Best used performance cars for under £30k?

[dustybin]

Hi all,

What would you all consider the best performance car you can buy for under £30k (used) and why?

Considering a purchase for a big birthday approaching. Would love to hear some views, especially from owners of cars in this bracket.

Thanks!

[dudleybloke]

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

[Composite Guru]

Daily or weekend toy?

Lotus Elise if a weekend toy. Pure drivers car.

[DoubleD]

A few more details would be useful

[ZX10R NIN]

What type of performance car? Convertible/Coupe/Saloon/Sports Car/GT etc

[GrumpyTwig]

dudleybloke said:

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

I'm not sure that description of £25k worth of work over the last few years has the effect they expect

[sparks_E46]

DB7 Vantage

DB9 (leggy?)

V8 Vantage

XKR

[davek_964]

sparks_E46 said:

DB7 Vantage

DB9 (leggy?)

V8 Vantage

XKR

The OP needs to clarify what he means by "performance car". Those wouldn't qualify as performance cars for me, but I guess it depends what the requirement is.

[stevekoz]

GrumpyTwig said:

I'm not sure that description of £25k worth of work over the last few years has the effect they expect

GrumpyTwig said:

Guess that depends on what the £25k worth of work consists of i guess? The gr36 gearbox upgrades can run into over £7k. The FWD clutch upgrade around £1500-2k i think depending where you get it done. So thats 10k just there. But these aren't cheap cars to maintain or run. I would rather have someone spent 25k on the upkeep than to buy one with no invoices. It would all come down to inspecting the paperwork and providence of that car for me.

In reference to the OP, not much detail on what you "qualify" as a performance car. But IMHO these are what id have in the stable if i could afford them for each category. Not sure they qualify as i don't know what you mean by "performance" but these are MY choices. Everyone is going to have others though i guess.

Best Drivers Cars

Lotus Elise (111r for me)
Clio V6
Porsche 911 c4s (997)
Porsche Cayman S


Best GT cars

V8 Vantage
r35 GTR (yes kills supercars but i still see it as a GT car)

Exotic
Maserati Granturismo ?

"Everyday" Do everything
Audi RS6
E92 M3 DCT

Hot Hatch/Saloon Performance
Focus RS
Megane R26 R
Golf R
Impreza STI CS400
Impreza Lichfiled Type 25

[john_r32]

As this just popped into my news feed - perfect

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...