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stiff is not meaning the same as good handling.........
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I know.. but skidpad wise and slalom wise the corvette and camaro are traditionally the best handling in their price range or below. The stiff is in terms of nvh and handling over bumps. The difference between track driving and street driving. (note this discludes kit cars and things like the elise.. which are a little different..) Id take a vette over a golf, escort, ect of a similar year any day as long as we are on smooth race track.
Ill take a stock 80s corvette or camaro against a similar priced car of the same year.. Very few cars could beat them. By 1988 the camaro was pulling .91 on the skidpad.
Everyone here must remember, handling on the street is different then handling on the track. On the track, the stiffer suspension is king. On the street.. you dont want that stiffer suspension. You dont want soft either, but you get the picture.
As for suspension design I can attest that both the camaro and vette were quite sophisticated for their time. (camaros 3rd and 4th gen versus their respected years competition) (corvette versus there years respected competition)
In the choice between a late 80s rx7 for instance and a late 80s vette.. On the race track the vette would eat the rx7 for breakfast stock.. Its when you start dealing with bumps that the vettes stiff suspension doesnt deal well. So if we were driving around the canyons the vette wouldnt be the best option. Its a question of usage.