I bought mine in late 99. Nothing else on the market was remotely close to it's level of performance. Well nothing that wasn't about twice the price.
Also it looks outstanding. I think it looks better today comparatively then it did back then. Unfortunately too many new car designs now are being designed by completely blind idiots. Less then half the new models make it out of the FUGLY stage of brainless copy-cat design. This futuristic retro kick is beyond lame. It has only worked on a handful of new models out of hundreds available.