Srogue, for the record, I've been a Honda fan for over 25 years. I recommend them to everyone. If you want a car that's economical to own and operate, offers excellent performance, is dependable, rides and handles great, then you could do allot worse than anything with a Honda logo on it.
But if you want a sports car with a German pedigree, for the price of a Hyundai, that you can really get passionate about, then there's only one game in town.
I've got 3 other (fairly competent) sports cars in my garage, and since the Crossfire showed up nearly 3 years ago, they've all just been gathering dust.
I prefer the 6 spd. and magazine road tests say it's about 1/2 sec. faster than the auto in the 1/4 mile. But ya can't go wrong either way.
Good Luck