First of all it's a 290HP 6 speed manual, unless your a moron you won't get the option that 0.1% of NSX owners have. Second this car is meant to be iconic car, it really is only for Honda to have a supercar in their lot. Third considering that 0-60 is under 5 seconds and this car has world class handling and has always been considered one of the best handling cars ever, I say that puts it up there in the performance benchmark. But yeah this car is a rip off.