rai

Let's leave aside the Z06 and the 911 for a minute.

Let's just think about mid-engine sports cars.

I love the NSX and the 2003+ (?) NSXs with the fixed headlights are as rare as hens teeth. But the Cayman S looks to have the measure of the outgoing NSX.

cap1

Exige!!

bjohnston

I voted Cayman S, but I'd probably get the Z06 or the Z51 (and pocket some dough). NSX is just too damn old, and I'm too much of a girl scout for the Exige (and maybe too big at 6'2" 200lbs). I've sat in an Elise and could never use that as a DD.

Chris Stack

I gotta have a convertible, so though of these choices I'd pick a Cayman, I'd have to have another car to go with it. So, the choice would be Cayman S (DD) + S2000 (fun car), or a Boxster S (fun car) + some other DD, like an SUV or my TSX. I think the new Cayman is cool, but I'd probably save some cash and go with the Boxster S.

But the Corvette would be an interesting alternative.


I don't like the styling of either the new NSX (and the dated interior sucks) or the Exige (and this is about worthless as a car aside from the occasional backroad blast).

Umrswimr

What are the requirements?

For a track car, the Exige is going to obliterate those others. Of course, it's going to suck to drive on the street.

For a street/track car, the Caymen is probably your best bet. Had you not excluded it, the Z06 is far, far better track/street car.

The NSX is pretty, but it's also pretty underpowered. It'll make a really nice street car, though.

rai

[QUOTE=Umrswimr,Jan 19 2006, 09:07 AM] What are the requirements?

For a track car, the Exige is going to obliterate those others.

MULDER

Exige is way too purpose built to anything more than canyon carve, the Cayman... which I originally loved, has no LSD. SO... my choice would be the NSX hands down.

Ask yourself:
Do I want a toy car powered by Toyota, A porsche thats not all it could be, or a Tech marvel.

Chris Stack

A Porsche that's not all it could be is still a perfect platform for a 3.8l, X-51 package 997S engine to be dropped into. Buy it, pay it off while the warranty expires, and then ship it off to Ruf. There's nothing wrong with that car that an extra (almost) 100 Zuffenhausen-bred ponies couldn't fix.

JonBoy

I saw a red Cayman S the other day. Did NOT like it that much, but perhaps it'll grow on me.

The Exige is amazing, but it's a pure track car - not much good for anything else.

The NSX is as fast as the Cayman, probably doesn't handle as well, but looks lightyears better (in my opinion - the NSX looks better in person than in pictures, which is the opposite of the Cayman S).

Bottom line - in this one, I'd take the NSX, drop it, change the wheels and brake pads and I'd be set.

Penforhire

Of these choices? Exige, but not as a daily driver!