Government: How unsafe are you gonna make this car? Chrysler: Yes

To be fair, on top of the dashboard are not exposed screws. Those are snap buttons to fit a cockpit cover to protect the interior from rain kind of like a speedboat.

So why exactly did they bother with door locks?

Doug’s high school grad quote was “In 14 years, Check out Cars and Bids”

A Dodge viper of the 90s. Man I love dodge vipers it is one my favorite cars.❤❤❤❤

13:30 The original Saturn had a similar "automatic seatbelt feature." Surprised it wasn't covered by a patent, maybe it's a lot older than I'm aware of. Anyhow, it was a worse idea than Doug thinks: you'd not only be un-restrained if the door opens; the story I heard is that some people actually got their necks caught in the belt in a crash and were literally strangled by the seatbelt.

That how sport cars should be, no electronics, the point is to tame machine that can kill you anytime.

I'm ok with No Windows as long as is a V10 or high revving V8.

No windows lol

Windows? Nah. Fuel economy with a V10? Yea.

Why u need a radio when u have a V10?

Question for Doug. I understand why brands like Jeep, Cadillac and maybe Dodge have been maintained - but with so many companies being acquired, why maintain legacies such as Mercury, Buick, Pontiac, etc? We always knew that certain cars like the Comet were offered as the Maverick, but why did car companies maintain legacy branding for so long? I think this is an excellent topic for More Doug DeMuro, and given your history with cars, I think you are a great resource for an answer to this.

brb guys gonna get a gen 1 viper for free

I thought the Viper was incredible - but even if I won the lottery back then, I would have never paid that much for a Dodge. I don't remember the original price, but I do remember thinking that Dodge was out of its league. Today, I think that was the point. This was their way of stretching the Overton window on domestic car pricing. I don't think the Ford GT would exist without the Viper coming first. Sadly, I don't think that Dodge capitalized on stretching that window as much as their competitors.

Cool car but those panel gaps

I love how the trunk is the most secure place 😄 I guess you don't want your hostage escaping 🤪🤣

I F O U N D U .. F R I E N D! :D

Doug: This is last car like this that will ever come from a major automaker Carrera GT: Am I a joke to you?

? That car had alot of features and safety measures.

Truly an all American car! 🇺🇸😎💪

@25:28 Peterson team - wtf doug? You just blew by us there in a museum car...

Needs the factory yellow wheels like on Vegas vacation

The door-mounted seatbelts were a cheap approach to passive restraints. The idea was that you were supposed to leave them latched all the time. When you open the door, you had just enough room to wiggle out from under the seatbelts.

the last American pure sports car; makes a C8 look like just what is, an overgrown slot car;

Nerd alert

Best drift car EVER! Forget those 4WD rice burners you see in Tokyo Drift. This baby could lap them in less than 10 laps. The definition of orgasmic driving.

What a shtty car always hated and now even more, its a total waste

Doug is the type of guy who can read brochures

If it doesn't have AC why does it have an AC panel?

Only in the us, you call a viper a "small sportscar". Me looking at my caterham -.-

That stray hair on the left side of dougs head is driving me mad 🙁

I always loved the look of that thing and lusted after one, until I had a chance to drive one and thought it was the most impractical thing ever made. Got a Mustang instead..lol

Doug: "i hate that it doesn't even have door handles" (15 minutes later) Doug: "I love that it doesn't even have door handles"... Idiot.

No security? Easy to get into?... that's just a normal dodge.

It's amazing 😍💖✨✨✨

Doug's the type of guy who trades in quality of life after the accident for quality of drive just prior to it.

This guy's a dork

This MoFo is worried about Safety... Made me wonder if the adults of the 90’s were truly the last free, brave, down to earth generation

It's the most typical American "sportscar"; big engine, heavy in the front, light at the rear, no downforce, shitty stiff suspension and unknown top speed. They basically just asked a 10 y/o paint a car with crayons, made a real life prototype and put a big engine in it.

finally been waiting 4 this i had this as a toy will always have a soft spot 4 Vipers

Wow, the YUGO of sports cars!

insurance companies must've loved it...

Imagine watching this in 100 years. Damn we were dumb. The pyramids still aren’t explained.

IF THE DOOR FLEW OFF YOU GONE

I think I saw one on the road once. Never even saw any at all the car shows and cruise-ins I've been to. After seeing this video, talk about a colossal money-grab it was.

The the moral of the story is, this car is a death trap😂

Simple but so perfect 👌

No "Windows"? No need for virus scan. Cool.

Top Gear N64 anyone?

here's how you should drive viper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKEQm6vjVE8

A car with no windows! Did it have Linux?

I'VE ALSO ALWAYS LOVED!

Sounds like a 1963-67 Corvette with side pipes and customized with no windows or door handles. He wouldn't like the exposed screws and no side pockets on it either. Whaddya think the floor was for?

8:41 Doug said : "This is an open vehicle, please drive carefully" but what is actually written is : "This is an Open Vehicle -- Drive Carefully" (there is no please)

No abs, no traction control, no airbags, no ac, no hood release cable....this is like every pre 80's muscle car....why so impressed?

LOL Watching you drive it away from the Museum. I wonder how large the deposit was to take it for a ride?

I remember in summer 1994 driving a Chevrolet Camaro getting passed by one of these cars on I75 and thinking to myself, let me try and catch up. As soon as I got behind him, he hit the accelerator hard and left me like I was sitting still. I remember the huge width of those rear tires. Great memory!

"THISSss is 1992 Dodge Viper THE original... and I, Doug Demuro, am in an aquarium!"

Anyone remember that bad TV show "Viper" in the early 90's starring a Dodge Viper? The car could change color and style, but it was never clear why the guy driving it ever really needed to do that.

i can’t get over the complete lack of security on such a stealable car

hey doug, review the lightning mcqueen next. heheheh

Oh I remember..... We all knew who had the coke in the 90's because a certain person's Viper would be in their driveway.

Still love this car my dream car

This car came out when I was 11 years old, and I instantly fell in love. I believe the first time I saw it was on the cover of Road and Track so many years ago. It's awesome seeing a review like this, and I learned some things that I did not know. Thank you Boss, you just earned a sub from me 👍🏾

fckn drive it!

I had a pretty large scale diecast model of this first gen Viper as a kid in the early 90s. Boy was that my most prized toy. I wish I still had it.

Wtf interior is crazy cheap

I'm not sure why anyone would let you film a video in their car so you could crap talk it for 20 minutes. it's amazing how little you know about early 90s auto tech. things that seems shocking to you were pretty common place in 1992. ABS, air bags, traction control. options on some cars. the lever to remove a key, like every Ford built in the 80s and early 90s had that button. should named this video i'm confused by stuff from before my time.

I remember seeing the Viper for the first time on the cover of Popular Mechanics in ‘92. I wanted one then (I was 14) and still want one today.

No air conditioning but it has knobs and vents???

if you need the ABS and other junk... you are not a real Driver. period.

I made it to 11:10. I don't know why I even tried to listen to this idiot. I really don't like any of these guys who get ahold of something, just anything, and act like they are the foremost expert on it. After a while they start sounding like what thy are, and that is self important bozos. This guy needs to quit worrying about this Viper and get into his Volvo wagon and go back to his apartment and leave the critique to people who are passionate about cars and would give an honest look at what is is supposed to be, and that's a weekend sports car for people who might appreciate it. NOT someone wondering where you are going to put junior and sissy in the back seat and where to put the groceries. I didn't make it that far into this, but I am sure that was next....

100% pure awesome. Why would anyone want ANY of the modern "safety" garbage.

Ha! They installed door locks bc of the seat belt location

gran turismo 1-2 players still remember these licenses

What is that orange car at about 1:44? The one with what appears to be a slide out engine?

In the software world, this is what call an MVP (minimal viable product).

Why the Viper never caught on is beyond me. Perhaps because you had to know how to actually "drive" a car. Could be the last American car made that right off the dealer lot it would scare the hell out of you. Just like growing old the Dodge Viper ain't for pussies.

No AC, no storage compartments, just a loud stereo and an ashtray 😎🚬

I had a friend who owned one of these. It was a SPECTACULAR car!!!!!!!!!!!

How can you only get 400bhp out of an 8 litre engine? Does it red-line at 2000rpm?

All cars used to be like that, without all the electronic safety stuff.

Yes and then they got better. Don't get me wrong, I love my classics, but they're not safe or efficient.

God first time seeing this was the nutty professor😂😂

So many good things that came out of the 80's and 90's this car isn't one of them.

https://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/recent_news/st-mary-s-neurosurgeon-dies-following-car-crash/article_fadedb17-65c7-50b2-8605-712571068d03.html

It's raw... that's it.

Badges? We don't need no stinking badges!

You really got to drive a viper on Fairfax

I want it now

Has ashtray though

I took one out one night for a joy ride with a buddy drunk as hell. We didnt die but came close. Did donuts in another guys yard for giggles.

Dodge Viper and TVR: the "git gud"s of the automotive world.

These windows must be the most random car fact ever Friends and family, prepare to be annoyed

You should really consider adding a startup/sound shot of the cars to your videos.

hey doug can you review the tacoma from the 90's

24:00 *cocks gun.."a bra let me take a ride witcha"

About as much security as a Jeep Wrangler with a soft top on.

TALKS way too much, verbose and repeats

You point out air conditioning and air bags not being provided as if that's some weird thing. I was buying cars back then, and most of the cars on the lot had neither one. You could of course get them but you paid extra.

Cool

I feel like you'd want to just weld the door shut and hop in and out Dukes of Hazzard style.

I vaugly remember a tv show called 'Viper'. It was a dodge viper that could transform or something.

I don't understand the obsession with security from 4:15 - 8-ish. So the car is made for rides out of the garage to the countryside, maybe an exclusive club with attended parking, or the race track and back to your garage. Anyone determined to steal it from there also has means to break many a security feature.