Offering a repackaged, Americanized version of Opel's excitingly edgy new Speedster would give Pontiac the goods to arm-wrestle with everything from the mid-engine Toyota MR Spyder to the racy ...

Compared to other contemporaries, the Speedster stood alone. The Toyota MR2 Spyder, another mid-engine lightweight sports car, was around 2,200 pounds. Even the Lotus Elise, which shared its ...