ok...vetteman was right. the viper costs a lot more. with the money you saved from buying the corvette, you could supe it up with like a couple of turbos new heads and an improved exhaust system. with all those new parts you would be producing easily over 800 horses. at that point you could whoop a vipers @$$ bigtime. if anybody out there is a viper fan. vipers are very nice cars. they are fast, and look great. but dodge just hasn't had the experience with the viper that chevy engineers have with the vette. approaching 50 years the corvette engine is just much more refined and reliable. i am not a mechanic or a salesman or some expert. but i can tell you those things pretty much for a fact.