15K Fast saloon - What you having?

Original Poster

11 posts

32 months

Monday 17th January 2022

Afternoon all,

To be blunt, all this talk of electric cars etc has me craving more and more moving some savings into some metal!

I have around a 15K budget, running costs arent really a concern as it will be more of a weekend car so low miles but nothing temperamental that has me worried every time i drive it.
I do have a littlen (<1 year old) so i reckon a saloon would be the best shout, here are some of the cars ive looked at recently to fill the bill

I dont want anything thats going to drop much in value, and an increase would be ideal over the coming years

Jaguar XFR - not a lot of choice, but 500+ BHP V8 with a super charger sounds ideal
E90 M3 - not really a fan of the looks, prefer the saloon but thats out of budget
JDM impreza STI - bit of a wild card but seen some nice looking Blob/Bug eyes
VXR8/Monaro - Are they quick? or is it all noise, certainly has the rare factor, but again budget doesn't allow many options, very few for sale
C63 - ropey in this budget and also not a fan of the looks (love the noise though)

I feel like it has to be something a bit special, so i keep coming back to the Jag....am i missing anything? is there anything else that im not considering?

Triumph Man

8,716 posts

169 months

Monday 17th January 2022

Will £15k buy any of those? I thought they were all up around the £20k mark (except maybe the Subaru and the Jag) - I would be willing to be proven wrong though!

If it was me, I'd buy the Jag. I very seriously considered an XF (a vanilla one though) and there seems to be something about them...

ingenieur

4,097 posts

182 months

Monday 17th January 2022

Going by your reason for wanting an antidote to the electric craze it sounds as though you'd be best off with something loud. So probably the Monaro.

SarlechS

755 posts

185 months

Monday 17th January 2022

fairly confident you wont get an E90 M3 at that price, maybe one that's been twisted or through the meat grinder

Original Poster

11 posts

32 months

Monday 17th January 2022

Triumph Man said:

Surprisingly yes, albeit some higher mileage examples but certainly within reach on autotrader!

I think currently its waiting for the right specced Jag XFR which seems the favourable option

Original Poster

11 posts

32 months

Monday 17th January 2022

SarlechS said:

fairly confident you wont get an E90 M3 at that price, maybe one that's been twisted or through the meat grinder

Theres quite a few, some with good history around that mark, but higher mileage examples
But i think ive already talked myself out of the M3

Original Poster

11 posts

32 months

Monday 17th January 2022

ingenieur said:

Going by your reason for wanting an antidote to the electric craze it sounds as though you'd be best off with something loud. So probably the Monaro.

Yeah, agreed i think im not convinced that the monaro will deliver the whole package, they do sound lovely though

ArmaghMan

2,428 posts

181 months

Monday 17th January 2022

E55 AMG

So much classier than a C63

thewarlock

3,235 posts

46 months

Monday 17th January 2022

Quattroporte?

Not what I'd buy, but seems to tick the boxes.

You mention Subaru, have you discounted a Lancer?

Terzo123

4,330 posts

209 months

Monday 17th January 2022

A Monaro VXR is a cool car which you are unlikely to lose much money on. One registered prior to March 2006 will be cheaper to tax.

They are a great base if you like to mod cars. They are old now, and will require a bit of care to ensure rot hasn't taken a hold.

They are a real event to drive, even if just cruising about. They attract a lot of attention, pretty much all of it positive.

A W204 C63 is fair bit newer tech wise than the Monaro, and it does show, both in how they feel to drive and overall speed. Its a far better car to drive than the Monaro, but not necessarily a better car if you get what i mean.

15k though will only get you high mileage pre face lift car or accident repaired face lifted ones. So tread carefully at this price range.

alpha channel

1,387 posts

163 months

Monday 17th January 2022

Out of that choice it'd either be the XF-R or the Monaro/VXR. The Aussie thanks to the potential of a manual gearbox mated to a V8 and a more analogue experience. The one thing that keeps me desiring an XF-R if I ever needed to go four door is this - https://youtu.be/a2WqttxNtmo and I don't mind the looks of the earlier models either (and some of the foibles that they can have).

Skyedriver

17,965 posts

283 months

Monday 17th January 2022

TBH, reading that list, there's a lot of "don't really like" etc That being the case discount them now as you'll only wish you'd bought something more special.

Original Poster

11 posts

32 months

Monday 17th January 2022

Skyedriver said:

TBH, reading that list, there's a lot of "don't really like" etc That being the case discount them now as you'll only wish you'd bought something more special.

Agreed…..but what laugh

the cueball

1,204 posts

56 months

Monday 17th January 2022

You could get a lot of fast Audi saloons for that kind of money?

S4/6/8

some older RS models maybe too..

Phil Dicky

7,162 posts

264 months

Monday 17th January 2022

XFR for me...

https://youtu.be/a2WqttxNtmo

Original Poster

11 posts

32 months

Monday 17th January 2022

the cueball said:

You could get a lot of fast Audi saloons for that kind of money?

S4/6/8

some older RS models maybe too..

I’ve got german daily’s and always have done tbh
I think it needs to be a bit more special than that

I did look at a nice c5 rs6 but that comes back to the being nervous it would break every time I drove it laugh

alec.e

2,149 posts

125 months

Monday 17th January 2022

X358 XJR/Super V8, 4.2 Supercharged, 400bhp, reliable and not very costly to run.

Leon R

3,232 posts

97 months