Some critics have called it "unsophisticated", but America's supercar has truly become an icon due to its unforgiving devotion to raw power and simplicity. What makes something a supercar and not just a sports car? A difficult question, but necessary if we're going to say it's the first American supercar. Perhaps it's the Shelby Cobra, or the GT40, but both of those are kind of British as well. So what about the Corvette? Sure, some are sports cars, but what about the ZR-1? Well, however you define it, the Viper is an all-American supercar, and potentially our first one. The idea for the Viper was dreamed up by Chrysler's then-president Bob Lutz, with the idea of creating a modern day Cobra. Source: Carbuzz