Why This Car Is Special

The 2006 N2A Motors 789 is one of the most unusual cars you will ever find offered for sale. N2A Motors, based in California, built the 789 as a neoclassic convertible that fused late-1950s American styling cues with the proven mechanical platform of the sixth-generation Corvette. The name 789 references the model years 1957, 1958, and 1959 — the three years of American automotive design that most influenced the car's appearance. The result is a body that reads as a long, low two-seat roadster with tailfins, period-correct round headlamps, a chrome bumper, and torpedo-style taillights pulled directly from the fins-and-chrome era, all mounted over a modern C6 Corvette chassis.

What you are looking at here is not just any 789. The brushed aluminum plaque mounted to the engine cover reads "789 S/R — N2A Motors — Number 001." This is the first 789 S/R ever built. The S/R designation indicates the specific sub-variant of the model. As an auto show promotional car, this vehicle was built to represent the N2A Motors brand publicly — it was not a pre-production prototype but a finished, running, driving vehicle used to generate orders and demonstrate what the company could deliver. That distinction matters to collectors. Auto show cars built by low-volume manufacturers to this standard are rarely offered publicly, and the first serial number of any limited production run carries a different category of documentation and provenance than a mid-run example.

N2A Motors produced the 789 in very small numbers. These were not mass-production vehicles. Each car was built to order on a C6 Corvette platform, meaning the drivetrain, chassis dynamics, electronics, and structural integrity all trace directly back to one of the best sports car platforms General Motors ever engineered. The C6 Corvette carried a front-mid-engine layout with a rear-mounted transaxle for near-ideal 50/50 weight distribution, a hydroformed steel frame, and independent suspension at all four corners. N2A purchased the running platforms and fitted their custom carbon composite bodies and bespoke interiors to produce the 789.

The VIN on this car decodes to a 2006 model year, confirming it as an early-production 789 built during the model's introduction period. The body style code in the VIN identifies it as a convertible, consistent with the power soft top and glass rear window fitted to this car.

Features List

• LS2 6.0L V8 engine
• 4-Speed automatic transmission
• 789 S/R Serial Number 001 — first of the S/R series
• Auto show promotional car
• Carbon composite body panels
• Borla exhaust system with quad exhaust tips
• Budnik polished wheels
• Black power convertible soft top with glass rear window
• Custom leather bucket seats in teal, grey, and black three-tone
• N2A Motors embroidered headrests
• Two-tone teal and black leather interior
• N2A Motors leather steering wheel with branded center cap
• N2A Motors embroidered floor mats
• Power windows and power seats
• Air conditioning
• Tachometer
• Chrome trim details throughout exterior
• Corvette C6 platform with independent rear suspension
• Four-wheel disc brakes
• N2A Motors badging inside and out

Mechanical

The 2006 N2A Motors 789 S/R runs the LS2 6.0-liter V8, the same engine Chevrolet used in the base 2005-2007 C6 Corvette. In Corvette trim, that engine produced 400 horsepower and 400 lb-ft of torque from the factory. It is an all-aluminum small-block built on the Gen IV architecture, featuring cathedral-port cylinder heads, a composite intake manifold, and coil-near-plug ignition. The LS2 is one of the most well-supported V8 engines in modern American automotive history, with a deep aftermarket and a long track record of reliability. Backing it here is a 4-speed automatic transmission, which in C6 Corvette applications is the 4L65-E, a unit well-suited to relaxed open-road driving.

The exhaust system has been replaced with a Borla unit, which is a significant upgrade over the factory C6 setup. Borla builds their exhaust systems from T-304 stainless steel and tunes them for both tone and flow. The system exits through four individual round tips centered low in the rear valance, a design choice that visually reinforces the period-correct tail of the car while delivering a sound profile that the factory exhaust could not match. The quad-tip arrangement is visible from directly behind the car and is one of the more distinctive details at the rear.

Underneath, the car retains the full C6 Corvette independent rear suspension — a five-link design using aluminum components and a transverse-mounted composite leaf spring. The front suspension is an unequal-length A-arm setup, also aluminum-intensive. Four-wheel disc brakes are fitted at all corners, consistent with the C6 platform's standard equipment. The undercarriage shots included with this listing show the brake hardware and suspension geometry in clear detail. The underside presents cleanly, with no visible corrosion or damage to the structural components.

Interior

The interior of the 2006 N2A Motors 789 is built around a modified C6 Corvette cockpit with N2A-specific upgrades layered throughout. The seats are custom leather bucket units in a three-tone combination of teal, grey, and black. The teal panels in the seat center match the body color and carry through to the door panels, where teal leather inserts cover the lower third of each door card in a geometric cut that runs corner-to-corner. The dashboard wears a broad teal leather band that runs across the center section of the instrument panel, with a metal N2A Motors badge centered within it. This color integration was clearly planned from the start to tie the interior palette to the exterior finish.

Both headrests carry embroidered N2A Motors logos. The floor mats are custom-fitted with N2A Motors embroidery at the toe end of each mat. The leather steering wheel features the N2A Motors shield badge in place of the standard Corvette center cap. These details confirm that this car was finished to the standard expected of a brand ambassador vehicle — everything that a prospective customer would notice up close has been branded and executed to a higher level than a standard production 789.

The instruments, switchgear, climate controls, and center console are C6 Corvette-derived, which means they are functional, well-supported, and familiar to anyone who has spent time in a C6. The tachometer is large and prominently positioned in the cluster. Power windows and power seats are fitted. Air conditioning is present. The convertible top operates via power, and the rear window is glass rather than plastic — a detail that matters for long-term clarity and durability.

Exterior

The 2006 N2A Motors 789 S/R wears a two-tone teal and white exterior. The teal covers the front clip, hood, the upper body surfaces, and the tail section including the fins. The white occupies the lower body sides, running the length of the car in a broad horizontal band. The division between the two colors follows a character line that runs the full length of the body, which is a clean execution of the two-tone concept that was common on American cars from the era the 789 was designed to evoke.

The carbon composite body panels are a key part of what makes the 789 work as a concept. Composite construction allows N2A to produce complex sculptural shapes that would be prohibitively expensive in stamped steel at low production volumes. The fins, the front fender forms, the hood contour, and the rear tail panel all require tight radius curves and compound shapes that composites handle well. The body panel fit and finish on this car is consistent with what you would expect from a vehicle prepared for public auto show display.

At the front, round headlamps sit in chrome-trimmed housings flanked by secondary driving lights, with a mesh grille centered below a chrome bumper treatment. The front end is clearly derivative of late-1950s Chevrolet design vocabulary but does not copy any specific production car directly. At the rear, the twin tail fins rise to a peak with chrome-ringed oval taillights set into each fin, and the quad Borla exhaust tips exit centered below the rear valance. Chrome trim details appear at the grille surround, headlamp bezels, and tail lamp housings.

The Budnik polished wheels are a custom aftermarket fitment. Budnik is a California-based wheel manufacturer known for billet aluminum construction and a clean, multi-spoke design language that works well with both vintage and neoclassic styling. The black soft top folds flush with the beltline when lowered, maintaining the long, low roofline the car was designed around. When raised, the glass rear window provides a clear sightline rearward and will not yellow or craze the way a plastic window would over time.

Conclusion

The 2006 N2A Motors 789 S/R Number 001 occupies a specific and well-defined place in the collector car market. It is not a kit car, not a replica, and not a customs shop build. It is Serial Number 001 of a named production series, built by a manufacturer that went to market with a real product on a proven platform, and used as the car that represented the brand publicly at auto shows. The combination of the C6 Corvette's LS2 drivetrain, modern independent suspension, and four-wheel disc brakes means this is a car you can actually drive, not just display. The Borla exhaust, Budnik wheels, and fully branded interior are exactly what you would want to find on the car that was built to make the best possible impression.

Buyers who want something with documented provenance, legitimate production context, and genuine scarcity will find very few cars that check all of those boxes at once. This one does.

To learn more about the 2006 N2A Motors 789 S/R Number 001, call Skyway Classics at 941-254-6608. We are located in Sarasota, Florida, and welcome inquiries from buyers nationwide.

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