Looking For Performance Cars?

[gsb876]

Hi guys,

Recently i have been considering opting back into the performance car market as its been a while, however looking around the usual sites for cars is proving to be uninspiring. It seems in my absence that the market has kinda moved backwards and there is less of a choice out there now?

Value for money needs to be considered at the current fuel prices and living costs, something like a Evo 5 running 400bhp can be bought for approx £4995 with around 70k. A decent RX will now be around £6000 which is decent too, the price of the R33 GTR has seemed to have dropped dramatically too.

I will be putting my X5 up for sale today and if sold i will be looking high and wide to see if something interesting can be bought, hopefully i can get something which begs for ownership :Giggle

Gurj

[gsb876]

Examples:

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/mitsubishi/evo-iv--vi/--for-sale-evo-5-gsr-stroker-2-3/1091632

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/mitsubishi/evo-iv--vi/-mitsubishi-lancer-evo-vi-fully-forged-by-r-s-e-6-pot-brakes-evo-9-80-series-defi-gauges-piper-cams-rotas-tein-coilovers/1071559

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/nissan/skyline-r33/--price-drop--r33-mint-and-fully-loaded-4450/953163

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1992-Mazda-RX7-Single-Turbo-Apexi-FC-p-x-navara-f150-chevy-turbo-/121068393751?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1c303d1517

[Brett]

What about:

Celica GT4
Supra TT
Mazda 6 MPS
BMW Z3 2.8
Honda S2000
Nissan 350Z
Old Skool merc 500SEL

[Grant Monkhouse]

What about:

Celica GT4 NO
Supra TT NO
Mazda 6 MPS NO
BMW Z3 2.8 NO
Honda S2000 NO
Nissan 350Z NO
Old Skool merc 500SEL NO

FD RX7 single turbo oh yes.

[turbo boy]

I would never buy a heavily modified car.
 What about an m3?
 audi rs4 avant 2.7 twin turbo 375hp standard
 monaro 6.0v8 400hp
 bmw m5 e39 400hp

[mikey-t]

I second the Audi, be it rs4 or s8 proper luxo-barges you want performance go small and powerfull-rx7 ,mr2 or focus pokey pokey power plant version

[marf]

Or a full fat Impreza P1, i.e. a WRX STi Type-R

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/subaru/impreza-sti/subaru-impreza-wrx-sti-type-r-v-limited-2-door-v5-my99-model/1005179

[skybusr34]

I third the audi b5 rs4

A mates got one with 550 hp and slightly more torque. Ok it might weigh as much as the titanic but it carries it well.

[B.Martin]

VXR Monaro?

[re japi]

Yes, B5 Audi S4 and RS4 are awesome. But tiptronic versions are crap. That gearbox wont take that power, even if its stock.

E39 M5 is good too. But i think that its hard to find a good one. And E60/E61 M5 are awesome.

M3`s are good but they are quite small for family use.

[leggysrx7]

370z :Ladys-man

[gsb876]

What about:

Celica GT4
Supra TT
Mazda 6 MPS
BMW Z3 2.8
Honda S2000
Nissan 350Z
Old Skool merc 500SEL

None of those tick any boxes at all

[gsb876]

I would never buy a heavily modified car.
 What about an m3?
 audi rs4 avant 2.7 twin turbo 375hp standard
 monaro 6.0v8 400hp
 bmw m5 e39 400hp

M3 - Already had one, uses far too much fuel for the amount of power it returns, was not impressed.

Audi RS4 - newer ones are top dollar.

Monaro - 6 litres - not on these petrol prices

BMW M5 - as above.

[gsb876]

Or a full fat Impreza P1, i.e. a WRX STi Type-R

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/subaru/impreza-sti/subaru-impreza-wrx-sti-type-r-v-limited-2-door-v5-my99-model/1005179

In all the years around performance cars the Subaru was a pet hate of mine, cannot stand them :o

[gsb876]

Leaning towards something like this:

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/bmw/e90-3-series-05-11/bmw-3-series-330d-se-2dr-auto-autovogue--performance-280hp/1107618