I was also pretty meh about them until I rode shotgun in one several years ago, it's a heavily tuned track car that competes in the Vintage Cup over here, but of course that doesn't stop the owner from using it to transport stuff, even paper boxes, for his printing business in it, racing slicks and all.
It was at an open track event and the thing flat-out hauled butt, the car has a multi-Weber 2 litre engine so it was pretty fast, and the corners went by like chocolate cookies. The guy actually outran a couple N/A 911s that were on the same group, and while they ate the car in the straights, I was surprised to see that the Alpine actually reeled the Porsches in at the twists. That made me a for-life fan. Unfortunately, I'll never be able to own one. Super-rare over here, even though they were officially sold in Mexico.