Originally Posted by g2tegls
This thread went from zero to retarded in 1.5 years! People seem to think that the more a car costs, the faster it should be. As if it's a linear scale. That just isn't the case. How does a 360 Modena cost 3 times as much as a Z06 when it's just *barely* faster? That seems to be a horrible performance per dollar value but hell I'd still rather drive a Ferrari.
Anyone can make a car
fast. I could make my Mom's Buick LeSabre
fast. What makes cars like an NSX, or Ferrari, or any high dollar exotic worth the sticker price is panache, pedigree, and the way it's built. Would you like a car slapped together on an assembly line with parts from a Cavalier (Corvette), or would you like a car meticulously hand built from the chasis up. Each engine part honed and polished to exact specifiactions, and a paint process for the body that could be confused with a priceless work of art (Ferrari, NSX, etc). To some people that's more important. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, it's just the differences that make an NSX what an NSX is and a Corvette what a Corvette is.