部件magazine reported on the Viper line when the first models were being assembled.


克莱斯勒有限责任公司的Conner Avenue组装工厂于3月12日达到了制造业里程碑,建造了其第25,000道道奇毒蛇。Milestone 2008 Viper SRT10的新主人是NASCAR驾驶员Kurt Busch,他在底特律设施举行的仪式上接受了车辆,以表彰他的赛车成就。

“这是我经历过的最大的刺激之一,”米勒·莱特·道奇(Miller Lite Dodge)的司机布希(Busch)说。“要积极地庆祝第25,000道道奇毒蛇以滚下来,这是一个非凡的荣誉,我一生都会记得一个。...我真兴奋。”布希说。

我们在集会杂志也很兴奋。That’s because we were there when the Dodge Viper first started rolling off the line way back in 1996. (Frankly, we think we should have received No. 25,000, but we’re trying not to take it personally.) Senior editor Allan F. Benson visited the facility and produced an interesting account of the plant’s “back-to-basics” assembly practices. Benson is no longer with the magazine, but we’ve resurrected his article and posted the text as it originally appeared in our May 1996 issue. You can find the article among the rest of this month’s features. To read it, click这里.

克莱斯勒董事长兼首席执行官罗伯特·纳德利(Robert Nardelli)向库尔特·布希(Kurt Busch)展示了钥匙,因为车辆滚下了装配线。

“Reaching this milestone is quite an achievement considering the Dodge Viper SRT10 is a hand-built performance vehicle,” said Nardelli. “This unique manufacturing facility has allowed us to produce a true American legend.”

“Members of UAW Local 212 take enormous pride in every hand-built Viper we deliver to our customers,” said UAW Vice President General Holiefield, who directs the union’s Chrysler Department. “We’re very proud to team up with a proven winner like Kurt Busch. He knows world-class quality and craftsmanship when he sees it, and that’s exactly what he’s going to see in his new UAW-built Dodge Viper.”

The Viper was introduced as a concept car at the 1989 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Dodge Viper production began in May 1992. Production of the Viper’s V-10 engine was transferred from the company’s Mound Road Engine Plant to Conner Avenue Assembly in May 2001. In 2008, Dodge introduced the all-new, fourth generation Dodge Viper SRT10.

在Conner Avenue组装厂,Craftspeople手工制造道奇Viper SRT10及其600马力的8.4升V-10发动机。在705英尺长的装配线上使用26个工作站,48名工人组装每辆车。八个手工艺品使用车辆组装线旁边的24个站圆线在同一设施中建造了同一设施中的600马力8.4升SRT V-10发动机。

“Back in 1992, the purpose of the Viper was to redefine what the Dodge brand was all about,” said Melissa Holobach, plant manager of the Conner Avenue facility and the Sterling Heights Vehicle Test Center. “We wanted to come up with something that was extreme and cutting edge. Twenty five thousand vehicles later, we’ve continued this incredible heritage with the 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10.”