The third car in the Car & Driver Comparo was the Nissan 350Z Nismo S-Spec. The Porsche was a Boxster S, neither of those cars can be taken as anything other than TRUE bonafide Sports Cars. Given the Crossfire has an AutoMagic transmission, really speaks HUGE volumes about how good the car really is. They even LIKED the Autostick in the Crossfire. That's a first...