Dodge Viper Defender built for cinema put up for auction (34 photos + 1 video)

Police series Viper, dedicated to the everyday life of the special group on fighting organized crime in the fictional Metro City, aired on US cable networks in the latter half of the 1990s, remained unnoticed by our audience. Accordingly, about the specially developed for this movie, the Defender coupe was known only to American fans Dodge supercars with V10.


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Fake Dodge Defender was only partially, because in it was based on the 1993 Dodge Viper RT/ 10 stretched chassis with mounted on it with an elegant fiberglass body, designed Chrysler factory stylist. Although the engine clearly did not match declared appearance - a deformed V8 small block, paired with automatic box. Naturally, the movie car, like other concepts, was not certified for operation, and not only according to formal reasons, but also because it did not have mandatory security systems.

Total to Chrysler specifications atelier Unique Movie Cars in Las Vegas produced 14 "defenders" with individual differences in depending on destination. Most of the machines were smashed in the process filming for four seasons, but something has survived to this day for. One of them, intended for demonstration at public events, and therefore, the most complete, is traded at the auction Bring a trailer.

There are no seat belts in the luxurious-looking leather interior, as well as air conditioning with a stove, music and other familiar options. Side windows are fastened with Velcro, and three monitors on the front panel just a non-functional movie prop.

Driving a Dodge Defender on the roads is prohibited, but there are people to whom this undermobile is nostalgically not indifferent, judging by the lively trades that have reached the mark of more than 80 thousand dollars at the moment.