IMO nobody is going to win or lose this discussion.
What makes me the winner is that I selected the most correct engine/transmisson/overall ratios/wheelbase/tire size/airbag size and spring rates/etc for the total weight I wanted to move, in the way I wanted to move it. I'm satisfied with everything I knowingly selected. The roof design was substandard (to say the least), but it doesn't enter into the thread subject.
What DOES enter into it, is the importance of the correct method the driver needs to use in order to get maximum acceleration performance in a DP like mine.