Porsche-Jeck:
I like the Corvettes - they are "honest" sportscars
+1. Corvette has almost the same years of heritage as the 911 - and has also done more than most makers to consistently design light cars that avoid unnecessary complexity. Even the transverse leaf spring Heist refers to is now a composite part - lighter than steel coils, and the Z06 has innovative aluminium and composite construction.
All this with relatively minimal resources: if cash-strapped GM had provided the Corvette team with 1/10 of the engineering resources that Porsche has (plus maybe a spare Italian or two to re-design the interior) who knows what they could come up with?
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2011 Range Rover Sport S/C, 2009 Porsche 911S