LOL!! This article was comparing the n/a Crossfire with the n/a Lotus Elise without sport pack. Despite driving multiple n/a Lotus Elises, I never got the chance to drive one with the sport pack, only driven them without the sport pack. But, I have driven the Exige S 240, and that's oddly enough an entirely different animal, but I never driven the 240 enthusiastically...only driven into town and back!

I will say that after driving the Elise for over a week at one point, they really aren't that comfy. The palm of my left hand would start to hurt towards the end of the day because it was used to push on the sill to get me out of the car. And its a hard plastic so it's not that friendly on the body.

The Crossfire is long gone in my life...I now roll in a Civic Si...a completely different ride. No torque, all high end power! To this day I still forget to drop it into 3rd, instead of 4th like in the Crossfire sometimes.