Mid Engine Viper Stillborn

[Martin]

I don't know if anyone has posted on this yet, but I thought the article was pretty cool. I wish they would have built it...

https://www.hagerty.com/articles-vid..._5_HagertyNews

[J TNT]

Here was a strong contender that never made it ..........https://www.allpar.com/cars/me412.html
I suspect the ALPHA C8 will be the next mid engine car from FCA.

[Steve M]

Hideous...both of them.

[Purple Haze]

I don't know if anyone has posted on this yet, but I thought the article was pretty cool. I wish they would have built it...

https://www.hagerty.com/articles-vid..._5_HagertyNews

Great article...

[SmoknTires]

Here was a strong contender that never made it ..........https://www.allpar.com/cars/me412.html
I suspect the ALPHA C8 will be the next mid engine car from FCA.

So much wished the ME would have come to fruition. And what a good looking car, even today. That back end is devious.

[USAFPILOT]

The ME412 today would be competitive with the worlds best. They should have built it.

[Fatboy 18]

Call it something else it ain't no viper!

[commandomatt]

Considering the design of the ME is 15 + years old, it looks spectacular.

Exterior, interior, drive line specs and performance. Hell of a package

Sign me up if something like this materialized. I know....highly unlikely in today's production world with limited resourced available for Halo cars

[RedTanRT/10]

Here was a strong contender that never made it ..........https://www.allpar.com/cars/me412.html
I suspect the ALPHA C8 will be the next mid engine car from FCA.

J TNT, that car was unbelievable!!! Take a look at the link below, they brought the car to an SRT event at Fontana (CA Speedway). The video is dated 2011 but it had to be filmed a few years before 2011. They drew names out of a hat each day for various items and two names to get a ride in the car. Both my wife and I got picked. I traded my wife's ride to a guy who got a red Comp Coupe shirt and I got a drive (this isn't me in the video).

It was an absolute blast, the second he dropped the throttle I lost my stomach and didn't get it back until we had a hard brake on the second turn. Years later I'm at Viper Tracks event in CA and run into Tom O'Odell from FCA/SRT Racing and tell him the story. He say to me, hey that was me driving the ME412 at that event. What an awesome car!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHVsNNQLJPc&t=55s

[J TNT]

J TNT, that car was unbelievable!!! Take a look at the link below, they brought the car to an SRT event at Fontana (CA Speedway). The video is dated 2011 but it had to be filmed a few years before 2011. They drew names out of a hat each day for various items and two names to get a ride in the car. Both my wife and I got picked. I traded my wife's ride to a guy who got a red Comp Coupe shirt and I got a drive (this isn't me in the video).

It was an absolute blast, the second he dropped the throttle I lost my stomach and didn't get it back until we had a hard brake on the second turn. Years later I'm at Viper Tracks event in CA and run into Tom O'Odell from FCA/SRT Racing and tell him the story. He say to me, hey that was me driving the ME412 at that event. What an awesome car!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHVsNNQLJPc&t=55s

Cool video RedTanR/T10 ! The car was truly ahead of it's time and priced to be more competitive than the exotics of the time .
Too bad the Germans didn't give their blessings to build it at the time , I guess it was a marketing threat to them...........lol !

[bluesrt]

both ugly......................................

[Viper Girl]

DD9DCE67-A8A3-4F96-B7E8-3583EB74A023.jpg


now I know where this comes from

[JonB ~ PartsRack]

DD9DCE67-A8A3-4F96-B7E8-3583EB74A023.jpg


now I know where this comes from

PARTSRACK!! Includes a nice DVD Video from Team Viper

[ViperPete]

I would have bought a Me-412. No doubt.

[RT SERPENT]

I loved the ME-412 when they first started releasing the details back in the day.... and it's still incredible today!

[repiV]

Anyone have any idea where those cars are today? Did FCA destroy them I wonder? They had to have had at least a couple of driveable versions one would think.

[commandomatt]

They had to have had at least a couple of driveable versions one would think.

Plenty driveable. Check out the video in post #9. As often is the case, I think it was killed due to new Chrysler ownership.

Just like I think our Viper would still be alive it it wasn't for the Italians !!!

[JPL]

They should have built it then....they should build it now! What's their exotic halo now?

[commandomatt]

They should have built it then....they should build it now! What's their exotic halo now?

Cherokee with a big engine

Soccer moms make the rules these days

[DonatoEng]

There was two versions of the mid engine Viper built to prove the concept

[ACRSNK]

Great article. Wonder what the ME412 would have looked like today had they decided to build and continue building it. I think that car was beautiful.

[Bill Pemberton]

The ME 412 was not a Viper, as it was initially destined to give Chrysler a foothold in the Supercar market. It was sad it was never built, since in person it was stunning and every bit as low to the ground as a Ford GT!! We pushed and cajoled FCA , since we took 10 Deposits and notified the powers to be that there was definitely interest - to no avail.

[Bryan Savage]

The ME 412 was not a Viper, as it was initially destined to give Chrysler a foothold in the Supercar market. It was sad it was never built, since in person it was stunning and every bit as low to the ground as a Ford GT!! We pushed and cajoled FCA , since we took 10 Deposits and notified the powers to be that there was definitely interest - to no avail.

With my Viper's value, I have a potential springboard into the next "tier" of performance cars. The only problem is that there's not a single other car out there that I care about, whether or not it was in the tier I was able to afford.

Assuming it wasn't going to cost a million dollars, the ME412 would have been that car.

Oh well.

[Photog1]

Chrysler should now build the ME412. It could be the new Viper. Could you imagine a v12 Viper making 850 hp. The article said 0-60 2.9 sec, wow up there with the Veyron and do it for under $150k. What a perfect Gen 6. I bet they would sell the 3000 cars a year like they wanted to. The video of the 412 was cool it does not look like a 15 year old car, it looks like something that could of just recently been built.

[Bryan Savage]

Chrysler should now build the ME412. It could be the new Viper. Could you imagine a v12 Viper making 850 hp. The article said 0-60 2.9 sec, wow up there with the Veyron and do it for under $150k. What a perfect Gen 6. I bet they would sell the 3000 cars a year like they wanted to. The video of the 412 was cool it does not look like a 15 year old car, it looks like something that could of just recently been built.

^^^This x1000.

There's no need to build a whole new car to replace the Viper. FCA already has one. The only problem I might see is with severed ties to Daimler, component availability might be and issue.

Heck, the black ME412 even had six-lug wheels!

ME-412.jpg