2010 Dodge Viper ACR rebuildable

Dodge’s Viper has always been a crude car. Some say its the evolution of the American Muscle car, a two-seater V10-powered American built supercar. That being the case, the Viper ACR is the ultimate Viper, evolution and revolution. American Club Racing’s nearly homologization model focuses on maximizing performance for the weekend track members of road racing and auto-crossing environments, though the Viper ACR is still street legal. Horsepower from the V10 engine is increased over the regular street model to 600 All-American-HP and its 80 lbs. lighter when the “Hardcore Package” option is ticked.

Today’s eBay find is a 2009 Dodge Viper ACR with a slightly damaged front-end classified as “rebuildable.” Items needed to be replaced include both front fenders, the hood, both headlight buckets, most of the cooling system, left tail light (front end damage?) and some simple frame repairs. This green Viper ACR “lot drives” (but not for long with no cooling!) quite quickly with 600HP on tap and no headlights. For a Buy-It-Now price of $53,900 this Viper ACR from New York City and a claimed replacement value of over $100,000 this salvage-titled green monster sounds like a steal!

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2009 Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione Convertible

The name really says it all, Alfa’s eight-cylinder competition convertible with parts cobbled together from all over the Fiat group. Alfa Romeo’s 8C Competetizione Convertible is derived from the previous generation Maserati GranTurismo and covered in unique Alfa inspired carbon fiber bodywork. Powered by a Ferrari engine pushing 444 HP @ 7000 RPM from the 4.7L front-mounted V8 (also found in the Ferrari Califonia and several Maserati’s) propels this svelte beauty to 60 in a respectable 4.2 secs on to a top speed of 181 MPH.

Although the 8C was always produced in low sums, today’s car is quite special because its a convertible. The limited production run included only 500 coupes of which 90 cars (the most slated for a single market) were earmarked for America. However, this red-on-white convertible is one of only 35 8C convertible’s coming to the colonies. With an abused 96 miles on the clock this rare beauty can be yours for a trip to Miami, FL and an offer somewhere south of $359,000.

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BMW, Packard, Rolls-Royce, SAAB, and Spyker all have what in common? The Packard and Rolls-Royce clues should have given it away but if you haven’t guessed yet they all are car manufacturers who once worked in aviation. (Interestingly, Spyker recently publicized purchase of SAAB from GM maybe a signal to come back for Spyker and/or SAAB to their aeronautical roots?) Apart from some Spyker model names and various aesthetic pieces (mostly interior trim) nothing similar about Spyker planes and the C8 Laviolette LM85 we have today.

The wonderfully beautiful Spyker C8 Laviolette LM85 features Audi’s wonderfully sonourous 4.2L V8, found in various Audi’s but most notably in the 2008 Audi RS4, pressing out 400HP in Laviolette trim. But what sets the Laviolette apart from a “standard” Spyker C8 is the fixed roof and GT2 series inspired livery and there were only 24 built to honor the Spyker teams attempt at competing in the 24 hours of Le Mans in 2006 (the “85,” from LM85, was their car number).

Located in Houston, TX, today’ car is a #6 of those 24 cars with a claimed 3 miles on the odometer (wouldn’t that be something?). Apart from the Audi steering wheel, the bespoke interior has quilted leather and alcantara and brushed, billet, polished and turned aluminum and stainless throughout (part of the “Quilted Leather Package” and “Turned Aluminum Package” respectively). Bidding starts at $252,490 from expo_motorcars for this mint-condition piece of Spyker history.