On the Autocross or track, you'll find our cars rather slow overall in stock form. It's pretty heavy for a small car. Don't get me wrong, it's well balanced and DOES handle very well, just not terrible fast compared to other sports cars. Take away the power everything, air, leather and all the other nice things it would probably be with the rest of the pack. IMO, it was designed very well for high speed travel, not for taking 90 degree turns. On a small X-courses, MR2's, Neons, Hondas kick our butts.