I bought mine as my daily driver, not to race. So an auto stick makes sense......
I was attracted to the looks of the vehicle, and the performace is quite good in my opinion, for the type of driving I do.
If the purpose of my purchase had been to race this car, then I would be spending the necessary money to get the improved H/P and acceleration, etc.
But my impression of this forum and the other owners of the Crossfires is that the racers are most definitely in the minority. Of all the Crossfire owners that have posted here, I don't think there have been 50 that have done the ECU aftermarket upgrades and less than 15 that have made real performance changes to thier cars.
The rest of us like our cars just the wat they are!
:-)