Well I don't think there's a thread out there comparing these two but I can see buyers cross shopping them as sports car prospectives. With the recently leaked C7 front end out there, I found myself excited(!) looking at it whereas I've been trying to like the NSX concept front end for over a year but all I can do is find more things wrong with it.
http://m.caranddriver.com/article.rbml?id=http://blog.caranddriver.com/?p-100180
I think Chevy has a major design homerun on their hands even if it is a less curvy copy of the latest Ferrari. Why companies so blatantly copy other competitors designs is beyond me. They should pay their designers half the salary for half the effort. First Honda with the R8 and now Chevy with the C7.
Anyhow, I like the C7 face soooooooooooo much better than the new NSX concept and am wondering as specs are released and the cars nearing production, which one would I rather buy when it comes time?
As much as I've always hated corvettes for their low tech, low revving engines and their high production numbers, I can't deny that the bar has been raised incrementally over time and is now very high. I expect the interior to be up to par this time too. I just wonder about the driving experience not being as much fun without the revs and sounds of the NSX. I'm not into "muscle" type cars at all so power and torque numbers don't mean all that much to me.
The new NSX, I expect to be lovely to drive and packed with exciting new tech but if its still as offensive to look at then it is still an utter failure and completely worthless from my perspective. I wish they would just put an HSC styled front end on it so it looks like an NSX again. Forget the beak family identity and kick off a worthy design theme with this car. A machine that expensive better look like a work of art. Perhaps a used F430 or Gallardo may still be more appealing even if more dated looking.
Anyone out there starting to think about this?
http://m.caranddriver.com/article.rbml?id=http://blog.caranddriver.com/?p-100180
I think Chevy has a major design homerun on their hands even if it is a less curvy copy of the latest Ferrari. Why companies so blatantly copy other competitors designs is beyond me. They should pay their designers half the salary for half the effort. First Honda with the R8 and now Chevy with the C7.
Anyhow, I like the C7 face soooooooooooo much better than the new NSX concept and am wondering as specs are released and the cars nearing production, which one would I rather buy when it comes time?
As much as I've always hated corvettes for their low tech, low revving engines and their high production numbers, I can't deny that the bar has been raised incrementally over time and is now very high. I expect the interior to be up to par this time too. I just wonder about the driving experience not being as much fun without the revs and sounds of the NSX. I'm not into "muscle" type cars at all so power and torque numbers don't mean all that much to me.
The new NSX, I expect to be lovely to drive and packed with exciting new tech but if its still as offensive to look at then it is still an utter failure and completely worthless from my perspective. I wish they would just put an HSC styled front end on it so it looks like an NSX again. Forget the beak family identity and kick off a worthy design theme with this car. A machine that expensive better look like a work of art. Perhaps a used F430 or Gallardo may still be more appealing even if more dated looking.
Anyone out there starting to think about this?
