This has just caused the dogmatic, draconian traditionalist in me to rear its ugly head. Usually, he's pretty subdued.
Sports cars have 2 seats - left and right - and no marketing effort, regardless of the performance capability of any car will sway my thinking - end of story.
And for that matter, there had better be some chrome on it, too.
And I realize that I've just excluded the 55-57 Thunderbird (Bench seat), Ferrari 365P Berlinetta Speciale (3 seats - too many), the Jaguar XKE 2+2 and the MGB-GT. Those are "sporty" cars, NOT "sports cars".
Flame away, boys and girls - I stand my ground, and I will not be moved.
Now with respect to the rule book, and regarding the Topolino, the phrase "comfortable high speed touring" negates the Fiat.
That was cathartic.
All in good fun.