Originally Posted by REVIT93RX7
I think your best friend is HP/LB. Remove some weight from any of those cars and it's amazing how really quick they do become. Of course none of the cars mentioned were poor performers to begin with. But weight is the main killer. Just imagine how fast the SRT6 would be 200 lbs lighter!
100% spot on. Which is why people who don't know any better laugh at the Lotus Elise/Exige for only have 190HP, but that's more than enough power to make the 1960lb Elise a damn quick car.