I am a gearhead so no vehicle is wthout some merits, well almost no vehicle lol. The dog poop joke I never agreed with as this car is essentially a porsche body with cosmeti differences on the tail light and front clip, but the general shape of it is similar.
I did not know it originated from Top Gear, which makes sense as to why I disagree with it. If the exact same car had a TVR badge on it they would have slobbered themselves and named it car of the year and discussed it in every episode.
That said, I put this car in the Miata/Z3/SLK/Boxster category. A small coupe with some zip thta was designed to be ore of what purists would call a traditional sports car. More so on that line than an American type muscle/sports car. These types of small coupes are generally designed where the powertrain could never hope to out-power the capability of the chassis. It makes for spirited driving on winding roads, hard corners, and the ability to push the car very hard, even if it is not setting speed records.
Sometimes driving a slower car really hard can be more fun then driving a really fast car slow.
Like most of these types, there are ways to flip the ratio of power to handling in favor of power. Or make it closer anyway. Personally, I do not have funds to throw at things willy nilly or i would probably pick one of these up because they tend to be affordable and smiles per $$ is high, plus I like hot rodding things and there are plenty of things to do to these.
It is important to be honest on these cars though, besides some nameplates and the design of a few body panels, there is nothing Chrysler about this car. That doesn't make it worse, it is just how it is. I would still buy one with someone else's money lol.
