£40k new and distinctive

[Jag_luvver]

Alfa Giulia. Either wait a year or so for the quadrifoglio, or get one like this:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

280 bhp, looks fit and you could get your thing in the boot (poss with rear seats down).

[cerb4.5lee]

Efbe said:

can you find a 2yr old dodge hellcat? might be c£40k. damn distinctive and cool, with boot space.

edit: too much,

but there is this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dodge-Challenger-V8-HEM...

Edited by Efbe on Saturday 20th January 00:46

I love the fact that it has a lovely big engine mated to a manual gearbox

It ticks the distinctive box big time as well.

[Trevor555]

A Cayman, and a nice £2000 shed for the bike?

[Efbe]

cerb4.5lee said:

Efbe said:

can you find a 2yr old dodge hellcat? might be c£40k. damn distinctive and cool, with boot space.

edit: too much,

but there is this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dodge-Challenger-V8-HEM...

Edited by Efbe on Saturday 20th January 00:46

I love the fact that it has a lovely big engine mated to a manual gearbox

It ticks the distinctive box big time as well.

yeah as soon as I saw it was manual I was checking my own bank balance

[MBBlat]

Trevor555 said:

A Cayman, and a nice £2000 shed for the bike?

Already have a Caterham in the garage, 2 weekend only cars would be a bit much.

The Dodge has the steering wheel on the wrong side.

Evoke - too expensive new and petrols are non-existant 2nd hand.

Front runners so far - Mustang, Civic Type R

Civic is cheaper, and won't be hit by the >40k RFL tax hike
Mustang is RWD and V8

I'm really surprised Ford aren't trying to get the list price of the new V8 mustang under 40k, the extra £310 per year RFL must put a few people off, maybe the US bosses don't understand Road Tax?

[Toed64]

MBBlat said:

ZX10R NIN said:

For me there's only one car that tick the boxes:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Or go for the Kia Stinger:

So a boring, generic SUV hardly distinctive

Umm...Jeep SRT8 Hemi, boring? NO!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lI4nkpGY-8

[Efbe]

MBBlat said:

Already have a Caterham in the garage, 2 weekend only cars would be a bit much.

The Dodge has the steering wheel on the wrong side.

Evoke - too expensive new and petrols are non-existant 2nd hand.

Front runners so far - Mustang, Civic Type R

Civic is cheaper, and won't be hit by the >40k RFL tax hike
Mustang is RWD and V8

I'm really surprised Ford aren't trying to get the list price of the new V8 mustang under 40k, the extra £310 per year RFL must put a few people off, maybe the US bosses don't understand Road Tax?

ford website says 38,095 for the mustang gt

[MBBlat]

Efbe said:

ford website says 38,095 for the mustang gt

That's the outgoing model, the 2018 model has a £5k price hike.

As for the Jeep, hide the hideous attempt at a Jeep grill and its difficult to distinguish from any other SUV out there. No thanks, no matter how crazy the engine is.

[syl]

Chestrockwell said:

My suggestion seems to tick all of your ‘want’ boxes apart from one, being ‘PH Worthy’

Ah, if we're allowed to tick all the boxes except one:

Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Shooting Brake

(misses out on the budget it ever so slightly).

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Really interesting thread this one-I did like the OP’s comment on the Kia

I was thinking the same the other day, the Mustang really is in a bit of a class of one isn’t it? Personally I like the idea of the Kia simply as it is a Kia and I quite like a path that is different (& I am a dad after all!).

One word about the Type-R, I am deeply impressed by mine. Every time I think about changing it I think about the use it gets and I start making plans about keeping it 5 years (I’ve never kept a car that long before), I’ve already got the 5 year servicing plan and it only costs £850 to extend the manufacturers warranty to 5 years too.

Plus, my old shape one is bigger inside than the new one, transporting some equipment for a kitchen we’re building before Xmas I got (fully packaged) a full size oven, microwave combi oven, sink, boiling water tap and boiler all in the back!