Equipment
488/400hp V10, 6-speed.
Condition
6500 miles. From the collection of Lee Iacocca, and his car from new. Even more importantly, it''''s the first production Viper. It could use a detailing, but otherwise this car is like new.
Market commentary
Low-mile early Vipers have been appreciating over the past few years and appearing more regularly at collector car auctions like this, but this car is in a different ballpark. Hence the price, a record for an early RT/10 and over twice as much as Bonhams'' presale estimate. For anybody who doesn''''t think of these wild, bare-bones two-seaters as collector cars, this sale should convince them otherwise.