There's a lot to agree with here. I'm going to put it down to two major factors, tire width and acceleration.
Tire width: I've owned a series of British, Italian and German sports cars, but the starkest contrast on this point was when I went from an aging Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT to a new Porsche 944. Both front engine, rear transaxle designs with similar power to weight ratios. The Porsche was the better car, as reliable as an anvil, while wife and I had a rule that we never drove the Alfa further from home than we were willing to walk back. And while the tire width on the 944 looked like twice what the Alfa wore, and could go around any corner faster, the Alfa was twice as much fun to drive near it's limits. It slid and squirmed around, gave you all kinds of messages about what was going on, and when it did let go, you could catch it. The Porsche had almost nothing to say about how close you were to the edge, until it let go and then went ballistic. Not much for the driver to do at that point but just sit there and wait for things to stop moving. You learned not to test it with obstacles around.
Acceleration: I have to say, the new fast EVs are a hoot, once or twice, but the fun in getting shot out of a cannon has it's limits, especially if you're shooting into a crowd, which is the modern world of driving pretty much everywhere. But here's the thing. Acceleration is fun, and it's nice to have the fun last a while. It took my MGB so long to get to 60 mph you could time it with a calendar, but in some ways that was better than my new Mercedes, which gets there so fast the fun is over almost before you notice that it's started. Unless you want to be talking to The Man in the black car with the red and blue flashing lights. I'm old enough to have paid all the speed taxes I ever want to.
