As well as John's red roadster,I had a silver one.It cornered well ,as a lightweight mid engined car should.It wasn't particularly fast,but could be fast from a to b,given its handling.I found it tended to skip around about on bumpy roads.The handling tightened up a bit when I put the hardtop on in the winter.The alloy wheels corroded as fast as the car could corner..I think I had 5 replaced under warranty.
My wife hated it and we didn't keep it that long and she chose the next car-a MercSLK 320.
You can't compare a lightweight 2 seater roadster with a 4 door saloon.