The cars today are blindingly fast and handle better than the best pure racing cars of a few years ago.
An off the lot stock 2015 Corvette Z06 can do a sub 1:30 lap of Road Atlanta .
The Hot Rodding industry is the most sophisticated it has ever been and GM and others are selling very sophisticated entire drive trains integrated to give hot rods and older cars in need of updated power trains putting out over 400-500 hp with perfect reliability and drivability - and 3 year -36 month warranty.
It's a golden age or at least the renaissance of one
Hands down the best bang for the buck of any exotic. But I still count it as an exotic.
What would you buy for under $40K that would be worth $200K 20 years from now.