Exotics On a Budget

[anks106]

Just wanting to hear some ideas for Exotics on a budget of say, 75 thousand US Dollars. Have to be turnkey and available to US customers, street legal is optional but a big plus. A few of my favorites are Ariel Atom, I think the Noble M400 is being shipped over nowadays, and the Vauxhall V220. What else should be on the list?

[DinanM3_S2]

The Caterham 7s. The more expensive ones with the Cosworth 2.3l do 0-60 in about 3 seconds.

[NISSANSPDR]

Yea some guy here has a Noble M12 GTO and it's SWEET!

[anks106]

sadly, according to the caterham USA site, they dont have the CSR or the Cosworth 2.3L engines available in the US yet.

Of course, when they do come here.. thats gonna be a great time.

I havent looked it up recently, but i think the Nobles are about 65 thousand for a rolling chassis.

[VAD0R]

Originally Posted by anks106

sadly, according to the caterham USA site, they dont have the CSR or the Cosworth 2.3L engines available in the US yet.

Of course, when they do come here.. thats gonna be a great time.

I havent looked it up recently, but i think the Nobles are about 65 thousand for a rolling chassis.

I always thought they were $50k for the chassis.

[Zachp911]

Noble M12 GTO 3R!

[anks106]

The M12GTO3R runs 58 thousand for a chassis, another 18 for the drivetrain, and then its up to the user to put it all together. The M400 runs 67 and another 23 for the drivetrain. That too is no options or installation. Both cars run about 90 thousand for a few options and such.

[Zachp911]

How about the Lotus Elise? They MSRP at like $42k

http://www.edmunds.com/new/2005/lotu...enav..0.Lotus*

[deadbolt_35]

and if just your "average" elise isn't enough, i was just reading car and driver's "superfour challenge" they had a couple months ago, and they had a Hondata Prototype/Racing Elise. They put in a 2.0L DOHC from an acura RSX, supercharged and intercooled. It puts out 320hp an a 1900 pound car.
It runs a 12.2 quarter mile on an engine that probably wasn't broken in very well. plus, upgraded tires and suspension makes one of the best handling cars there is even better, and it even got a 4-star rating in the street drivability category
cost around $72k according to CandD

[sv650s]

lotus elise(one of the best handling car on earth)
lotus exige(even better handling than elise)
lotus 340r
opel speedster(basicaly a vx220 from opel)
tvr t350(or sagaris if you're lucky)
tvr tuscan s
porsche cayman s

[deadbolt_35]

i'd hardly consider the cayman s exotic

[sv650s]

comes from another country, goes fast. i call it an exotic.

[GForce957]

I would consider the c6 zo6 an exotic, even tho its from my country

[ghetto7o2azn]

Originally Posted by GForce957

I would consider the c6 zo6 an exotic, even tho its from my country

dont mean to be a dick but...

exotic:
1.From another part of the world; foreign
2.Intriguingly unusual or different; excitingly strange

it doesnt match either of these definitions... although you may not see many c6 zo6's in a few years they're pretty much garenteed to be everywhere

[Moppie]

I consider a C6 ZO6 exotic.
There are more Lotus Elise's in this part of the world.