pardon me for pointing this out, but for you to call the 996 a VW with 30-year old styling sounds like you've never driven a 996. hehe, quite hypocritical indeed, assuming you have an NSX you drive a Honda whose chassis is fundamentally unchanged from its inception 12 years ago, and whose interior styling looks like an accord from even earlier than that.

hehe, anyway, the 996 C4S (my choice in this case) is a fantastic car, as is the NSX.. between the two, i'd rather have the C4S, but to each his/her own... its about half a second slower to 60, and about half a second slower in the 1/4... both make great track cars, both will annihilate nearly 99% of the cars you'll run into on the street, both have soul, both are incredible pieces of machinery, its all personal preference