I've driven a 350 z track (which still doesn't handle nearly as well as a Crossfire) and the ride is much more refined in a Crossfire. If you wait til May there will be a Crossfire convertible. If you go to the appropriate forum and view the pix, I think you will be impressed. Basically, if you're under 30, you'll probablly want the Z. 30-40 you'ly want the Beamer. Over 40 the Crossfire will be the ticket. I'd compare the Crossfire to Fine Wine and Old Money. The Crossfire (although it has a few miscues) is a piece of rolling sculpture. The other two come across as folkart lawn ornaments. Do us a favor, If you're going to drive and park in a Metro area on a daily basis, or use your car in salt and snow, get a Z. I saw a Crossfire with numerous door dings and scratches and blemished wheels. It was covered in road salt. I realize it's a car, but I was truly disturbed. Might as well have taken a hammer to Micelangelo's David. In all the wrong places. Yes. I'm well over 40, yes I'm an opionionated, cranky old bastard. But I've also owned over 40 cars in my lifetime, and this is the first to elicit this kind of emotion. It's a keeper.