I personally would like another 50hp from my coupe, but I wouldn't consider it underpowered though either. The problem is that for the MSRP (mine had a sticker of 37k), it was just a very poor buy for the performance. My old GTI with a sticker of 22k was as fast, if not a touch faster and it had more features, like standard HID lights. And then you have sport compacts like the Mazdaspeed 3 and Cobalt SS turbo which are also much cheaper and much faster.

And then there are the cars the CF competes against. The 350/70z is at least a second quicker in the quarter mile and the Z4 coupe is also a fair amount quicker. The thing to remember is that magnitude of change between various measures of acceleration may not seem like a lot on paper. I mean 1 second is a very short amount of time. But the power and grip required to move a vehicle through the quarter mile 1 second quicker than another vehicle is significant. So you WILL feel the big difference between the car that runs the quarter in 15.0 and one that runs it 14.0 flat. The same holds true, generally, for 0-60.

A couple tenths doesn't mean much to me, but once a car is over half a second quicker, things are noticable quicker. But I don't think most owners bought the crossfire because of its performance. It's just a very interesting vehicle. In reality, I think the crossfire is more appropriately classed as a GT car than a true sports car.