5 Cheap Fun Cars For Less Than $5,000

looking for a cheap in fun car that you can drive the total bit down well all of the cars on this list plus the honorable mention will always plant a smile on your face they're fast they're ridiculously fun in the twisties and you know what the best part is no back one hell of a punch that will always impress the girl riding shotgun oh and the last car on this list can tear up rubber like no other and also is the only car list with a v8 let's go when you own a WRX there is one season that trumps all of the others winter specifically an empty parking lot exploiting the ungodly four-wheel drive in the son of a rally car that is until you hit something static it'll buff out right well either way if you need a cheap performance car that can plow through just about any terrain you'd be hard-pressed to find anything better than a bug-eye WRX to do the job with a turbo boxer for pushing out 227 horses and 217 foot-pounds of torque it does quick work of almost any terrain that gets in its way and because of that sexy all-wheel drive just rev up that motor dump the clutch and zero-to-sixty comes in 5.6 seconds [Music] just don't do it too much or your axles will hate you for it and here's the thing the Impreza WRX is a high performance budget performer and if you want to learn more about the evolution of them check this out here but for real turbo lag is a real thing because to hoon this thing you need to keep the tax above 3500 rpm otherwise the WRX will feel is gutless as its turbulent sibling now all you got to do is use the ideal car strategies to snag an ideal deal on a near race ready WRX by some vape juice hello horns a short thro dipstick wait there isn't a short through a dipstick in the cobb accessport baby and get ready to be the coolest kid on the block oh and how could I forget that straight pipe I mean after all we all know what Subaru stands for right souped-up badass racing unit that's what simply said the WRX rocks the 2nd turbo on this list and the first one named after a belly button is a car I always lusted over and actually owned for a hot minute that is until the turbo started to go and it meant massive surgery to repair them the Audi b5 s for either has or will be on almost everyone shortlist of ideal cars to own and for good reason the twin-turbo v6 pushes out 250 horses and 258 foot-pounds of torque which will get you into the perfect amount of trouble and with a simple chip and exhaust you're looking at 350 German horses that's made it to a fun 6-speed manual tranny Plus it's the hotter version of the first generation a 4 and aesthetically it's just a beautiful performance car with a hint of luxury now the reason that you can find these for relative bargains is because they're about as high maintenance as your ex-girlfriend don't give me that oh you know she was high maintenance which isn't a problem if you have deep pockets and you can consistently throw money at it because they're now older cars common issues that you'll find on the b phi platform are spark plugs coils wheel bearings rear main seal valve cover gaskets chain tensioner and the timing belt and water pump will need to be replaced plus like on mine the turbos like to fail so yeah it can be bought cheap it's extremely fun but even more high maintenance and if you get one promised me this slap some ko4 turbos on it and get the vanity plate adios yeah I have good ideas every once in a while every automaker and their mom would love to have an entry level luxury-car as popular as the BMW 3-series if you've ever been in one you know that BMW has saved committed to building a car that's responsive compact fun to drive and connected to the driver so let's pretend for a second that you're the CEO of Toyota and you want a piece of that entry-level luxury car pie what do you build the Lexus is 300 that's what it has a little curb weight rear-wheel drive a wonderful reliable 2jz inline six inch weight yes I did just say 2jz like the exact same owner that came in the mark 4 supra now the 2jz that came in the is 300 did not have the two sequential turbo chargers and you know what's so amazing about these engines is that they're strong as hell and can handle a ton of turbo boost pressure [Music] meaning your is 300 is a turbo or two away from being a supercar killer ah so much potential but what if we take a step back doc to jay-z's only make 215 horsepower and about the same torque pushing it to sixty miles an hour in a slightly laughable 7.4 seconds but what's awesome is this car hails from the era of hydraulic steering so this thing feels like an athlete in the twisties so you don't necessarily buy this car for stock performance numbers you buy it because it's a good-looking fun to drive car with a ton of potential and when you're ready slap forced induction on that 2jz turn the dial up to 11 and let er rip the Volkswagen GTI has been around longer than most of us have been alive and I don't really know exactly where I was going with this other than they've been around for decades now the mark 1 and mark 2 GTI was okay but the mark 3 it was special because it was the first GTI to house of v6 and if you've never heard one in person well you're in for a treat [Music] now zero-to-sixty comes in 6.7 seconds which isn't bad but the real magic is the vr6 powerplant pushing out 172 horsepower and a hundred and seventy-three foot-pounds of torque and the beauty is that 85% of that torque is available at 2,000 rpms [Music] making it a total blast to rip around and since it's a hot hatch with a unique exterior shape large windows a ton of interior space including well bolstered seats that seem to grip your torso in turns oh and its nickname is the pocket rocket this VW keeps getting cooler and cooler and before we switch gears until the last car on this list which has a panty drop in 5-liter v8 here is that honorable mention baby if I do say so myself the Nissan 300zx z32 is a 90s Japanese sports car bargain back in 1990 the 300zx was state-of-art it was literally the first car designed completely by computer-aided design or you might be more familiar with the acronym CAD and with other Japanese sports cars of the same era like the mark 4 Supra and the 3rd gen are x7 soaring in price you're essentially looking at one of their competitors that's a sporty GT car and it has both the curb appeal and the reliability to back it up the naturally aspirated 300zx is definitely worth the look the 3 litre VG 30 de v6 makes 222 horses and 198 foot-pounds of torque and although the NA s aren't going to command the premium that the turbos bring that's totally fine if your main goal is to have a blast for less than 5 K plus the base model is way easier to work on and aesthetically I think it's almost as good-looking as the turbo and I almost forgot the one thing that you can totally brag about all the way to the bank is the fact that the Nissan Fairlady headlights were used on the Lamborghini Diablo yes howdy own Lamborghini and in 1999 they got rid of the love amore Hatem pop-up headlights but you can find out why they had to get rid of them in our video about 7 car features that no longer exist so when out he got rid of the diablos pop-up headlights instead of spending millions of dollars on engineering a new headlight they simply license Nissan's headlights and as you can see Lamborghini was so tricky they used a carbon fiber piece to hide the Nissan on top of the headlight so you asked why would an exotic brand like Lamborghini do this simple because they were already putting all their R&D money towards building the Murcielago there you have it guys you can buy a 300 ZX with Lambo headlights or is it the other way around oh boy here comes the Pony Express the Ford Mustang is a legendary model that's been around since April 17th 1964 and on that day Ford single-handedly created the 2+2 sporty coupe market and they eager public responded by ordering an astonishing twenty-two thousand vehicles on the very first day it was released so saying the sn95 mustang isn't an American icon is like saying you don't like vanilla ice cream on your apple pie and motor trends 1994 car of the year is here to deliver a performance of a lifetime if all you got is five thousand bucks because the v8 pushing out 215 horses makes all the right sounds and for the right price it's hard to beat but you know what else is hard to beat these modern sleepers that eat supercars for lunch or check out what YouTube recommends you watch next oh and if you haven't yet please subscribe but either way you can't lose and as always keep living that ideal lifestyle

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Length: 8min 52sec (532 seconds)

Published: Fri May 31 2019