What Manual Car.

[Snowboy]

Powerful Engine.
A bit of luxury.
4 seats, decent boot - saloon, hatch or estate.
Rear Wheel Drive

I can get this with most mercs or Lexus.

But, the tricky bit is I want a manual gearbox.
(Oh, and I don't want a BMW)

Budget it up to 30k.
New or used.

What's the closest I can get to a v12 engine mated to an s2000 gearbox in a big Merc Saloon body.

To clarify - by Manual I mean I want a clutch.
None of this flappy paddly business.
I want to change gear; not ask the car to change gear for me.

Edited by Snowboy on Thursday 21st August 17:55

[kambites]

Probably some sort of Jaguar?

[Rick Cutler]

kambites said:

Probably some sort of Jaguar?

Go with and XF, I have 200ps Sportbrake and its real quick (for its size and weight) handles well and is economic when you need it.

For £30K you can easily pick up a good second hand low mileage car.

[Bill]

Good question. I assume Maseratis only come with an auto? Ironically, with a lower budget you'd have some choice.

[Rick Cutler]

Should actually point out all XF's are auto, but have paddles

[Snowboy]

I'm happy to drop my budget.
But I still want a bit of luxury.

[Bill]

Various Volvos or Saabs come to mind, but perhaps they're comfortable rather than lux. Or (and don't laugh...) the MG ZT260 or 400.

[BorkFactor]

Vauxhall VXR8?

Can I ask why not a BMW? They made a manual E60 550i which would be great, or even an E90 335i?

[Snowboy]

BorkFactor said:

Vauxhall VXR8?

Can I ask why not a BMW? They made a manual E60 550i which would be great, or even an E90 335i?

I just don't like them.
I could list reasons why, but it'd derail the thread.

[kambites]

I think the S-type was available as a manual with a V6?

[BorkFactor]

Snowboy said:

I just don't like them.
I could list reasons why, but it'd derail the thread.

Fair enough

How about the Vauxhall? 6.2 V8, manual gearbox, nice seats, reasonably good interior, and a good soundtrack!

[kambites]

If you stretch the budget a bit (well quite a lot I suppose) and put a bag over your head, you could get a Panamera.

Or how about a Rover 75 V8? Is that too crude?

[Bill]

kambites said:

Or how about a Rover 75 V8? Is that too crude?

The Rovers were all auto aiui, the MG though was manual.

[Ten Four]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ferrari-456-5-5-GT-/1513...

[kambites]

Bill said:

kambites said:

Or how about a Rover 75 V8? Is that too crude?

The Rovers were all auto aiui, the MG though was manual.

Ah OK, I assumed both were offered with both. Still, the MG meets the criteria as well as anything.

[Mr Tom]

Audi s4? I have never driven one but seems the best I can do on autotrader.

Ah not rwd... Awd though

[zeduffman]

Echoing the VXR8. Not the final word in luxury but lots of space the seats are *amazing*. Engine is lovely too.

[Benbay001]

v6 s type.

[bozzy101]

B7 Audi RS4?

Not RWD but aparently a good steer nonetheless.

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/a...

[gizlaroc]

Snowboy said:

Powerful Engine.
A bit of luxury.
4 seats, decent boot - saloon, hatch or estate.
Rear Wheel Drive


But, the tricky bit is I want a manual gearbox.
(Oh, and I don't want a BMW)

Budget it up to 30k.

Why not a BMW?

I never get this.

If you don't want cheap Jap interiors you haven't really got a lot of choice.

You obviously want something that is fun, so why write off the only thing out there that isn't a Porsche or too expensive?