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Seems to me that Chrysler didn't think this through. Why would they give non-street legal cars to schools? Could've just given the schools actual street legal cars, put these 93 cars in a museum, and avoid these lawsuits completely. |
Because bean counters. |
This is absolutely terrible!!! :( Thank god they weren't GT-R. |
Timpo, what do you suppose they do with pre-production GTR's? :troll: |
That's painful to watch. Pretty shitty they don't even use them for parts. |
What a shame. It is common for there to be donations of cars that can never be used on public roads. I did the pre-apprentice program in Victoria and we had a bunch of brand new written off hail damaged vehicles. Even an RCMP cruiser. Damn those things are built to handle a lot of damage. Makes me wonder if some of the Viper drivetrains were swapped out before the vehicles were crushed. |
i dont get it...are all 93 vipers pre-production? If most are production cars then doesn't that deem many of the first gen to be recalled, that is if they aren't already totaled? yeah at least part out the drivetrain/engine...or donate/sell them to viper owners. |
GM did the same thing but in a much larger scale with their electric cars (EV1). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_EV1 |
The drivetrain can't be parted out because of non-approved components and a lack of certain emissions related parts. Or something like that. Chrysler doesn't want any liability at all, it's obviously much cleaner for them to destroy the entire car without having to worry about parts making it off the vehicle causing possible legal issues. It's a shame for sure, but that's a giant company for ya. |
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hgnnnn, that hurts on the inside as much as it does watching cars like the pagani huayra go through crash tests :ohgodwhy: |
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but the pre-production/early vipers fetch such a ridiculous amount because it has so many one-off hand built mopar goodies |
Dont know what to think of this |
I think it sucks, but i can 100% understand why they have to do it. Non approved parts. Pre production engineering etc. too big of a liability and too much red tape. I do think however they should be auctioned off to maybe museums or private collections. But then the risk of non dot parts getting circulated goes up Posted via RS Mobile |
I don't understand this -- why would Chrysler be held liable if they continue to let the cars live? Undoubtedly, the cars are not road legal, but so what? As long as they are not driven on public roads under Chrysler's ownership, I can't see how Chrysler would be held liable. With 93 cars at $250k a piece, that's an easy $23M if they sold all the cars. It might be pocket change to an automotive manufacturer, but with Chrysler's financial situation not being the best, $23M is still a sizable chunk of money. |
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failed for showing classic Skylines. The 5:13 crash was intense. |
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