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BREAKING: Only 500 more Dodge Vipers will be made, replacement coming in 2012

Posted: Nov 04, 2009

Filed under: Breaking, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Industry News

Speaking at Chrysler’s 5-year business plan conference today, president and CEO Ralph Gilles confirmed that Chrysler will produce only 500 more units of the Dodge Viper. A new sports car will replace the Viper in the summer of 2012 and it won’t be anything like the old-school model.
Gilles said that the new sports car will [...]

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Rumor: Dodge Viper could get Ferrari derived V10

Posted: Aug 10, 2009

Filed under: Chrysler, Dodge, Ferrari, Industry News

Chrysler’s Dodge Viper business, which is now fully owned by Fiat, will continue on with its 2009 model year lineup and is expected to switch over to the 2010 model year in January. According to sources, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has big plans for the Viper brand and thinks it could potentially be to Dodge [...]

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Chrysler: Dodge Viper no longer for sale, models to live through 2010 and beyond

Posted: Jul 10, 2009

Filed under: Chrysler, Dodge, Industry News

Killing all the controversy over its Viper business, Chrysler Group LLC announced today that the production of the Dodge Viper SRT10 will continue through 2009. The company said today that its Viper business is no longer for sale and that it will continue making the model through 2010 and beyond.
“The Dodge Viper has successfully captured [...]

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Chrysler’s Viper business is now owned by Fiat

Posted: Jun 11, 2009

Filed under: Chrysler, Dodge, Industry News

The folks over at Inside Line have done some digging and found out the Chrysler has handed over its Viper assets to Fiat, which took control of the Auburn Hills automaker on Wednesday as it emerged from Chap. 11.
Viper now being owned by Fiat means that Scott Devon, supercar entrepreneur who owns Devon MotorWorks, is [...]

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Chrysler reported to be hiding bid for Viper, Fiat said to be threatened by Viper as Ferrari rival

Posted: Jun 04, 2009

Filed under: Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Industry News

Last month when Chrysler listed most of its $2 billion assets in bankruptcy court, the Auburn Hills automaker said that it didn’t have any firm offers for its Viper brand, which was put up for sale last August. The only offer that Chrysler listed was a $5.5 billion bid by Devon Motors Works.
Now there is [...]

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Chrysler tried to sell Viper business for $10 million, had no takers

Posted: May 28, 2009

Filed under: Chrysler, Dodge, Industry News

As Chrysler looks to sell most of its assets for $2 billion out of bankruptcy to a new company, the Auburn Hills automaker said that it did not receive an offer for its Dodge Viper business, which it priced at $10 million.
CEO Bob Nardelli said in a U.S. bankruptcy Court filing in New York that [...]

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Report: Chrysler’s Viper business may not survive beyond 2010

Posted: May 05, 2009

Filed under: Chrysler, Dodge, Industry News

Wondering what’s going to happen with Viper now that Chrysler is restructuring under bankruptcy and will eventually be handed over to Fiat? So are we. Well, the folks at Inside Line did some serious digging and found out that the Viper brand may not survive beyond next year.
Chrysler’s documents show that its assets and liabilities are split into two [...]

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Saleen owners have considered purchasing Dodge Viper business

Posted: Feb 05, 2009

Filed under: Chrysler, Industry News

As you’ve probably heard by now, a company known as MJ Acquisitions has purchased most of Saleen’s street-performance car, aftermarket and supercharger business. According to Automotive News, it is now reported that MJ Acquisitions along with other Michigan auto-related companies have considered buying Chrysler’s Dodge Viper business.
Chrysler announced recently that it has had three offers [...]

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Chrysler has three offers for its Dodge Viper business

Posted: Feb 03, 2009

Filed under: Chrysler, Dodge, Industry News

Following its announcement of a 55 percent decrease in January 2009 sales, Chrysler LLC’s co-President Jim Press said that the company has had three offers to buy its Dodge Viper sports car business.
Chrysler announced plans to sell Viper back in August 2008. Sale of the Viper business has become an important part of the company’s [...]

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Dodge Viper is the hottest-selling Chrysler model

Posted: Nov 04, 2008

Filed under: Chrysler, Dodge, Industry News

In a time of economic turmoil and in a time where gas-guzzling models aren’t popular, Chrysler’s hottest-selling vehicle is its most expensive and one of its least fuel-efficient – the Dodge Viper. According to Chrysler’s Vice Chairman Jim Press, the Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR is basically ’sold out.’ In reality, dealers still have a few units [...]