la première Dodge Viper (1993) : Ooops! :

Brace yourselves, this is going to be unpleasant. You may recollect a certain video of a pristine Dodge Viper getting the business end of a track hoe claw. As it turns out, that car wasn’t the first otherwise functional Viper to get a date with the shredder, and it won’t be the last. Chrysler is in the midst of having 93 first-generation Vipers destroyed. The cars were originally donated to schools around the country for use in educational programs. These preproduction Vipers were some of the first that were ever stitched together. Now Chrysler wants them dead.Why? Blame the lawyers. These cars were never meant to be street-legal. They were built without emission control systems or speed limiters. You can see where this is going. At least two of the cars managed to make it to public roads and—big shock—were involved in accidents. Since Chrysler still technically owns the cars, the company is liable for any damages. The resulting lawsuits have cost the automaker millions of dollars.

Rather than risk a repeat, Chrysler’s having them all destroyed, even VIN No. 004—a preproduction model, and the fourth car built. That Viper now resides at South Puget Sound Community College, where the school uses it for training and promotional tasks. As one of the first five Vipers ever built, it’s a rolling piece of automotive history, and it’s worth somewhere around $250,000. There’s a petition going around to save No. 004 and its brethren, but don’t expect Fiat-Chrysler to bend. Watch the heartbreaking videos of two other cars meeting their maker below.







source :  http://blog.caranddriver.com/the-first-dodge-vipers-ever-built-are-being-crushed-w-video/

De grâce pas en Anglais . Il faut penser aux anciens carrossiers ( comme moi )  avec une culture linguistique aussi grande que celle d'un bulot  

je sais bien mais que veux-tu il n'y a pas l'équivalent en français
Et en toute confidence, j'ai pas tout compris!

A commencer pour le modèle n°###4
il me semblait que les 200 premières étaient toutes rouges, or elle est noire
Ensuite elle a l'air coupé alors qu'il n' a eu que des roadsters jusqu'à fin 1995

Quant au film j'ai vu 12mn j'ai abandonné au bout de la première

En consolation voilà la "SNAKE PIT" (fosse aux serpents)
c'est le prototype de la Viper que j'ai photographié il y a une douzaine d'années. Nous somems en 1989 cette fois





autres photos au http://www.trombinoscar.com/dodge/dg8901.html

[quote="acmacm"]Brace yourselves, this is going to be unpleasant. You may recollect a certain video of a pristine Dodge Viper getting the business end of a track hoe claw. As it turns out, that car wasn’t the first otherwise functional Viper to get a date with the shredder, and it won’t be the last. Chrysler is in the midst of having 93 first-generation Vipers destroyed. The cars were originally donated to schools around the country for use in educational programs. These preproduction Vipers were some of the first that were ever stitched together. Now Chrysler wants them dead.Why? Blame the lawyers. These cars were never meant to be street-legal. They were built without emission control systems or speed limiters. You can see where this is going. At least two of the cars managed to make it to public roads and—big shock—were involved in accidents. Since Chrysler still technically owns the cars, the company is liable for any damages. The resulting lawsuits have cost the automaker millions of dollars.

Rather than risk a repeat, Chrysler’s having them all destroyed, even VIN No. 004—a preproduction model, and the fourth car built. That Viper now resides at South Puget Sound Community College, where the school uses it for training and promotional tasks. As one of the first five Vipers ever built, it’s a rolling piece of automotive history, and it’s worth somewhere around $250,000. There’s a petition going around to save No. 004 and its brethren, but don’t expect Fiat-Chrysler to bend. Watch the heartbreaking videos of two other cars meeting their maker below.

en gros pour ce que je comprends mais n'hésitez pas à rectifier

Ce sont des voitures de préproduction c'est à dire qu'elles n'avaient pas le droit de rouler sur la route (pas street-legal); Chrysler Corp les a données à des école de formation mais il sembleraient que certaines ont roulé voire été accidenté. Donc pour éviter qu'il y ait d'autres problèmes, Fiat-Chrysler veut les voir disparaitre
Voilà pourquoi la destruction malgré les pétitions et le prix évalué à $250000

93 Viper vendus en janvier + février     
400 en stock     
Chrysler suspend la production

http://www.caradisiac.com/Chrysler-suspend-la-production-de-la-Viper-pendant-deux-mois-93207.htm