OK, it's the bottom of the 9th as you Americans say, and GM could slide into Chapter 11 and then Chapter 7. So it's broken up and any good bits sold to other automakers.
Who would provide the best home for Corvette?
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.
Where do you think would be
the best home (if not GM) for
Corvette?
