Cars » V10 http://cars.vc Interesting Auto Finds Wed, 08 Dec 2010 02:36:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 2010 Dodge Viper ACR Rebuildable, eBay Find http://cars.vc/2010-dodge-viper-acr-rebuildable/ http://cars.vc/2010-dodge-viper-acr-rebuildable/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:15:16 +0000 beber2600 http://cars.vc/?p=675 2010 Dodge Viper ACR rebuildable

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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2011 Audi R8 V10 Spyder

2011 Audi R8 V10 Spyder

The Audi R8 coupe was the supercar that broke the mold. After Nissan’s GT-R stormed the roads in 2008 and had the traditional supercar manufacturers from both Germany and Italy scrambling for something better, something quicker, something more manageable on the roads. The stage was set most notably after Porsche’s 911 Turbo, once the cream-of-the-crop daily driver supercar, was having to defend its position after being beaten around the Nürburgring Nordschleife by the half-priced Nissan GT-R. Shortly afterwards, the Audi R8 V8 coupe came onto the scene with a $60,000 premium and a few traits the other cars in the class couldn’t match.

Sporting the 4.2L V8 from the Audi RS4, the original Audi R8 was hailed as the new daily-driver supercar, taking the thrown away from Porsche and simply moving down-market in the VW corporate chain. Fast-forward to 2010, Audi’s poster-child has had its roof lopped off, been featured in a Hollywood blockbuster as “Iron Man” Tony Stark’s chosen ride for cruising down the Pacific Coast Highway.

For all its splendor, most reviewers find the Audi R8 V10 Spyder lacking the speed its coupe variant had, whether it be handling, poise or just stowage space. But for the lack of cornering speed each drop-top Spyder R8 could muster up, what makes up for it is the noise of 10 cylinders wailing at the occupants and the thousands of miles of headroom available to each front-seat occupant.

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