Autoblog-Advice: RWD with a tight budget (€ 6.000)
Posted on 17-02-2016 at 14:00 by Dizono – 202 Comments”
A fine achterwielaandrijver score for 6 mille, is that to do? Yes, even without directly falling into clichés as a 3 Series or Mazda MX-5. Believe you me not? Click!
Currently runs Jeroen, who as a sales consultant working at a big car dealer, in a Swiftje from 1998. He is, in his own words, “crazy from such a small and economical car.” The solution? “I want more power and a car that can also be used for the more sporting drive”. To be precise, Jeroen wants to be a achterwielaandrijver.
Current /previous cars:Suzuki Swift 1.3 (1998)
Sale / lease:Sale
Business / private:Private
Budget:€ 6000
Annual mileage:±8,000 km
Brandstofvoorkeur:Gasoline
Reason to purchase another car:Word crazy of a small and economical car, want more power and a car that can also be used for a “spirited drive”
Household composition:1 adult
Preferred brands /models:BMW, RWD, Preferably no turbo (hate lag
No-go models / brands:Korean, Honda, Toyota, Subaru
No turbo and a preference for BMW’s. The Dreiers he has already seen, we give below a small adviesje. But much more fun is it to search for other achterwielaandrijvers that are within the budget. Jim’s annual mileage is low, so we are not restricted by such things as maintenance and fuel consumption, but simply by what is there -in good condition – beautiful.
The usual suspect: BMW 3 Series
Well, we can there is simply no way around it. Do you want six mille a sporty achterwielaandrijver score, then a 3 Series is a safe choice. Although, safe… Definitely nice E46’s with straight six for six mille rare. A clean E36 with lijnzes is already better, but then I was riding in a pretty outdated car. And that while that money is still so much more beauty.
The sloop: Lexus SC 400
A Toyota can our Jeroen not tempt. A pity, because with the last generation MR-2 can be great fun to send. Well, no Toyota so, then we do but a Lexus. Also secretly a Toyota, because the SC400 was sold in Japan as the Toyota Soarer. A delicious, on the American market-inspired coupé, with a lot of luxury and a silky smooth achtcilinder with 244 hp. Not particularly sporty, but it is a fantastic cruiser, with an abundance of luxury on board. This beautiful copy on ebay, you’ll get probably 350 euro afgepraat.
MG TF 135/160
According to the same recipe as the Toyota MR2, but with British blood. The 1.8 K-series engine is behind the front seats and brings its power through the rear wheels to the asphalt. The roadster came on the market in 1995 as the MG F, and was the English response to the MX-5. That Japanese roadster took brutally passed on the baton of the British roadsters in the years 50-70 were so popular. In 2002, the vehicle was thoroughly gefacelift and he got the name TF. An underrated car, with reasonable and friendly prices as a result.
The youngtimer: Ford Sierra XR4i
In the area of design was the Sierra in 1983 a total revelation. Aeroform, such as Ford called it, for miles voorlopend on the competition and looking back, maybe from time to time a little too far forward. Technically it was the Sierra is less progressive, with traditional engines and rear-wheel drive. One of the best the Sierra’s, in addition to the great Cosworths, the XR4i, with a 2.8 V6. To current standards, it is the power of 150 hp, which thin, but smooth is the XR4i. You recognize this version, incidentally, on the other raamlijn. The XR4i has the rear zijruitjes of the five-door, along with an additional second zijruitje, instead of one big second window as the other driedeurs the Sierra’s. There are currently both a very nice original Dutch copy with around 50,000 miles as a Merkur XR4Ti (American version) with 15,000 kilometres within the budget to purchase.
A real Porsche: 944
No half Volkswagen, this Porsche 944. The Audi-sourced 2.0 four-cylinder was replaced by a 2.5 four-cylinder, which is actually a half of a 5.0 V8 from the 928. With 160 hp and a very good handling, still a very nice car. For six mille is all the necessary things to find, but let your advance well informed and consider a little longer to save up for a really solid copy.
The underdog: Opel Omega 3.0 V6
The last of the mohicans, this Omega B. of Course, there was the Signum, but this was actually a converted Vectra and that did it also with transversely mounted blocks and front wheel drive. Definitely an Omega, but after a substantial facelift from 1999 still looks great and the interior is a lot nicer and more modern than the pre-faceliftmodel. Find a nice 3.0 V6 with 211 hp and that beautiful vijfspaaks rims. If you are visually impaired, you may also the Ford Scorpio 2.9 with Cosworth-V6, still consider.
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