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Originally Posted by WolfpackS2k
A few people have remarked about the S2000's chassis being weak/too flexy.
That's utterly ridiculous. It has an extremely rigid chassis for a convertible. 22,000 Nm/degree, better than many coupes of the same era. Is it as rigid as a modern sports coupe? No, is it as rigid as a brand new Miata? No, it was designed 20 years ago. For comparison a Miata of the same era as the S2000 had a torsional rigidity value of around 6,000 Nm/degree.
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Do we actually know the ND is more rigid? I can't find the stats for the ND, but...
NA and NB: 6000 Nm/degree
NC: 8800 Nm/degree
I could be wrong, but I find it hard to believe that the ND would improve by 250% over the NC to even match the 22,000 Nm/degree you quoted, let alone bettering it.