Besides the money . . . there really is NO reason to buy a 4cyl over an actual sports car.
Unless you actually happened to cbe concerned with fuel economy . . . which basically comes down to money . . .
Money is the only reason as far as I'm concerned.
That's a lie though. There's plenty more to it . . . there's the passion involved in buying a car and building it to your taste . . . making your own sports car out of something other than a true sports car.
Then again, if you had the right amount of money you could buy a true sports car, and build it up quite a bit . . . with the same passion involved in building a less expensive car . . .
So it still comes down to money . . . unless someone disagrees with me (??)