On a lighter note, the Chrysler FIREPOWER looks awesome...
01-04-2005, 01:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Silver_Lana
Nope - Its based off the Viper.
I guess I should read closer next time.
01-04-2005, 03:55 AM
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Originally Posted by t-bone
it kinda looks like a catfish. 
This thing does look awesome. Hopefully the luxury of a big bad merc and the rumble of an American V8.
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01-05-2005, 02:31 PM
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I heard GmBh was doing this car. I don't know where I read it but AMG did have some part in the building of this car according to the source. Now I'm not running off saying this is an AMG, I'm just saying that according to the car magazine that I read it in, GmBh had some part in the development of it.
01-05-2005, 03:29 PM
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Coming from a Viper ower, I find it funny that they have this 425hp "Corvette Fighter" when the new Z06 will smoke an SRT10, much less this thing. I think DC needs to wake up and realize that the Viper is now below Ford (GT40) and Chevy (Z06) when it comes to stock performance numbers.
01-05-2005, 06:30 PM
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Coming from a Viper ower, I find it funny that they have this 425hp "Corvette Fighter" when the new Z06 will smoke an SRT10, much less this thing. I think DC needs to wake up and realize that the Viper is now below Ford (GT40) and Chevy (Z06) when it comes to stock performance numbers.
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Originally Posted by dgussin1
that line under its title that says "viper chassis" didn't hint that to you, huh?
I guess I should read closer next time.
I guess I should read closer next time.
edit!: Woops I see it now!
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I just read the Car & Driver article about the Chrysler Firepower! (what Chrysler calls it) and it is stunning! I thought I read somewhere that Chrysler won't be able to use the Firepower name though...
from Car & Driver...
"In the end it was, Brian Nielander, head doodler on the ME Four-Twelve, who again produced the winning exterior concept. "The idea is an Aston for the common man. Something that's a little more attainable," he says. Compared with the hard geometry of the ME Four-Twelve, "this is a little more of a blend of the organic, a little more refined and subtle." Nielander claims he was less obsessed with the Aston Martin than with the Corvette, likely the car's closest competitor should it be approved."
"There's a taste of Aston Martin DB9 in the side-glass, slope of the roofline, and wraparound taillights. There's a hint of Bentley Continental-and, Chrysler would prefer use to point out, ME Four-Twelve-in the rear haunches with their double-radius wheel arches."
from Car & Driver...
"In the end it was, Brian Nielander, head doodler on the ME Four-Twelve, who again produced the winning exterior concept. "The idea is an Aston for the common man. Something that's a little more attainable," he says. Compared with the hard geometry of the ME Four-Twelve, "this is a little more of a blend of the organic, a little more refined and subtle." Nielander claims he was less obsessed with the Aston Martin than with the Corvette, likely the car's closest competitor should it be approved."
"There's a taste of Aston Martin DB9 in the side-glass, slope of the roofline, and wraparound taillights. There's a hint of Bentley Continental-and, Chrysler would prefer use to point out, ME Four-Twelve-in the rear haunches with their double-radius wheel arches."
