Ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa ezedlule sikuxoxele indaba ka I-Dodge Viper enamakhilomitha angaphezu kuka-300 000 eyayisetshenziswa njengemoto yansuku zonke , namuhla sikulethela ikhophi yemoto yezemidlalo yaseMelika, ngokungafani “nomfowabo”… ebonakala sengathi ayikaze isakazwe.
Le Dodge Viper iyathengiswa ku-eBay 99 885 amadola (cishe ama-euro ayizinkulungwane ezingama-88), iyiyunithi yekhulu ekhiqizwayo futhi, njengoba ishiye umugqa wokukhiqiza, ngo-1992, wahamba amakhilomitha angama-34 kuphela (cishe amakhilomitha angama-55).
Ngokusho komdayisi, le Viper igcinwe egaraji elinesiphephetha-moya kusukela yanikezwa umnikazi wayo wokuqala futhi isanda kushintsha uketshezi nezihlungi.
Njengoba ubungalindela emotweni osekuphele iminyaka engu-27 igcinwe, ingaphakathi nangaphandle kusesimweni esigculisayo. Njengokungathi sifakazela u-100% wesimo sokuqala sale Viper, sithola isitikha sesitendi efasiteleni elingaphambili kanye… namathayi okuqala (yize singabaza ukuthi asafeza umsebenzi wawo).
I-Dodge Viper: imoto yezemidlalo eqinile
Okokuqala eyaziwa ngokuthi umqondo ngo-1989, ukusabela komphakathi ku Dodge Viper kwakukuhle kangangokuthi u-Chrysler wanquma ukuqhubeka nokukhiqiza imodeli eyakhiwe enezakhiwo ezifana nalezo zeShelby Cobra. Lokhu kwaqala ngo-1992 futhi kwahlala kwaze kwaba ngu-2017, iViper yazi izizukulwane ezintathu ngaleso sikhathi.
Bhalisela incwadi yethu yezindaba lapha
Isizukulwane esiyingxenye yaso, esokuqala, safika emakethe ngomthamo omkhulu we-8.0 L we-V10 futhi asikaze saziwe ngokusebenziseka kalula. Kodwa ake sibone: yayingenawo amafasitela, ihood, i-air conditioning, ingenazo ngisho izibambo zokuvula iminyango ngaphandle!
Ingaphakathi lihlala lisesimweni esihle.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, i-Viper yazifuya yona kodwa ayizange ilahlekelwe uhlangothi lwayo “lwasendle”. Kumathrekhi, imodeli yaseMelika izuze ukunqoba okungaphezu kuka-160 emiqhudelwaneni eyahlukene, yawina imiqhudelwano yabakhiqizi engama-23, imiqhudelwano yabashayeli abangama-24 (okuhlanganisa ubuqhawe be-GT2 bango-1998 noPedro Lamy kumazilawuli) egijima kumathrekhi afana ne-Le Mans noma i-Nürburgring.