6 Cars With 300-Plus Horsepower That You Can Still Buy for Under $30,000

Chuck33079 · 03-25-2014, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by theDreamer

Don't mention the viper...they have shut down production right now because of super low sales, and now the SRT Viper is not racing at Le Mans this year.

Truly sad. They've got a great racing history.

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Originally Posted by DjSquall

91 vipers have been sold, with another 756 or so sitting in the lots... American junk will always be just that... Junk.

The SRT Viper Is A Terrible Sales Flop That Chrysler Has Had To Axe

Never driven a Viper, have you? The older ones are a great value these days for a toy sports car and I'd take the new one over a ZR1 all day long. They're so much fun to drive. The torque and grip are unbelievable, and the new one has even more. The only knock on it was the Neon interior and the heat, and they've fixed at least half of those problems.

DjSquall · 03-25-2014, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by DEpointfive0

IDX won't be close to 300hp, I bet not more than 250, and I can't see the Z getting more power. I see lighter.

Again. 30k already gets you a 5.0 which is nicely over 400HP

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Truly sad. They've got a great racing history.

Never driven a Viper, have you? The older ones are a great value these days for a toy sports car and I'd take the new one over a ZR1 all day long. They're so much fun to drive. The torque and grip are unbelievable, and the new one has even more. The only knock on it was the Neon interior and the heat, and they've fixed at least half of those problems.

I actually have driven both old & new. The old one is 1000x the fun

Chuck33079 · 03-25-2014, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by DjSquall

I actually have driven both old & new. The old one is 1000x the fun

The old one is a hoot. It's primitive as hell, but far more capable than people give it credit for. You can get a pretty good one for $40k and there isn't much I'd rather have for a dedicated "fun" car. That was one of the cars I seriously considered before coming home with the Z, but I wanted something I could daily drive and a Viper is not it.

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