Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 12:11 pm, by: Dave Hart(Davyboy)
Friend in the UK is wanting a car. He's under 25 and doesn't want to be paying more in insurance than the car's worth. Looking for a 2nd hand coupe with plenty of grunt that might be a surprise to other petrol heads. Any suggestions? Must be standard, not modified.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 03:31 pm, by: Dave Hart(Davyboy)
Well when I was a kid (zzzzzzz)a Mini Cooper or Lotus Cortina was the thing, even a Riley 1100 or anything with twin carbs. You where lucky to have any wheels when I was in my teens. A Golf GT was a something to drool over. Not sure what's available now. A lot of the newish cars in the UK seemed to be French when I was last over there (2000).
Coupe on the cheap in the UK ?- Hands down winner would be the Fiat Coupe.
The 16v turbo version
Decent ones around for about 4k 0-60 mph in 6.5 seconds totally standard.
Front wheel drive unfortunately - but has to be the best handling front wheel drive chassis ever made. plus it is designed by Pininfarina and looks beautiful in ferrari colours. If they sold them over here I would have one in each colour!