fastest car <$20,000?

[lowfatbaconboy]

a ....ummm brand NEW e36 m3 with like 70-90k miles on it for 20k....

its new if you think really hard.....or if the guy before you left all the stickers on everything (like the one my friend bought)

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: zimu
So, what NEW, UNMODIFIED car would you say is the fastest for under 20 grand?

i just came across the dodge SRT for 20 grand, 0-60 in 5.7 seconds or something, which isn't half bad.
also test driven the mitsubishi lancer ralliart, which is FAST...

what you guys think?

edit: changed from "car under 20 grand" to "non-modified car under 20k"

Cars available in the US?

 

[MAME]

a go cart with a 350 on it.

cost ya under 10K

bonus: you'll die on the test drive

 

[Siddhartha]

Honda Civic SI

MINI Cooper

Mazda 3

Ford Focus SVT

VW Golf VR6

 

[vegetation]

Originally posted by: MAME
a go cart with a 350 on it.

cost ya under 10K

bonus: you'll die on the test drive

I think we need another edit for a street legal vehicle.

 

[scauffiel]

Find yourself a 1989 Pontiac Turbo Trans Am for $12K-$18K. Put $1000 in mods into it and you've got yourself a nasty high eleven second ride. Best of all, it's a daily driver.

Steve

 

[DWW]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
a 1991 Mustang LX with $15,000 in engine mods

 

[vi edit]

In this price range I certainly wouldn't concentrate on the fastest, because outside of the SRT-4 there really isn't anything blazing fast and many of the quicker ones are all souped up econoboxes within a few clicks away from each other.

Instead, I would concentrate on what else you want in the car - size, milage, insurance premiums, warranty, resale, options, saftey, ect.

 

[isekii]

i'd go with the mini cooper, but isn't that more than 20k ?

if it is i'll most likely choose a Civic SI. I hear the Sentra SE-R Spec V has tranny issues.