Is it me or do a majority of automobile journalist trash the viper for reason's it should be loved? (or should I say the reason's why I love it)

Here's a list of things I've heard:
- Too brutal
- Challenging to drive fast
- Too loud
- Rides harsh
- Clutch is stiff
- Shifter is notchy
- Styling is too bold
- Intimidating
- Difficult to live with day to day
- Crap interior
- No safety/tech features (older gens)


I don't get it? I don't want my sports car to be any other way. In fact I want it to be the furthest thing from a daily driver. The more of a race car the better! Why are these journalist so concerned with creature comforts and features unrelated to racing? Why be concerned if it's a good day to day car? Makes no sense..

So I gotta ask - what do you all think? Maybe some of you own or have owned a good variety of sports cars and can comment on this. Why they seem to love the European and Japanese cars so much? Yet when I look at the production car track records of - let's say Mazda Laguna Seca and The Nürburgring - it's dominated by American sports cars. They go fast..that's the point, anything else is irrelevant.