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Originally Posted by Varien
Hmm, strip the neon down, have Prodrive or another reputable race/rally fabrication and tuning firm convert it to AWD, and tune the engine, and it'll compete on the Viper's level; throw enough money into it and it can/will beat the viper. Sure it's based on another car, but hell, that's one fast car. Is it a sports car? You better hope so, because you're legendary sports car could have trouble keeping up.
So saying that "the Viper is everything a Neon can never be" is referring to what unique point about the viper?
Perhaps the engine performance? Nope, that can be replicated. Downforce? Easily modified. Wider, stickier tires? Widebody + DOT legal R compounds. Oh I know what it must be, THE LOOK! So you must be saying the 'sports car' title is based purely on looks then? Of course not, you can't be that silly.
Perhaps you mean that the Viper was built as a no compromise sportscar from the ground up? Oh wait! Omigosh! Is that a truck engine under the hood?
Basically, all you have left is 'status.' If this is what you mean by "everything," then you're basing "sportscar" definition based on how others see the car.
EDIT: While typing, he did try to end it peacfully, so I withdraw the hostility.
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"Status"? LOL! I "poo poo" on that idea. Status is not a measurable physical phenomenom, so what impact does "status" have on physics?
The point is given enough money you can make a woman into a man (physically) and vice versa. And I'm not trying to judge anyone on that, but think what was their original "intent" and design though? IMO, this is the equivalent of turning an econobox into a faster, re-done econobox.
So for all the add-ons and changes and other nonsensical (IMO) bullsh*t you could do to a Neon to make it perform like a Viper, it's still not a sportscar.
Another example? This is akin to using a wrench as a hammer, will it work? Sure, but it's a waste of a wrench and not really the
right job for the
tool.
In the case of a Neon, when properly MacGyver'd it's the hammer in the situation above (
straight line acceleration) and the Viper is the wrench (
both straight line acceleration and lateral acceleration 
).
I'm all for underdogs, afterall I drive a 4-cylinder
but I'm not soo far deluded as to equate a hopped up econo-box with a sportscar.