For what ever it's worth, I smoked a Prowler at Woodward last year with my '04 6 spd. A Yellow one pulled a hole shot on me, and I caught him in 1st and started leaving him in second. He shut down because I was pulling away so bad. I mentioned that it was yellow, because I think those had the 2nd generation engine that would actually break into the 14's.
Personally, I think they probably could have gotten a few more years out of the design, if they would have offered it in a chopped coupe, and of course, a V8.