I felt the biggest difference between FWD and RWD when cornering, esp. when accelerating out of a corner.
And comparing highest gear acceleration is indeed a bit silly. My mate's Audi A3 2.0 Tractor Derived Ignition accelerates faster in 6th too, but thats why god (or Nissan) gave us a gearstick
Anyways, lots of performance for the money, and a bit more classy look than yer average chav-mobile Practicalily/performance i guess its a good deal ( a BMW M5 touring being a bit over the budget i guess )