Show Stealer: ASC Will Unveil 'Diamondback' Dodge Viper at Detroit
Date posted: 01-07-2006

SOUTHGATE, Mich. — Inside Line has learned that auto supplier ASC has teamed up with McLaren to produce a new concept called the Diamondback, a 600-horsepower Dodge Viper made out of carbon fiber. The concept vehicle will make its debut at the 2006 North American International Auto Show.

The Diamondback Viper is one of several new concepts that ASC will introduce this coming week. Another is the ASC Suzuki Wave, a chopped Grand Vitara SUV four-door convertible. The Wave has a rear deck that pulls out and contains a barbecue and a cooler. ASC calls it 'the ultimate tailgate vehicle.'

ASC will also demonstrate the ASC TriLite in Detroit. It's a Toyota Sienna minivan with an industry first: a bidirectional, three-panel sunroof. The Sienna's sunroof is made of Lexan, a plastic material which ASC says is two-thirds lighter than glass.

ASC will also make an announcement on Monday about an agreement with an automaker regarding the first 2008 model to feature the supplier's InfiniVu system. The new sunroof system features folding fabric panels that accordion forward or rearward at the touch of a button to create an 'infinite' number of positions.

What this means to you: Leave it to the gearheads at ASC to steal the show in Detroit.

Source: edmunds

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Show Stealer: ASC Will Unveil 'Diamondback' Dodge Viper at Detroit
Date posted: 01-07-2006

SOUTHGATE, Mich. — Inside Line has learned that auto supplier ASC has teamed up with McLaren to produce a new concept called the Diamondback, a 600-horsepower Dodge Viper made out of carbon fiber. The concept vehicle will make its debut at the 2006 North American International Auto Show.

The Diamondback Viper is one of several new concepts that ASC will introduce this coming week. Another is the ASC Suzuki Wave, a chopped Grand Vitara SUV four-door convertible. The Wave has a rear deck that pulls out and contains a barbecue and a cooler. ASC calls it 'the ultimate tailgate vehicle.'

ASC will also demonstrate the ASC TriLite in Detroit. It's a Toyota Sienna minivan with an industry first: a bidirectional, three-panel sunroof. The Sienna's sunroof is made of Lexan, a plastic material which ASC says is two-thirds lighter than glass.

ASC will also make an announcement on Monday about an agreement with an automaker regarding the first 2008 model to feature the supplier's InfiniVu system. The new sunroof system features folding fabric panels that accordion forward or rearward at the touch of a button to create an 'infinite' number of positions.

What this means to you: Leave it to the gearheads at ASC to steal the show in Detroit.

Source: edmunds

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Show Stealer: ASC Will Unveil 'Diamondback' Dodge Viper at Detroit
Date posted: 01-07-2006

SOUTHGATE, Mich. — Inside Line has learned that auto supplier ASC has teamed up with McLaren to produce a new concept called the Diamondback, a 600-horsepower Dodge Viper made out of carbon fiber. The concept vehicle will make its debut at the 2006 North American International Auto Show.

The Diamondback Viper is one of several new concepts that ASC will introduce this coming week. Another is the ASC Suzuki Wave, a chopped Grand Vitara SUV four-door convertible. The Wave has a rear deck that pulls out and contains a barbecue and a cooler. ASC calls it 'the ultimate tailgate vehicle.'

ASC will also demonstrate the ASC TriLite in Detroit. It's a Toyota Sienna minivan with an industry first: a bidirectional, three-panel sunroof. The Sienna's sunroof is made of Lexan, a plastic material which ASC says is two-thirds lighter than glass.

ASC will also make an announcement on Monday about an agreement with an automaker regarding the first 2008 model to feature the supplier's InfiniVu system. The new sunroof system features folding fabric panels that accordion forward or rearward at the touch of a button to create an 'infinite' number of positions.

What this means to you: Leave it to the gearheads at ASC to steal the show in Detroit.

Source: edmunds

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A 'Snake' with an All-New Skin

The American company ASC (American Specialty Cars) showed its creative expertise by unveiling a supercar made even more super by the addition of a mostly carbon-fiber body.

A 'snake' with an all-new skin, the ASC Viper Diamondback is super-light and super-fast. It’s fitting that ASC, which helped the Chrysler Group bring the new Dodge Viper SRT10 coupe to life, would, with the aid of McLaren Performance Technologies, show how the Viper coupe might be taken to an all-new level of “extreme.” The 615 bhp Viper Diamondback features a carbon fiber roof, deck lid, rockers, fascia inserts, body trim and a massive OmniCarbon hood that shows off ten unique trumpeted air intakes, with individual port throttles, peeking through - a McLaren Performance Technologies feature reminiscent of McLaren Can-Am engines of the past.

The hood also shows off compression-molded carbon fiber. It’s displayed beautifully, with a broad, clearcoated racing stripe down the Artic White-painted expanse, subtly outlined by “Viper Blue” and “McLaren Red” pinstripes. In all, ASC removed about 85 lbs. of weight from the vehicle - including cutting the weight of the hood by nearly half versus the production model. Taken together with the powertrain modifications by McLaren Performance Technologies, the power-to-weight ratio was increased, resulting in an estimated increase in 0-60 mph time of 3.5 seconds.