@Bob: IM S6 posted:Yes, it's unique, but I wouldn't want it, and I am not a P purist.
It's an automatic - what fun is that?
I don't like the botched interior.
It's a Targa.
Three strikes and it's out.
You would think I'd be all about this, being 500 cubic inches of love and all (as well as a thumb in the eye of the "Excellence" crowd), but I struggle for all the reasons Bob lists above.
Slush-box swaps in pretty much anything leaves me flat. Ray's right - the bigger a car gets, the less offensive they become... but there's always a bit of offense there when the machine decides it's time to change gears. This is a 911 though - a tiny car - a SPORTS car. There's zero reason for one here, except laziness - both in construction and operation.
I was going to talk about how the cut floors and upholstery looked like a beaver gnawed a home for that Caddy, but Bob beat me to it.
... and yeah, Targa.