What's the biggest head turner sub 10k?

[PompeyPaul]

Simple, as the title suggests. What car that can be bought for under 10k turns your head the most (in a good way!)?

[Turbo Harry]

Probably a Fuego.

[mat13]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Maserati-3200GT-3-2-V8-T...

AICMFP

[Benbay001]

mat13 said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Maserati-3200GT-3-2-V8-T...

AICMFP

And then another £10k per year for maintenance, right?

[kambites]

Something like a Grinall Scorpian?

[blearyeyedboy]

Close the thread.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2210991.htm

[Chris71]

Cerbera
Tuscan (if you don't mind one that's likely to need work probably at that price)
A bright orange Caterfield on noisy pipes?

As a petrolhead I thoroughly agree with the 3200 GT - it's unbelievable to think there are plenty in single figures - but I'm not sure a non-petrolhead would notice them to quite the same extent as a reflex purple Cerb putting out 110 dB.

[300bhp/ton]

PompeyPaul said:

Simple, as the title suggests. What car that can be bought for under 10k turns your head the most (in a good way!)?

Truly depends....

Suspect these could be hard for £10k though.

[PompeyPaul]

Benbay001 said:

And then another £10k per year for maintenance, right?

And fuel! 11mpg urban and 17 combined! I'd have it though if it was reliable and not the end of the world to service and run... But I have no doubt it is!! :-(

[anonymous-user]

You need the horrors in the adverts thread.

Really do you need a head turner, get a mr2 360 replica.

Why not get a car that give you a aural orgasm when you drive it..like a tve

[rottie102]

beats any TVR in head-turning department
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/C3-Chevrolet-Corvette-LP...

[slipstream 1985]

kambites said:

Something like a Grinall Scorpian?

i would turn to look at it but i wouldn't be impressed, tvr cerbera would be my vote.

[PompeyPaul]

Is it actually possible to get a reliable TVR?? I'm thinking not from what you hear and read!

[W7NNS]

kambites said:

Something like a Grinall Scorpian?

Good call! Seen them go for £6k recently, awesome car for the money.

[craigb84]

300bhp/ton said:

Truly depends....

Suspect these could be hard for £10k though.

Was this in one of the Cannonball films? If so I'm getting one. Retro cool!!

[Grovsie26]

Some kind of old Corvette or Mustang? Just the size of the dam thing would turn heads.

Most TVR's would because of the noise, they sound broken lol, though they probably are lol.

[pthelazyjourno]

Does it need to be vaguely sensible?




Failing that, an Elise? S1? S2?

Not that I'm biased...

[PompeyPaul]

pthelazyjourno said:

Does it need to be vaguely sensible?




Failing that, an Elise? S1? S2?

Not that I'm biased...

I don't know if the Elise is much more sensible that the Esprit?! I agree though, a definately head turner! :-)

[Risotto]

I'd suggest an S2 Elise. They have their failings but they're good fun and seem to attract more attention than most cars in that price bracket.

Personally, it used to make me uncomfortable - I'd find myself sheepishly hanging around waiting for people to disperse before I walked up and drove off!

Edited by Risotto on Thursday 22 September 21:00

[robsco]

Only on Pistonheads. Within a page of replies, a head turner thread turns into yet another debate about the collective running costs of Maseratis and TVRs. Noone asked what was the most reliable head turner was.