Best exhaust note for under £10k

[misterblonde]

As is so often the way, real life has got in the way of my motoring dreams and made me daydream even more.
I've just had twins, and already had an older kid, so it's people carrier city for me.

But it got me thinking: if I was going to spend £5k - £10k on a daily commuter, I'd want it to be fun, fast(ish) and have a great exhaust note. And be low maintenance...

Any suggestions? Fait 500 Abarth seems fairly rorty but a gross retro-mobile.

[misterblonde]

IanCress said:

For something a little cheaper to maintain than the majority of the above, how about the Mk2 Focus ST. Has a great 5 Cylinder warble and can be improved further with an after market exhaust.

Have heard that about that ST - pre-facelift nicer looking too.

The idea of a CLK55 for under £5k is interesting though...

[misterblonde]

Marchutch said:

From the original post "And be low maintenance..."

While its great to see a lot of the posts about fantastic sounding V8s, V12s etc, they don't really fit the original request very well. Reading between the lines, if the guy has a budget of under 10 grand and has just had twins, he probably doesn't want to spend half his life by the side of the road or in a petrol station!

This much is true...