lmao at those power levels, this is General Motors, not Toyota, our 2.0t makes 270 not even trying and the 2.5 liter N/A base engine makes 195.

You clearly never drove one hard.

Here's my helpful hint:
Don't listen to anyone's helpful hints. Shit designed by committee is poorly designed.

S2000 wins. It's the only remotely quick thing in the group, and I can't stand slow cars.

As a mechanic, long before a wheel bearing generates enough heat to catch fire (hard to do being as it's metal and there isn't much flammable around it anyways) it's going to make some super-gnarly noises.
The passengers or driver should notice it and complain a long time ago. That's crazy if it does actually happen..…

The idea that for your convenience you can impede and interfere with the vast majority of the traveling population's convenience (in cars) is ridiculous.

Dude, I just read all four of your excellent posts on muscle cars vs other vintage cars, and you're completely right.

The Porsches and BMWs were cool... I'm not sure I'd lump the VWs in with "some of the coolest racing cars in the world" though.

Contrary to popular belief and intelligent methods of thinking*

COTD

Dude, seatbelts have airbags now.

The weight gain is in airbags and EPA mandates.

Are any of these cars within a minute of the Cobalt SS's time at Ring, or withing :15 sec at VIR? I doubt it...

Wasn't the original question best handling?

This is a fucking retarded list. No Cobalt SS Turbo? No MazdaSpeed3?

End-of-discussion.

Or, as someone with a successful Mazda LS1 swap... I'm just smarter than this dude and I've never lit anything on fire.

I feel like this is being supremely neglected:

Fastest FWD around the Nurburgring (stock, no GM Stage 1 even no less), only someone who has never driven one could be so ignorant.

Cobalt SS Turbo.