The spec sheet war is stupid to the point 90% of performance cars today are faster than a GT3 race car in a straight line but have nowhere close to enough cornering grip and stopping power to safely handle that straight line speed. So they need all the electronic babysitting to stop the owners from killing themselves. A properly designed car should never have more acceleration g-force than deceleration g-force.
And if we're gonna talk semantics nothing will ever get around to matching a prototype or a Formula 1 car for sheer speed or lap times without being... well, either of those. Nothing will ever compare to the sheer connectedness, and competency of those vehicles, and it's extremely unlikely that we'll even have the capabilities of reaching their limits either. Even track-focused hypercars probably won't be that much faster than them (or be that much easier to drive). Point is, if the basic premise of buying anything that isn't a commuter car is 'spec sheets' rule all, then you're destined to be disappointed with whatever you buy in five years time. And for everything else, I get it. The LC doesn't exist in a vacuum. There are cars that will be faster, more practical, better handling, and have a better interior, even, by all accounts, the LC is supremely flawed, but so is everything else in that segment. So what does it really matter what you do with that kind of money? The LC has the looks, the feel has the sound, and to me, that's what I find is important. It's the distillation what makes an enjoyable road car, with just enough there to be enjoyable pushing it for brief periods of time. So what does it matter that there are other options out there? That's the beauty of motoring at that price point, there's something for everyone there, you want a great sports car with a connected feel? Emeria, 718, etc, great GT car? LC, F-Type, etc. So for those folks out there mulling it over, it's just not worth chasing the specs, they gotta follow their heart on that, all these cars are trying to answer the same question in their own ways, and idk about you folks, but I think that's really cool. 😄