Ioniq 6 N driven, £10k Japanese heroes...

... and the best cars with single-exit exhausts

By Cam Tait / Tuesday, 24 March 2026 / Loading comments

I won’t be the only one who isn’t that keen on surrendering the driver’s seat to someone else, but when Lanzante asks if you’d like to ride shotgun alongside a Nurburgring 24 Hour winner in its new 95-59 development mule, you’d be silly not to. Not least because it’s a three-seater, with the Petersfield-based outfit hacking the carbon tub of the McLaren 750S donor car to squeeze them in, but also because it’s the first time the company’s had a crack at building a supercar of its own. It’s still early days, and for now the car largely resembles the 750S it shares its underpinnings with - but there’s a lot to love about the new layout and, with prices starting at £1,020,000 plus the cost of a donor car, it’s a darn sight cheaper than going down the McLaren F1 or GMA T.50 route.

We’ll have to wait a bit longer before getting behind the wheel of one, so we move on instead to one car we can. And have. Sam’s driven the much-anticipated Hyundai Ioniq 6 N and, no, it’s not just a 5 N with a more swoopy roof. While dishing out the same 650hp and 568lb ft as the 5, the 6 N is two-tenths quicker to 62mph at 3.2 seconds and a good 50kg lighter, too. Not only that, but Hyundai’s reworked the faux gear ratios (yes, really) so that they’re now closer together, making the 6 N feel more like a big, electric rally car. It won’t be to everyone’s taste, but Sam has put together a convincing case on why the 6 N will complement whatever performance car you have on your driveway - and why you may even want to take it on the occasional track day.

That being said, it’s carrying a £65,800 price tag, so we’re bringing things back down to earth with this week’s buying challenge. PHer AnhBanhBao is on the hunt for a special but practical car (five doors, reasonably reliable etc) for £10,000, and ideally one that’s Japanese. Having seemingly ignored the running cost part of the criteria, Sam has chosen this Mazda RX-8 40th Anniversary Edition. It is, however, in fantastic condition, and it’s recently been subjected to a compression test, which it passed. And at £7,950, there’s budget left over for fuel and oil. While I’m still enamoured with this Subaru Impreza Type Euro wagon (one of just 223), the car I’m putting forward is the JDM-only Honda Civic Type R FD2 that’s up for auction. Granted, it’ll probably set you more than £10k, but it’s the last naturally-aspirated Type R and is loaded with J’S Racing bits. Of course, you can pop into the topic here to submit you own if you think our picks are rubbish.

Onto our final topic, which might just be the geekiest one we’ve done yet. Leins wants to know what everyone’s favourite performance car is with a single exhaust, and puts forward the Bentley Continental T, Porsche 911 (964) Carrera RS and Nissan Sunny GTI-R. The Bugatti Veyron, Lotus Evora and Peugeot 205 GTI all get a mention, but feel free to chip your own in here. Sam and I go a little overboard on this one, so you might want to have a listen to the pod first…

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