My thoughts are pretty simular to Simon's a new 911 c4s factory horsepower kit to bump power up to over 400hp,factory short shift kit as tranny must be manual. All wheel drive to cover the bad weather days, reliability, build quality, dealer network...all considerations,but I have no children, rarely are the backseats used...
Some vehicles I am suprised did not show up more, BMW 3 series variants, new Jag xfr or xkr models(I think Jag is a bit of a sleeper company these days) VW golf r32 all wheel drive, Audi q7 TDI 12 cylander diesal...
Alistair, thought long and hard on new Nissan GTR, and while it has a bigger trunk and more storage capacities than the C4S it is not as good from a driving involvement perspective, just brutally fast and efficient...I call it my antiseptic vehicle.
This is a tough question with so many premium choices, but I still end up back in the Porsche C4s, this being my third one
now.When I bought my first I answered this question and it somewhat amazes me that many years later if I had to choose one car again, I end back with a C4s,although a much more powerful and refined one than my earlier model some twenty years ago.