crazy? sorry about the seat dyno. my preference would be the cst-wagon.All I'm saying is the same visercal experience is similar to an srt-6. Thats screams to me you have a ltd.(nice car, very different car) trying to a-b Cad, X fire, RX8, Cayman, blah, blah.) lastly, a CRT-V S wagon could make the graphite sort of maybe FS.

 

Burg, I've been thinking about your question for 2 weeks now, and I guess (in my opinion) the only answer is no, the Crossfire doesn't come out on top when compared to any of those "post 2004" cars that you mentioned.
If you are talking about a NA Crossfire and not a SRT, then every car that was considered to be in the same "league" as the XF has since progressed to higher plateau of performance than the Crossfire ever had a chance of reaching. Because let's face it, R & D on the Crossfire pretty much ended with the 2005 Model year with the creation of the SRT's, Base cars, and Roadsters, and when you take into consideration that all the Technology the Crossfire started with in 04 was essentially 10 yeas old to begin with, then it never really was ahead of the game when it made its debut. But that didn't prevent the Crossfire from out performing many newer designed sports cars of the same era, in one category or another when it came to braking, and on the slalom course. (Some of those cars costing 3 times as much as a XF.
All Performance parameters for the entire "NA" Crossfire production (for America) from the 2004 thru 2008 model year are the same. Unless of course you feel the addition of a "dead pedal", smaller glove box, and a Knee bolster air bag in the later models affords you some sort of "performance" edge.
Styling is purely subjective of course, but I think it's safe to say that pretty much everybody here on this Forum loves the way the Crossfire looks, and even though there are some really nice designs out there to choose from currently, the Crossfire design is still considered "timeless" by many, and holds up quite well even by todays standards. It still turns heads as much as it did 8 years ago, and people still come up to ask you what kind of car it is.
Since you asked what was the best car overall (in the same "league" with the Crossfire) by todays standards, I'd have to say it's the Cayman, hands down.

 

Nice write up.....well stated... I really don't feel it had all 10 yr old technology, and wish it had rack/pinion steering. But, for what it is, at the price it is, I'm still playing with today's "so called" muscle cars without a problem. That is saying something for the car. Hell, if you want to spend $80K and up, you should kick my $15k cars butt...or I would be peeved. Or if you are in to old muscle, it takes a lot HP from them to stay with the SRT6....but great write up....