Originally Posted by twin3037
tkae the same engine make it dohvc and it would make more power and have better mpg that
it would also be larger and heavier - it's a tradeoff. gm chose smaller and lighter, and can still make a hell of a lot of power.
if you get car and driver, check out the editorial in the latest issue. i don't konw how long it's been out, less than two weeks.
Originally Posted by fastball
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.
when you buy porches, lambo's, and ferraris, you're also paying for the symbol on the hood. car and driver made the same point i'm trying to make, except on a different scale. they said that the NSX is a much better all around value than
some of the high dollar exotics, yet people still choose the bigger name. it's all about personal preference. if you want to pay more for a car that performs and looks marginally better, i don't have a problem with that.
also, comparing the nsx and corvette is not exactly apples to apples. same thing can be said about viper vs corvette. the vette is a high volume car that gm actually makes a profit on. i know that chrysler takes a loss every time they sell a viper, and i'm sure honda doesn't make too much (if anything) by selling nsx's.
also, look at the production number. for the money, the corvette is one
hell of a deal, but the tradeoff is it has the same problems as any other regular production car that isn't completely hand assembled.
and finally, the corvette is one of the few american cars left that is actually assembled in america, and some of the assembly is done by actual people, at the assembly plant in bowling green, kentucky.
sorry for the novel, hope i made a good point.