Did the SLS start life as a Dodge Viper????
Jun 29, 2010 | 05:36 PM
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Did the SLS start life as a Dodge Viper????
Report: Dodge originally developed SLS AMG to be next-gen Viper — Autoblog
Thoughts on this??? With very similar dimensions, the SLS very well could have been originally aimed to be the next Viper, with Daimler owning both companies, but I doubt the whole story.
Thoughts on this??? With very similar dimensions, the SLS very well could have been originally aimed to be the next Viper, with Daimler owning both companies, but I doubt the whole story.
Jun 29, 2010 | 05:49 PM
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If it was, I just found out about it. I knew the test mules were used with Vipers, but I thought that was because the close dimensions.
Jun 29, 2010 | 05:53 PM
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My understanding was that Chryco was using lots of MB engineering dollars on the Viper, but the IP wasn't a part of the sale to Cerberus (because Cerberus are tools or something) so when the "split" with McLaren over the SLR happened, they dusted off the designs and put a retro 300SL body on it ...
Jun 29, 2010 | 05:59 PM
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I don't believe this at all. Yes they used viper bodywork but you can see that even in the earliest images that the car has AMG Brakes. why would the viper team be testing cars with AMG brakes. It is easy to dream this stuff up when you look back on the images but it doesn't make it true.
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