I suspect that many, if not most of the Vipers made the first couple of years
were bought has speculative investments by people who never intended to drive
them (at all - like the Porsche 935 TCs) and who were betting that Chrysler
would lose both money and interest in the Viper very quickly and abandon it,
making the few produced valuable collector pieces. Chrysler has certainly
done that before with other cars (as have the other manufacturers) and the
fact that production continues (and may have actually increased) has
surprised more than a few people, considering the price/utility of a Viper.
The actual portion of the purchasing public that can afford such a toy is
close to microscopic and must be divided among all such cars (Ferraris, ZR-
1s, etc).
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