Originally Posted by +fireamx

Burg, I've been thinking about your question for 2 weeks now, and I guess (in my opinion) the only answer is no, the Crossfire doesn't come out on top when compared to any of those "post 2004" cars that you mentioned.
If you are talking about a NA Crossfire and not a SRT, then every car that was considered to be in the same "league" as the XF has since progressed to higher plateau of performance than the Crossfire ever had a chance of reaching. Because let's face it, R & D on the Crossfire pretty much ended with the 2005 Model year with the creation of the SRT's, Base cars, and Roadsters, and when you take into consideration that all the Technology the Crossfire started with in 04 was essentially 10 yeas old to begin with, then it never really was ahead of the game when it made its debut. But that didn't prevent the Crossfire from out performing many newer designed sports cars of the same era, in one category or another when it came to braking, and on the slalom course. (Some of those cars costing 3 times as much as a XF.
All Performance parameters for the entire "NA" Crossfire production (for America) from the 2004 thru 2008 model year are the same. Unless of course you feel the addition of a "dead pedal", smaller glove box, and a Knee bolster air bag in the later models affords you some sort of "performance" edge.
Styling is purely subjective of course, but I think it's safe to say that pretty much everybody here on this Forum loves the way the Crossfire looks, and even though there are some really nice designs out there to choose from currently, the Crossfire design is still considered "timeless" by many, and holds up quite well even by todays standards. It still turns heads as much as it did 8 years ago, and people still come up to ask you what kind of car it is.
Since you asked what was the best car overall (in the same "league" with the Crossfire) by todays standards, I'd have to say it's the Cayman, hands down.