Originally Posted by Zaggeron

The aesthetics of the 'vert vs. the coupe is a matter of taste, but to say something is not a performance car simply because it is a convertible is silly. There have been plenty of convertible cars with exceptional performance. The fact that most tracks don't let them in has more to do with lawsuit aversion than the performance of the vehicle -- Your Honda Fit is welcome, but not your ~155 mph Z roadster ...

I could have gotten a Z4 .. or a Boxster. But at the time I bought my Z, those models couldn't match the performance and I preferred the styling of the Z. Also those things are like flies around here. I might see two or three a day especially during the summer.