MistaX
Well, I don't see how the track car class is even split up any further than just "Track car" Whereas the "Coupe" example would be split as the Celica in the "Economy Coupe" and the 350Z being in the "Sports Coupe" which could even be further split.
I would figure you could split "Track Car" down by "Full Bodied" or not, one side having the Radical/Atom and the other having the GT3, etc.
But further than that, I don't see how it could be. You can't split cars by power numbers alone.
Quite a diverse range of track cars exist and they could be split down in a number of different ways, price, power to weight, road legality, etc, etc.
Take the Radical and the Atom, they are actually very different cars. The SR3 while being road legal (if you want) is basically a pure track car, with the benefit of downforce. The Atom on the other hand would be much more at home on the road, but is a lot less track focused than the Radical.
MistaX
Well that's true. A car may handle great to one person but handle terribly to another. I guess it's personal taste to have a bit more understeer or a bit more oversteer. So after all, what is good handling anyway?
Quite right and it goes beyond even the balance preference and into how well the car 'talks' to you and you are able to read what its is doing and how near the limit it is.
Thats why lat-g and slalom figures are misleading, a car with far higher grip limits but doesn't let you know when its near the limit will in most peoples hands be far slower than a car with a lower level of grip, but which lets you know exactly when you reach that limit.
Its why cars like the Lotus Elan are held in such high regard, very low levels of grip, but the chassis and steering let you know exactly what the car is doing. Its not something you can put a numerical value to.
MistaX
I just mentioned that because you said the Porsche was driver oriented, and so is the S2K. I can't say I've driven a Porsche, but I have driven the Honda.
And it was BY FAR the most "Driver Car" I've driven.
I should mention that I drove a 2005 model, with the 2.2L Engine and the revised suspension. So it didn't have that snap oversteer.
It was the original model that I drove and I would like to try the '05 as they have apperently done a lot of work on it.
Don't get me wrong the S2K is a driver focused car, its just not the most driver focused car I've ever driven (and it is very snappy on the limit - thank god for old airfields), the 911 on the other hand was one of the most driver focused cars I've ever had the pleasure to drive.
MistaX
I don't think anyone has ever agreed with me about that. In my opinion owners play a HUGE role in a car. It doesn't take away any performance, but it does take away appeal. Appeal is a major part of a car, no?
I'm sure the Boxster is a great car, but I just couldn't see myself driving one, due to the people that have ruined the car for me.
Its a difficult one and maybe to a degree Boxster owners in the USA are worse than ones in the UK, still I would never let an image stop me from sampling a good car.
Regards
Scaff