I can't speak for others but I really appreciate vehicles that start and stop when I ask them to and don't leave me stranded in traffic or along the road somewhere.
There was one at a SCCA autocross outside Washington Dc the other day. It is much bigger than a Lotus Elise. It wasn't well driven at the autocross so I couldn't comment on the performance.
There was one that came to our autocross event on Sunday and the owner let a couple of the guys take it out after we were done (unfortunately I was loading my car up when this happened). The guys who drove it said it was a blast. It was a very short course, so I'm hoping that he brings it back out at our last event at our regular course.
