Aluminum Chassis with Fiberglass Bodywork

Here is a link to the Ford GT aluminum chassis:

However, Ford GT's, Ferrari's, Lamborghini's, and R8's have aluminum bodywork instead of SMC bodywork.

Of course, carbon fiber tubs are possible on the most advanced models .

front-suspension-to-rocker-panel-to-rear-suspension actually tieing into something bigger at the rear:

rails (and this is how Ferrari's, Lamborghini's, recent production Ford GT's, and Audi R8's are built and also how carbon fiber tubs work):

carbon fiber, aluminum, and SMC:

fiberglass doesn't necessarily have the world's greatest auto body pedigree...

Steel chassis and fiberglass bodywork:

I wonder if you can still buy these dorky white sidewalled tires

The reply:

My uncle always bought cheap black tires for his Valiant and then carefully painted white sidewalls on them with oil-based housepaint. It looked a lot better than you'd expect.

--scott

Used to use special crayon type markers for marking "Goodyear" etc.

Greg

Back to the present:

The end of the short wheelbase Elise disappointed a lot of Lotus fans but the Evora with a wheelbase of 101.4" could actually be competition for the Corvette.

As for the Corvette, new close-out C6 Corvettes can be found on Autotrader at about $39,600 . Those are steel chassis and SMC bodywork.