How does it compare?

each generation of the VFR from what I have read refined the original. So what you would most likely notice if you were to ride them all is that everything got smoother. for example, if you ride in a classic mustang, it has character but it rattles here and there. Takes off a little slower and stops take a little longer. It doesn't quite handle like a new one, etc. Now this is all theory on my part and I have no hard data to back it up. I have just read the reviews and the VFR really became a magazine editor favorite (I think) around the 3rd gen, then just got better for the 4th and 5th. The debate still rages on with the 6th as a lot of old-timers were used to more improvements, and they didn't change much except something that a lot of people had come to love (the gear driven cams). anyway, I realize this isn't much help, but that's my take on it.