What sets this car apart from other high-horsepower brutes (you really have to get into something like a BMW M series or Audi S series to even approach this level of performance in a non-exotic) is its style.
Damon and Affleck (who gives such a nice performance here I'm willing to forgive the clunk-and-clink he had to participate in in "Chasing Amy") are darn good screenwriters, and I'll tell you exactly why I think so.