It would be wrong not to mention the first gen Dodge Viper side exhaust. A car icon that actively tried to kill you even when you were getting out of the car. Little red express. How many 1/4 ton ...

In these silent tweet-and-text times, the brash, brutal Dodge Viper bellows down the ... bulge in the center of the hood and exhaust vents on either side of it announced that something big and ...

Then there's the 1992 Dodge Viper RT/10. Plush and refined. And silent. The steadfast commitment to side-outlet exhaust pipes, which are racy but aim straight into today's federal sound-level ...

The Dodge Viper RT/10 Roadster was a classic sports ... the Viper's Achilles heel was long stopping distances. The troublesome side exhaust pipes and outlets were revised to a rear-outlet design ...

As for the Dodge Viper side of the equation, the builder went all out to make it look like the real deal. The corners come with Viper three-spoke wheels, flared fenders and side exhaust pipes.

The crowning bad-to-the-bone touch is the side-mounted exhaust pipes ... Initially, anyway, a two-year Dodge Viper waiting list and stratospheric dealer premiums are a near certainty.

Dodge also fitted a more aggressive camshaft and a new, less restrictive exhaust ... the Viper gained 50 horsepower, the V10 now belting out over 450 horsepower, but lost its distinctive side ...

But Audubon Chrysler in Henderson, Kentucky took it to a whole new level back in May 1996, when the owners installed a ...

As Dodge's flagship sports car ... and its 600-hp 8.4-liter V10 offers both brutal power and throaty sound through its side-exit dual exhaust.