners. That's a great deal for them, that I would have taken advantage of as well.

IMO, the price drop still looks bad on Dodge in the eyes of the automotive world.