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performance does not require 300+ hp, true. But I a similar turbo subaru engine, and it is FUN!!!!!

My wife's miata has 144hp (stock figure) and it is fun, too.

"everyone seems to have forgotten what a sportscar actually is, a car that can change direction quickly. nowhere in there is there mention of 0-60 or HP."

This isn't going to be a sports car, no matter what the headline says.

A sports car has two seats usually. This is going to be a Sport Coupe, and a 2+2.

The Solstice Targa Coupe is a sports car. It has only two seats, and no other practical purpose than the joy of driving. That isn't to say that the GXP is any MORE, nor is it LESS of a sports car than the base Solstice coupe, or the solstice convertibles, GXP or no. As well, the Sky and Miata. The RX8 is not a sports car, either. The RX7 was. The RX8 is a Sport pseudo-Coupe with four doors, two of which are not traditional doors.

A Sport Coupe, or a light sports car doesn't NEED lots of power. But that doesn't make ample power somehow bad.

Most would agree that a Legacy GT is sportier than a 2.5i, as a Sport Sedan, Most would also agree that a WRX is sportier than a base Impreza, and the STI sportier yet.

Sports cars are not defined by performance stats, but does that make a Corvette, or a Porsche GT3 or GT2 any less of a Sports car? GT-R is not a sports car, though, it is a very fast Sport Coupe, and the better for it being so fast.

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