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Originally Posted by VisualEcho
Put the brakes on James, your 2SS is a GT Car by definition.
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Actually, the 2SS and 1SS 1LE versions weighs within 6lbs of each other, because the 1SS has all of the wiring and features in the seats, etc. that the 2SS has, just not the wiring harness to hook it all up, so compared to the 1SS version...it's "just as hard". The 1LE versions are a lot more track focused than something like an M3. Although the M3 does just fine at the track, the 1LE takes steering, suspension/drivetrain (eLSD), tires, etc., all to fairly extreme extents.
Sure, we aren't talking a race-only car that's not legal on street roads, but in my mind, a light weight low-HP car designed to handle is just as much a sports-car as a high-HP car that's designed to handle. A GT car is meant to give some compromise for comfort, trading that for all-out performance.
The idea that a "sports car" has to be an MG or Triumph is pretty tired IMO. Sports car is a pretty big definition IMO and it gets further divided up into categories. Once you get down to something like "muscle car", that's pretty much something intended to only be raced in a straight line. You can always blur the lines though, lots of cars do cross over multiple genre.