Help me out, right now I can think of these:
2007 Mazdaspeed 3
2006 Mazdaspeed 6 (after rebates plus A plan)
2007 Honda Civic Si
2007 Volkswagen GTI
It’s going to be an unmodded, fun to drive DD. Good gas mileage and low maintenance is definitely a plus, hence most of the reason for wanting brand new.
Discuss.
wrx ? maybe i dunno though
Look for leftover 06s in the 33k and under range…could probably swing that for the same price as a new 07
You’d have to find a deal and/or haggle a little but:
WRX
Mustang GT
Altima 3.5
if not a wrx, def a civic si
Miata
Cobalt SS supercharged
wasnt this just in autoweek a couple months back? i remember reading it in the shitter.
oh, the civic won, and it was still on the uber shitty tires they put on it from the factory.
mazda speed 3 hands down, faster around a track, better eqiped and cheaper! there was a good motor trend article a few months ago with the wrx vs. the MS3
WRX
Evo 9 RS model for very close to that. $26,999
Mustang GT
i didnt know the RS was that low new
thats really good bang for the buck
Mazda speed 3
Place in cali has the best pricing on evos, Southcoast Mitsu.
Check out their pricing:
December Evo Price!!!last Chance!!! - EvolutionM - Mitsubishi Lancer and Lancer Evolution Community
Jeller
:word: but when maintenance time comes for the evo, its NOT CHEAP… brakes and rotors are going to cost u a lot alone
The 06 07 wrx brakes are big now too. They don’t look cheap to replace.
Just ran across this:
10 best 25-30K.
The Quickest Cars of 2007: $25,000 to $30,000.
Tenth Place: Subaru Forester 2.5XT
Ninth Place: Pontiac Grand Prix GXP
Eighth Place: Pontiac Solstice GXP/Saturn Sky Red Line (manual)
Seventh Place: Chevrolet Impala SS
Sixth Place: Nissan 350Z
Fifth Place: Mazdaspeed 6
Fourth Place: Subaru Legacy 2.5GT
Third Place: Pontiac Solstice GXP/Saturn Sky Red Line (automatic)
Second Place: Ford Mustang GT
First Place: Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution RS
I would have to argue with that list because the mazdaspeed 3 is faster than the 6 to the best of my knowledge.
the mazdaspeed 6 is somewhere in the mid 5’s to 60. The 3 is about 5.9 or 6 flat. I assume AWD helps the 6 out a lot. They did a comparo against the legacy gt once and the subaru came out on top but the performance stats were similar. Mid or low 5’s for both.
Just reminding you of the retardedly strange torque curve of the Mazda’s turbo 4.
Here is a better article with totally different results:
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/11755/the-lightning-lap-ll1-under-30000-page4.html
Under $30,000