First-Generation Dodge Viper
The first generation of the Dodge Viper was a car that was unlike anything else on the market. Everything about the Viper screamed supercar, and that’s what Chrysler was going for. It competed against the Chevrolet Corvette but it was more powerful in every way. For a short period, the Viper was the fastest production car in the world with a staggering top speed of 170 mph. The Viper was an unapologetic performance car with an attitude. With its bare-bones design, it targeted traditional Porsche buyers who wanted performance and didn’t care about sacrificing comfort for it (via Hagerty).
The Viper had a bare-bones design as there wasn’t a lot to it. There were no door locks, no working windows, and the interior was fairly basic. There wasn’t any working air conditioning and the sound system was pretty much barebones. But the Viper wasn’t a show car, it was a straight-laced street-legal race car. The 8.0-liter naturally aspirated V10 was one of the most powerful engines that Chrysler ever crammed into a sports car until that point.