Having been in a few C5's (not z06's), I didn't have any problems with the plastic. But if I were a stickler for plastics, I'd own a Honda... that stuff really is that much nicer than any other I've seen <img src="#/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/hehe.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':hehe:'> I'll say that I've yet to see too many sports cars (Vettes, Vipers, Porsches, Ferraris) with decent looking switch gear. The exception was a Jag XJ220
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I think the US is the best at one thing - hp/$. You can't touch the power of a Vette, Camaro (RIP), Moosetang, Maurader for anywhere near their price. For US cars as a whole, I certainly agree that they don't match up w/ their Japanese counterparts on MANY levels. I also would retract my earlier statement that Japanese cars aren't the best at anything on the grounds that I was thinking utility/classes - not manufacturing components. On those grounds, I think Japanese cars have the best initial quality for fit and finish in their respective classes.
And for those that haven't read the last decade of reviews calling the NSX bland, sterile, etc. perhaps you should rethink that Acura shrine you've been working on. But of course some people always seem to know better than the likes of Ceasar Csabre (sp?) and others that review cars for a living. <img src="#/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sarcasm.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':sarcasm:'>