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Originally Posted by ZDan
Everyone has his own opinions. For me, features don't necessarily have much to do with it. A larger, heavier car is inherently going to be more comfortable and less immediate than a smaller, lighter-weight car.
Ferinstance, if you took an Aston Martin DB9 and stripped it of everything (no a/c, no stereo, windup windows, etc), that doesn't really make it more of a "sports car" to me. It's a decontented Grand Tourer. Contrariwise, a Lotus Elise featured up with seat warmers/coolers, dvd infotainment system, passenger foot massager, etc., would still be a "sports car".
To me.
Not that I get too hung up on the terminology! Call 'em what you will, they is what they is...
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But all of that would add weight and one would also argue that it isn't optimal for track with the added weight tacked on to the elise. One thing you're forgetting on that feature list is the suspension being a bit softer also if they was to make a GT model Elise.
Let's take the 911 for comparison. The GT3 is voided of any features that is luxury oriented and everything on the car is sharpened for track duty and the backseats is ditched and the car loses 150 lbs. The GT3 is much better than the 911 at being a sports car. A car doesn't have to be superlight to become a much better performance machine as car manufacturers would prove you wrong. I read a story where Autoblog was more crazy about the Nismo 370Z than the regular 370Z. They described the difference as GT to Sports car.