Cheap, seating on the rear wheels type of coupe?

[Shifter1]

Any cheap, seating on the rear wheels type of coupes to be had out there? LHD 90's and newer please. RWD and manual. I guess because of the position of the green house it will be limited to 2 seaters. 2 doors of course.

By seating on the rear wheels type of coupe I mean long bonnet, short rear with seats very near to rear axle.

Thanks.

Edited by Shifter1 on Tuesday 16th October 11:12

[Earthboundmisfit]

Not sure how much they are going for now but i bought my second one about 9 yrs ago for £12.5k

[aka_kerrly]

You'd need double that to get a decent one now.

if the budget isn't >£20k then perhaps a BMW Z4 Coupe is half the price or a Nissan 350Z is half the price again.

[Shifter1]

Thanks guys. But I said cheap.

As in as cheap as possible.

[IanCress]

The OP states LHD. Does this mean you're looking for LHD cars?

In which case, lower powered version of the M / Z3 Coupe exist on the continent, which should be considerably cheaper than the M Coupe which is the only version we get in the UK.

[DoubleD]

Shifter1 said:

Thanks guys. But I said cheap.

As in as cheap as possible.

Might be better if you gave a budget rather than just saying cheap

[Shifter1]

Ok fair enough. Under 5K would be great! 2K even better!

Yes, looking for LHD cars.

[J_Beaman00]

Chrysler Crossfire seems to fit the bill

[TegTypeR]

I get where you are coming from, you are looking for a modern day Capri.

RX8 is an option. Cheap as chips to buy and gives you the seating position you want, although it is 4 door.

The Chrysler already mentioned is another good choice.

[300bhp/ton]

Shifter1 said:

Ok fair enough. Under 5K would be great! 2K even better!

Yes, looking for LHD cars.

5k £ or $ or ???

Where are you looking for LHD cars, UK market, EU, Asia....

[Shifter1]

J_Beaman00 said:

Chrysler Crossfire seems to fit the bill

Oh yeah. I forgot about that ugly duckling .

I have not looked but I don't think they are actually cheap?

[Shifter1]

TegTypeR said:

I get where you are coming from, you are looking for a modern day Capri.

RX8 is an option. Cheap as chips to buy and gives you the seating position you want, although it is 4 door.

The Chrysler already mentioned is another good choice.

More like a poor man TVR Sagaris or T350c actually.

The RX8 having a rear seat is not really seating on the rear axle, is it? I never looked inisde one to see how the rear seats are. But what scares me is the engine and unreliability stories. Good looking car though. Hmmm.

[Shifter1]

300bhp/ton said:

5k £ or $ or ???

Where are you looking for LHD cars, UK market, EU, Asia....

EU

[300bhp/ton]

MX-5 or Z3 are probably the only viable answers. The latter maybe out of budget.

There simply haven't been that many RWD coupes of this nature built in the past 20 years or so. Thus somewhat limited choice, even more so at this price point.

[FiringOnThree]

Shifter1 said:

Oh yeah. I forgot about that ugly duckling .

I have not looked but I don't think they are actually cheap?

There's a few RHD UK examples on autotrader for circa £2k.
Can't say much for the LHD/EU market however

[CypSIdders]

Smart Roadster fulfils all the criteria!

[Shifter1]

Smart roadster was never made with a manual transmission.

[FiringOnThree]

Shifter1 said:

Smart roadster was never made with a manual transmission.

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/smart-car/roadster/smart-turbo-brabus-roadster-rhd-2004/8894317

I remember seeing this on Spotted: a few weeks ago. Manual transmission and all.
Bit far off the budget mark though

[Nickp82]

Seems to fit your criteria, just not quite LHD

[300bhp/ton]

CypSIdders said:

Smart Roadster fulfils all the criteria!

Also engine is over the rear axle, not the drivers seat.