My brother just bought an Azure Blue '04, stick. He loves it ! It's his first real performance oriented car. He put a shorty-throw shifter in it already, but other than that, he's keeping it stock. Neat cars.
PS - He dynoed his last weekend at the Ford Carlisle meet, and the thing made 281HP at the rear wheels. Seemed pretty respectable to me. I think that they are rated at about 315 at the flywheel.
Of course now he thinks he'll be able to whip up on my Olds ...... YEAH RIGHT - - In his DREAMS !!