Anyone got a list of (relatively) affordable turbo (or super) charged AWD cars?

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SaltyNuts

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I really really really want AWD, the more I think about it. And some kind of power adder, preferably turbo. Hopefully I could turn up the boost with east.

Anyone have suggestions, or better yet, are there any good lists out there of cars that fit in this category?

Thanks!
 
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SaltyNuts

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jlee said:
Nissan GT-R.

Or, how much do you want to spend?
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Like low 50s let's say tops. Probably less than that, but I'd be curious what is at the mid-high end (but not crazy high end like GT-Rs and the stuff that goes waaaay up from there haha). Thanks!
 
NutBucket

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Transmission requirements?

BMW & Audi have lots of models that fit your broad requirements.
 
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a turbocharger is a supercharger driven by a turbine in the exhaust (a turbine being a way to extract useful mechanical energy out of a heat gradient)

what you want is 3x audi allroads so you can drive 1 and pull parts off the other 2.
 
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Volkswagen All-Track, not really that fast though, same engine as the garden variety Golf. Suburu WRX as someone mentioned, and the Golf Type R, and a lot more as you go up in price. Too bad the Volkswagen GTI is not available with AWD. That would be just enough handling and horsepower to be fun without being too highly tuned. Also a larger car is the Kia Stinger, which has AWD available.

Edit: By AWD, I assume you mean a system that shifts power to all 4 wheels when slippage is detected. Suburu and maybe Audi are one of the few that has AWD full time.
 
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Get the kiddos to school and soccer practice l and then hit the track without changing vehicles? In.

You could definitely find a salvage title GT-R for around 50k lol... but I personally would not. There's plenty of good AWD platforms nowadays and I'm a Subie guy but unless you go STI and get the turbo EJ25 it's hard to get excited about their lineup.
 
zinfamous

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The Golf R is a turbocharged seq AWD that gives 290/300 and starts at ~$42k new.
 
BurnItDwn

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How about a Volvo with their T8 Hybrid system and 400+ HP?
Of course reliability is questionable ...

I recently got meself a used Lexus GS350 AWD, (no turbo, but the v6 is good for 300+ hp) It's not quite as fast as a WRX, but, it feels fast compared to my old non-turbo Subaru.

A friend at work drives a 335xi (AWD), it's quick, but, long term ownership of BMW tends to be on the high side
 
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ondma said:
Discontinued, or soon to be anyway, in the US. Great driver's car, but I think reliability is questionable.
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They were discontinued unfortunately. If the OP is okay getting a used vehicle, the RS is worth looking at. My brother works at a large Ford dealership and he's the go-to guy for any Focus RS or GT350 that comes in the door. He said the RS is well built except for one problem area which is the head gasket and clamping strength of the head bolts. Ford recommends an upgraded gasket but my brother says he would do head studs at the same time.

Anecdotally, he said after driving a bunch or RSs and GT350s he prefers the RS even though the GT350 gets more attention (and generally sounds better). He said it's a much funner driver car with more usable power on the street.
 
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Elfear said:
They were discontinued unfortunately. If the OP is okay getting a used vehicle, the RS is worth looking at. My brother works at a large Ford dealership and he's the go-to guy for any Focus RS or GT350 that comes in the door. He said the RS is well built except for one problem area which is the head gasket and clamping strength of the head bolts. Ford recommends an upgraded gasket but my brother says he would do head studs at the same time.

Anecdotally, he said after driving a bunch or RSs and GT350s he prefers the RS even though the GT350 gets more attention (and generally sounds better). He said it's a much funner driver car with more usable power on the street.
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I though they also had issues with the dual clutch transmission. Or is the RS only a manual?
 
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ondma said:
I though they also had issues with the dual clutch transmission. Or is the RS only a manual?
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RS is manual only and I believe they had a recall for some head gasket trouble (incorrect part installed from the factory). I haven't heard anything about insufficient head bolt clamping strength, but worst case ARP studs are cheap.
 
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Only gripe that I have consistently read or heard about driving the RS is that it is hell on your bones as a daily, frequent driver. Other than that, seems to fit the OP's bill--problem is that I imagine that they are more and more difficult to come by right now and the last year 2018 are probably going to be collector pricing somewhat soon?

I'm not sure if the earlier year(s) offered different colors (2018 only comes in that one blue shade, right?), but a very sharp darkish grey one drove past me the other day and it looked great. I assumed it was an aftermarket job, but I couldn't remember if all model years were limited to the one color or not.
 
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zinfamous said:
Only gripe that I have consistently read or heard about driving the RS is that it is hell on your bones as a daily, frequent driver.
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RS received revised suspicion for late builds in 20I7. To be safe get a 20I8. Suspension was then revised again for very late 20I8 builds.

RS forums make note of the vastly improved daily driving comfort. Ford does sell these for about $200/corner.
 
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jlee said:
RS is manual only and I believe they had a recall for some head gasket trouble (incorrect part installed from the factory). I haven't heard anything about insufficient head bolt clamping strength, but worst case ARP studs are cheap.
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Ford never officially came out and recommended the head studs. It was a recommendation I heard from my brother after tearing down 20+ RS's and going into some very in-depth analysis with the Ford engineers.
 
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Dr. Detroit said:
RS received revised suspicion for late builds in 20I7. To be safe get a 20I8. Suspension was then revised again for very late 20I8 builds.

RS forums make note of the vastly improved daily driving comfort. Ford does sell these for about $200/corner.
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I seem to be wrong about another thing: I did some searching on Autotrader yesterday in response to my own comment, and looks like there are many (3!) 2016-2017 RS's available in my ~150 mile area, 17k-32k miles, for about $32-36k. ..probably not too bad? Didn't check VIN, though. I suspect some if not all of those have been involved in "light accidents," lol. And grey or black colors, too.
 
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