A car is generally a terrible investment, so fundamentally it should make you feel good about yourself when driving or riding in it.
Most cars, let alone sports cars, have tech that way outstrips the law (hell, my minivan will easily clear 100 mph), so you're not buying them to drive them at their limits.
So make sure whatever it is, whether a Chevy Sonic or a Bugatti Chiron, it makes you happy. What makes you happy may rely on torque, horsepower, trim, hood ornament, how your butt feels sitting in it, that heated steering wheel, your insurance payments, or merely the fact that it reliably gets you to your job. Only you know.
My favorite car ever is my minivan. It's 12 years old, my kids are soooo over it, but it did exactly what it was intended to do and continues to, with no car payment, and low maintenance costs. We're probably a year or two out from a new car. Living in an urban area as I do, I think it will be my last (I'm 44, by the way). By the time that car has outlived its usefulness, I'm pretty confident I'll subscribe to an autonomous vehicle fleet that I don't have to park, insure, or fuel up--I won't have to keep making trips to the DMV--and it will be at my fingertips in a matter of minutes. And it will be safer because I'm not driving it (and neither are you).
That all said, it is a thrill to drive cars with a lot of torque, hp, and well-tuned suspensions. Though it generally doesn't encourage me to drive like a Boy Scout.
