Automotive News Discussion

[G.Irish]

So...is Chevy building an NSX, but right? And calling it a Corvette?

my exact reaction.

hopefully will be priced where the NSX should have been too

Hopefully they don't try to pull a NSX and shove it into a technological tour-de-force instead of just building a cool car.

I can almost 100% guarantee you that GM won't make that mistake.  It seems like the Corvette team truly understands that if you start with keeping things simple, powerful, and light; performance will follow.  Instead of showing off technology for technology's sake (RJ calls this 'technowankery') they only put in technology that is gonna make the car faster at the right price point.  So people make fun of the leaf springs or whatever, but GM doesn't care, they just win (until they overheat).

The 2nd gen NSX was all but doomed from the start because they wanted to put in the eSH-AWD system, come hell or high water.  The sad thing is that the Honda CEO at the time probably wouldn't have greenlit the project without the commitment to a hybrid drivetrain, but in doing so they ensured that they'd have a really hard time making the car fast and keeping costs under control.  An automotive catch 22 if there ever was one.