Think The Mazda Miata Is A Good Deal? Try This 500-HP Dodge Viper Instead

At just over $30,000, this one-owner, low-mileage example is possibly the best possible version of Dodge’s first foray into 21st century supercar manufacturing, which is loaded Mazda Miata money. Sure, it won’t have the Miata’s fuel efficiency, but for those even thinking the words “power to weight,” the Viper’s ratio is almost twice as good as anything made by Mazda today, including the not-just-for-hairdressers-anymore Miata. Physics FTW.

While this Viper is priced oddly low for a car with less than 20,000 miles on it, the car may be suffering from the dropping value of the Canadian dollar. Yep—this car is in Canada, and with the increased buying power of the American greenback, you can reclaim this American gem for pennies on the dollar. From the description, the car seems to have been loved, with no accidents to speak of and one owner since new. Here’s an excerpt from the description:

2003 Dodge viper SRT-10 like new condition,18191 miles no accidents clean car fax. always garaged and covered, never seen rain. adult owned, needs nothing must be seen. this is a US car.

While I’d make sure the car doesn’t have any unreported accident damage or mechanical issues, I don’t see anything that I don’t like about this pre-Hellcat Hellcat. With some mods, the engine can support north of double its stock horsepower figure and the fourth generation Viper looks nearly identical, so onlookers would likely mistake it for a model that isn’t more than a decade old.