[dd74]

The stuff I look for in cars is pretty much durability - i.e. if it will hold together under any form of stress.

Porsches aside, mostly because we know they are more or less engineered on the race track, other cars, in which I have held interest lately, have obtained very good track histories.

For example, you only need to google "Mazda RX-8 race car," or "Honda Si race car," and see that these two automobiles are very successful on the track. I'm sure it is the case with others, such as BMW 330i or M3 and various Audi, Honda, and Subaru and Volvos, to name a few.

My question is might this be the wrong criteria under which to judge an automobile. Is engineering under the duress of race track conditions not at all the arena in which one should consider their automobile.

All I simply would like to know about any so-called "performance vehicle" is if it will hold up under my style of performance driving.