Best daily car / sports car for very specific circumstances?

[Fred Smith]

Imagine you do low mileage, and high MPG is not a concern, and you want a new daily. You want a manual gearbox. Most of your journeys are on single carriageway A and B roads, often windy and fun to drive on. You need the space for one passenger and a small weekly shop, but you don't need more seats or large storage capacity. You will be doing short and medium length journeys mainly, parking in supermarket car-parks, and driving in rain and all over winter. You have other cars in the household that you can use when you need more than two seats or need more storage. You want something fairly reliable, but super reliability is not a massive priority as you have other cars and don't have a commute that demands a very reliable car.

So long as the basic requirements are met, your priority is having a fun driving experience.

What would you buy?

(1) £70k budget

(2) £40k budget

(3) £20k budget

(4) £10k budget

(5) £5k budget

[scot_aln]

This sounds like it was intended as a prompt for an AI tool to answer.

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What you're buying
£70k
Lotus Emira V6 manual
A genuinely special ownership experience


£40k
Porsche Cayman 981 manual
Precision and premium feel

£20k
Toyota GT86
The sweet spot of fun and usability

£10k
Ford Fiesta ST Mk7
Playfulness with everyday practicality

£5k
Toyota MR2 Roadster
Maximum sports-car character per pound

Edited by scot_aln on Friday 9th October 13:49

[Jonathan-mhhx7]

1. GT4 - probably a nice 981 and a bit of change
2. Yaris GR - low milage Gen 1 and change
3. S2 Elise
4. Z4 3.0
5. Mx-5

[Fred Smith]

Thanks for the answers... I am glad that both of you got that whilst the question lent towards a 2 seater sports car, there was nothing to stop 2+2s or other cars being selected.