OHV4LIFE

According to Edmunds Gilles, yes:

Link

Sounds like a bunch of sour grapes.

Shortimer

Yes, sour grapes for sure. I'll take 460 HP, zero to 60 in 3.8 seconds and 29 MPG all day long.

Second Vette

Hmmmm. Chrysler put the Viper V-10 in a Pickup Truck some years back. I think they cost about $50,000 new.

I met a guy that bought a used one off Craigslist for about $15,000. It didn't have that many miles on it and it looked like new. I guess the previous owner didn't enjoy the MPG.

Shaka

Before it went into the Viper. It was cast iron.

Chicago1

and?

Higgs Boson

A variation of the LS motors were in every car available with a V8. The LT is the new LS. They have different bore, stroke, heads, cams, intakes, injectors, exhaust, etc etc. All truck vs vette really share is that they are small block chevys.

335i

I think it is a pretty similar engine to what will be available in Chevy trucks soon. Does it really matter though? It's still a great engine clearly. The fact that it's similar to what they use in their trucks is part of the reason that the Corvette is able to offer such incredible performance for the money.

rcooper

By having this engine offered across the GM line up it reduces cost, thus helping to keep Corvette cost lower. Gotta love that! Some people are just loaded with envy and anger. If Chrysler thought that they could sell that engine in a truck again it would be there. Or maybe it will show up it a Fiat 500.

LS6GXP

Gilles is really starting to sound like a idiot. Please.... the viper engine not only saw duty in a pick up it also saw duty in iron form in Vans and heavy duty trucks years ago... Man is desperate

jimmyb

I said it before, I'll say it again:

Ralph needs to stop blogging, doing interviews, and whatever else HE does and FIX THIS (click the link):

http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2011/01...s-figures.html

Jimmy

LS6GXP

And the fact that they refer to it as a Dodge is just another dig...

KenHorse

I have a new motto for Fiat Motors

"Dodge! It's not just a car brand, it's a PR tactic!"

glhs386

Yup. And it was basically an older-than-dirt Chrysler LA small block with two extra cylinders tacked on.

ChucksZ06

Correct info sir. The latest variant, the lt, is much closer to its truck brethren than even the ls engines were. They are now all aluminum. Same cylinder deactivation. Direct injection.
No dry sump on trucks that I know of. The 6.2 liter truck engine has almost same torque spec as lt1 engine and 425 hp. These are some of the best engines on the planet whether they are in trucks or cars.

onyx_z71

So Ralph says that he doesn't want Viper to be Corvette. I wonder if the SRT selling dealers feel the same way.

OnPoint

Ralph declares "what is unique about Viper is that engine is in nothing else."

If things don't change soon for team Viper, that engine won't be in anything. Viper will die and go out of production.

Blackdevil77

Who cares, Ralph?? All that does is raises costs. If the engine brings a satisfying level of performance to the desired vehicle, I don't care what else it may be used in.

cmdrwill

Crossed Flags Fan

When a corp exec starts to directly knock a competitor it means they are in the final stages of desperation.
You can count on two things;

1. That exec will be gone in less than a year
2. That product will be gone soon after

Snorman

And it was, in fact, a truck engine.
S.