Dodge Venom

The Dodge Venom was a concept car that Dodge built in 1994 to show its cab-forward design in a two-seat sports car. It sat on a modified version of the Chrysler PL platform used for the Dodge Neon, but replaced the Neon layout with a 3.5 liter overhead-cam V6 rated at 245 horsepower driving the rear wheels. The body was steel over an aluminum structure with a cantilever roofline, and the cast iron engine block carried carbon fiber and Kevlar parts. Its styling borrowed from Dodge history, including the Coronet handle-bar grille, a Viper side scoop and the Challenger and Barracuda rear end. At about 2,700 pounds it was far lighter than the muscle cars it echoed, and it reached 60 miles per hour in 5.2 seconds. Dodge showed it in January 1994 with two other concepts and projected a price near 13,000 dollars fully loaded, but it never reached production.