IMO, car mag impressions are dubious at best....they don't hand out journalist jobs to just anyone....
The various pseudo-quant, pseudo-precise perf stats mean little....
Real question is which car(s) does one enjoy driving vs one's skill lvls; local driving conds; risk/reward tolerances of perf vs safety....to each his own...and I suspect the answers vary even for same individual over time.....there's a certain charm w/driving/owning first great cars, but after a few of them (like most things in life), one often becomes more jaded/less easily impressed....more curmudgeonly about what characteristics of any car suit one's preferences....and prob become more brand-indifferent in comparing P vs F vs AMG, realizing the strengths/weaknesses of each mfr....and observing the (changing) slope of innovation/perf/safety/useability at each mfr....
Some like multiple cars in their fleet to serve various moods/purposes....others like to consolidate their choices.....many w/lim time would rather be able to become comfortable/facile w/2-3 cars as both daily commuters/wkend cars....all cars within 6-12mos become obsolete/scuffed-up/decayed w/time/use/disuse anyway, no matter how well-detailed/parked/maintained.....side-effect of increased tech intensity of cars is that they are all as obsolescent/disposable as any smartphone/iPod/laptop/flat-screen TV....
And cost is a fairly subjective/irrational analysis anyway....no one "needs" any of these perf cars...so "value" is fairly subjective/emotional....and a ?$100K+ one-yr deprec cost on a discretionary car may have different value to a 35yo single guy worth a few $MM vs a 35yo single guy worth $100MM++....can be a financially material comparo to some vs a trivial, rounding-error cost to others....
Net, net, no doubt 997TT is among the world's 5 or so leading cars today .....but the only ranking that matters is one's own.....
