I think it's safe to say the hatred of cars like an elise or miatas are from people that dont generally like sports cars to begin with...

For the record, if my previous posts haven't pounded it in, I'm not one of those people.

On a side note about the 4-banger...if you cram American ideas of highpower engines into little itty bitty sports cars (i.e. shelby cobras)...how can you not like that? I like the elise just fine with a 4cyl, more than enogh to make me lust ...but I'm just saying...