Not the label that got to me, but I felt the difference. It's really leaning on the line between sports car and GT. It carries its weight very well, and a lot of work went into performance, but it wasn't pure enough for me. The weight was the main factor, but the steering is "distinctively Camry," the back seats were never going to be used, the leather is unnecessary, and I just didn't want the compromise in weight and rigidity that the targa brought, not to mention the MacPherson strut setup just left that feeling in me that it wasn't as good as it could have been.

It's still one of my favorite cars, but I have a hard time seeing one as anything but a nice cruiser now. I test drove an RX7 (as well as an NSX), and the distinction was clearer. Sports cars are something different, and the purest ones really clarify this. Also, for kicks, I test drove an ITR. Great little FF, but it's still a hopped-up Civic, quite literally, and that is going to show when it's stacked up against a pure bred sports car.