Last night I participated in an automotive focus group on sports cars. I dominated the discussion portion, but I think they were turned off by my "extreme" views on the definition of a sports car. I think I just got too Jeremy Clarkson on them. There were three VW GTi owners in the group and they kept insisting what they drove was true sports car. Sorry dudes, RWD or GTFO! The GTi is a sports compact/hatch at best. Also, there were two Genesis coupe owners mixed in. Sorry, your Korean made car is a soulless appliance just like Samsung phones. During the second portion, they showed us a 2013 BRZ, tC, Cooper, 370Z, and Cayman. They then asked us to compare rate them based on look and feel. I was honest and I didn't say a whole lot of good things about the tC or Cooper. Unfortunately I didn't get a callback for the test drive phase. Also, I suspect they thought I was a bit 370Z biased; but they knew what I drove before I signed up. At least I got paid $200 for two hours of car talk and had a chance to check out the BRZ, which impressed me a little.
