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hmmm a cobra is based on the f chassis which is over 20 years old vs. a new high tech light weight super stiff lotus elise chassis. the STi already handles better then the cobra and is better at transistional handling compared to the cobra. the elise will run circles around the STi so theres your answer. the elise may not be easier to drive fast, but if driven right, it is down right fast. sport compact car did a comparision a few years back. it was a elise with a type R motor vs. a mustang cobra R. the elise destroyed the cobra in a road course by a few seconds. if you can look up the sportcompactcar website and try to find "unlikely contenders" everyone even sport compact car thought the cobra would be a close race and they even praise the cobra for handling extremely good. but the elise was just unreal. also the cobra even the cobra R was still slower then a Z06 vette ( mostly due to the fact that the Z06 is much smaller ) the elise is atleast 1000 lbs lighter then a Z06