But you can still go plenty fast— mph, to be exact—for way less money than you think. Subaru's attempt to move upmarket with the mph Giugiaro-styled SVX grand tourer didn't exactly work out, but that doesn't mean it was a bad car. It was just too expensive at the time. These days you can find them for pennies on the dollar. You don't have to drop money on a pure-bred M car to break the mph barrier. The Z has become a prime choice for sports car enthusiasts on a budget.
It packs horsepower from that naturally aspirated V-6 under the hood, able to propel the car to a top speed of mph. Top speed is mph—not bad for a hot hatch.
Of course, the GTI isn't the only modern hot hatch capable of hitting plus mph top speeds. The horsepower Focus ST can do when given enough space. Best of all, you can find them listed in the low teens on places like eBay.
Examples in perfect condition with low miles can be had for used Ford Fiesta money. Top speed? Electronically limited to mph. It's tough to find GT VR4s in clean, unmodified condition nowadays, but when they do pop up for sale, it's hard to resist.
They can top speeds of mph, which is pretty damn quick. E-Class AMGs are the definition of understatement. They look as stately as normal E-Classes, but have some serious performance under the hood.
The E55 , with its horsepower 5. People may not like the C4-generation Corvette, but the ZR-1 version definitely deserves some recognition. In fact, it could hit mph flat-out. Believe it or not, even the Vpowered Audi S8 is cheap enough to be on this list. Used ones with miles can be had in the teens, and if you opt for an older V-8 model, prices are even more reasonable. Top speed is an electronically limited mph.
The V70 R is an all-wheel-drive wagon with understated looks and horsepower. If speeding in luxury is more your thing, consider the LS It's one of the most reliable cars on the planet , and like the Volvo, is capable of mph flat-out before it hits the electronic limiter. The Neon SRT-4 may have started life as a compact economy car, but with a bunch of tuning and upgrades from the factory, it's able to hit an impressive mph at full tilt. The fifth-generation Corvette might just be the ultimate performance bargain right now.
Thanks to its horsepower V-8, even a base C5 Corvette can hit mph flat out. People buy old Jaguars for the classy looks, but when equipped with the automaker's supercharged V-8, they're great performers too. It turned out to be a wise move. The problem is, there were far fewer to begin with. Car Profiles. Hagerty covers all kinds of collector cars, trucks and modified vehicles.
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GTOs are highly concentrated doses of the Ferrari essence, the most coveted road machines ever to wear the prancing horse. Alongside the kill-for-me-red Ferrari, the pewter Pontiac looks like the box it came in. Its windshield is brusquely upright. Its fenders are sharply creased. But the greater glory today will go to the GTO with the more remarkable lap times and the better test results. The green flag drops here. Gurney takes the Ferrari out first to dust the track.
It's happy in that environment, particularly the engine. It will rev to eight [ rpm] with ease. It feels smooth as the dickens most of the time, but occasionally the carburetors aren't really giving it what it wants. Dan is notorious for his eagerness to fiddle with the machinery, and, true to form, he's ready to tune the Ferrari for quicker lap times. The gearbox is nice, but sort of slow. The shift lever and its throws are way too long.
Aerodynamically, the Ferrari bodywork is wrong. When you're going fast and put on the brakes for a turn, you've got to get back on the gas to settle it down. There isn't any understeer. A few minutes with some tin shears to make a bigger rear spoiler and I'd have that fixed! The steering is light, direct, and devoid of kickback. The brakes require a heavy foot on the pedal, but they're quite effective.
The rigidly mounted bucket seat ties you to the car with the efficiency of a trailer-hitch ball. The pedals are high enough and far enough to the left that one's knee gets jammed beneath the steering wheel during heel-and-toe downshifts, but get it right and it feels as if you were fending off the big guys at Le Mans where this little Ferrari came home fifth overall in Engine heat wafts up through gaps in the floor, and there's a bouquet of hot oil vapor from the tank behind the passenger's seat.
The sound is mechanical music. Whining gears, whirring chains, and crackling exhaust tips beg for more throttle.
Twelve unfiltered carburetor throats roar for air at rpm; by , the "ripping canvas" shriek from the exhaust drowns out every other sound in the world. As soon as we touch back down to earth, Dan Gurney takes the Pontiac out for hot laps. It does everything all right; it's just sort of pendulous and heavy. The progressive throttle linkage is something you have to dial into.
I locked up the rear brakes cresting the hill before the Corkscrew, but otherwise the car's all right. The brakes don't fade much. Actually, if you get the tail out, you don't move your hands any more than you would in the Ferrari; you hang the stern out and just wait for the corner.
The mighty Pontiac comes in after a few laps with a metallic knock in its engine and a radiator near the boiling point. Its best lap is Our predecessors guessed that part right. Carl Huboi finds a rocker arm gone awry and fixes it while the engine cools. It's too big and heavy for this duty, but the car has guts.
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