There's an element of willy waving about the whole purchasing of sports cars.
If you want to waft around without ever having to change gear with +8 torque then thats ok. If you want to rev the nuts off a sigma 4/4 and really connect to the car by changing gear, that's ok as well.
There's something for every one and (almost) every pocket.
Just enjoy the drive.
Spot on Julian, the 4/4 Sport delivered the pure essence of a Morgan to me and 24,000 totally joyful miles and the Plus 8 does exactly what you describe + that totally addictive soundtrack.. which is what put the stops on the Plus Four for me, at the moment anyway

We shouldn't lose sight of the fact they are "toys" and not to be taken too seriously
