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Who would provide the best home for Corvette?

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I say Toyota and I'll make my case:

Forget small sports car makers or any small manufacturers, they need the economy of scale to keep Corvette at the top of it's performance game while selling for as little as possible. If anything, THAT is what Corvette is all about. Low cost high performance.

The small block Chevy V8 will die with GM so the new owner has to have it's own V8 engine sold on a large scale to keep costs down. That cuts out your Honda's and most Asians other than Toyota, and most European makes as well. This leaves Benz, BMW and Toyota. Forget Ford and Chrysler as if GM goes legs up they won't have the money either to buy up the left over bits.

I'm going to say that BMW and Benz both got burned by their Rover and Chrysler experiences respectively and don't seem to play well with American car culture. This leaves Toyota who if nothing else has tried in the US to emulate most of what GM has done, even down to the Big Truck market.

They have the money to keep Corvette at the top of its game. Unlike the high performance I4's and V6 mentality of say Honda, Toyota does appreciate the big capacity V8. They could slip in the 5.7 DI V8 from the Tundra as a base engine and build from there.

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Where do you think would be
the best home (if not GM) for
Corvette?​

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I,m hoping they will be able to find operating money (loan) from the global market.
I dont think we could afford to lose GM , as a nation, but would like them to stand on their own without Gov loans . (bailout)
You have bought up a good point though, it may get to that.
I would hate to have to say I drive a Toyota Corvette , though.
 
If not Toyota, then what?
Audi
Mercedes Benz
VW
BMW
Nissan
Subaru
Kia
Daewoo

Given the other choices, Toyota works for me...
 
For those who would give up thier toys simply due to "branding" I say this.

For most, it's a toy. It's a luxury. At best, it's daily transportation.

That said, if GM goes tit's up, there's always BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, the "exotics" and the asian markets perfirmance cars.:thumbsup:

A lot of people think we're top of the heap. In reality, there's alot of rice out there that can eat the luch of an average and in many cases, above average, vette, especially in the twisites:thumbsup:

However, as long as there's freedom to tinker, as long as the hot rodding spirit is alive, regardless of the brand, there will always be hi-performance:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Find and old vette and mod away!:dancer01:
 
VW Corvette? Now that's funny!:rofl1:

Anyway, I doubt that a German Corvette would be a good thing. If it's anything like high end Mercs then Corvettes will be much less affordable. I love BMWs and Porsches, but I feel that the Vette would lose too much in pursuit of luxury.

I'd have to say that Toyota would not be my choice. With sports cars, Toyota has brilliant flashes of brilliance, but they rarely last long. The MR2, the Supra, the (good) Celicas... Toyota always returns to practicality. Which might have something to do with their success.

Nissan would have to be my favorite out of ones listed in this thread. With the exception of small design flaws due to the compact nature of Japanese people and the term "wrench clearance" not being translatable into Japanese, they make some damned good cars. That's why I have a few. An affordable and capable sports car is not something new to them. From the original Fairlady Roadsters to the Zs and 240SXs, they have a pretty good resume. Nissan has been running V8s in some of their Z car based race cars since the 80s, and I think that they have been playing around with the idea of a V8 sports car for a while. The Vette (or something similar) would fit in nicely between the 350Z and the GTR I think. The only problem with this scenario is the upcoming 370Z...
 
Think of the value of your "Chevrolet Corvette" if GM did start liquidating brand names and dropping model lines. I would think they would continue producing Corvettes, but at a reduced number, to justify an added price increase.

The new administration is more than likely to approve the bailout, if only to keep the union vote. I would get ready to start looking at more taxes. More fuel taxes certainly, taxes like Environmental Impact fees on everything from handheld electronics to washers and dryers. Higher vehicle taxes, higher emissions regulations requiring every state to comply with government set guidlines. Or risk losing gov't funding for infrastructure.

We will have to classify our "daily drivers" as some custom or special classification so we can pay more for a "special" emissions stamp or some such crap.

Our Great Republic, Of The People, By The People, and For The People, is slowly being replaced by a Socialist Demographic Populace.

OOOps... Sorry, I got carried away.

Joe B.
 
IMHO...if GM goes by way of the doodoo....

then as a joke we could rebadge the Vette with such durable and long lasting images of our minds with the likes of:

Desoto
Edsel
Nash
Rambler
Tucker
Yugo
Lexington Minute Man Six
King Eight Cylinder
Saxon-Haynes-Case Passenger Cars
American, The Balanced Six
Templar, The Superfine Small Car
Grant Six
Sayers Six
Chandler Six
Paige
Pilot-Paterson-Apperson
Stephens Salient Six
Velie

...just to name a few. Just for sh_ts and giggles, I like the sound of a "Pilot Paterson Apperson Corvette" :thumbsup: sounds kinda Buck Rogers!! :hehehe:
 
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