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"      America vs. Europe                     Team America:        Team Europe:                     vs.                                                              More:                           |                            When I yet again burned my hand on the doorsill of the Dodge Viper SRT10, I was reminded of what a fussy, aggravating, cramped car the Viper is on the street. Huge fun, yes, but not in a daily-driver sort of way. A couple of laps around Vairano, though, and you couldn&amp;#039;t pry me out of it.   You have to admire the simplicity and rawness here. No electronic driver aids other than ABS, just an enormous V-10 lump, tires wider than most race cars&amp;#039;, a locked-down chassis and enough bodywork to cover up the hard bits.   Drop into the viselike hold of the seats (watch that sill!) and you&amp;#039;ll survey a plas\u00ADticky-yet functional interior with clear white-faced gauges, notice the proximity of the windshield frame to your head and peer out through a sliver of a windshield over a hood long enough to cover 10 aluminum cylinders. Key the ignition, push the Engine Start button, and prepare to be underwhelmed.   Okay, so the Viper sort of wheezes at idle, and hisses \u2014 appropriate for a snake-named car \u2014 as revs increase, droning with a nasal note that&amp;#039;s more trombone than bass drum. Yet like Pavlov&amp;#039;s dogs (well, not exactly like them), you associate the sound with the instant, battering-ram slug of torque that only 8.3 Motown liters can provide. Suddenly, that sound is \u2014 almost \u2014 music.           Better yet, the chassis revels in absorbing the engine&amp;#039;s abuse. Although it&amp;#039;s possible to overwhelm those 345-width Michelins, breakaway is predictable and easy to modulate, and torque is so giddily abundant that you&amp;#039;re tempted to roll through the course in 4th gear where you&amp;#039;d normally use 3rd. Trail-braking while turning is also a hoot, the Viper rotating and tightening its line, yet still retaining enough rear traction for controllability. And massive brakes, called to action by the firmest, no-slop pedal in the entire group, challenge you to brake deeper on every lap. Speaking of laps, the flagman deems I&amp;#039;ve had enough. Darn! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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