350z?

#1. A Forester XT will smoke this thing off the line...

#2. Let's see how long you can really sit in the back seat of one of these cars.

RX-8?

#1. A Forester XT will smoke this thing along Hwy. 1 (and the CHP to boot)

#2. This DOES seat 4 comfortably.

Mini?

#1. RWD?

#2. Four people comfortably?

 

"Most RWD cars are american or italian I thought."

Huh?

 

shut up already, I didn't do my homework. ;P

Notice I didn't state it as fact? I said "I thought".

 

for the people suggesting 350z's...note that they are 2 seaters

Cadillac CTS or if your budget permits, CTS-V

 

The CTS is garbage, I beat the snot out of one at the first AutoShowInMotion

 

i dont think people buy rx-8's for speed, i think they buy it for the putitang

 

so did I

its a very nice car, looks nice inside and handles well, steering is responsive as well.

What did you not like about it?

 

I dont see how the RX-8 helps with that...you can't go up to someone and say "I drive a car that looks like a *****" and expect them to be impressed.

 

yah well i never looked at it as a *****.
but then again, i dont visualize male ********* and organs everytime i go outside.

 

zoeb is infatuated w/ the male ***** and anything relative to it

 

my top pics for under 40k the g35 sedan or coupe, the sedan is probably more comfortable, or the is300 ... either is a great car, you may find the is300 to be a bit underpowered though ... well a 3 series would also fit in the category but those are very underpowered; rx-8's, cant even call them underpowered, they're just slow (no offense to SJT, he's a ricer, hahha) you could pick up an r32 skyline, nice power, wont be very high on the looks scale, seats 4 as well; c class, also underpowered ... eh, theres probably more, but i just had a brain fart

 

1991-94 Legacy EJ22T :d

 

RX-8 = teh slow & teh hawtness.

I ain't gonna deny it! It's slow but damn if it doesn't get more looks than ANY other car on the road under $100,000...

I was even thinkin that should go on my license plate... "NCKBRKR" or "WHPLASH"

 

hmm...Ruel, why every car you mentioned is underpowered? What do you mean by that? care to elaborate a lil?

Most the cars mentioned in this thread are family sedans and the power to weight ratio ain't going to be all that impressive (power potential wise), when comparing with WRX/STi/EVOs. But they are by no mean underpowered.

R32 Skyline? hahaha just about every Skylines are not cost effective to keep, unless you got money to blow.

 

I too recommend the CTS-V over any other sedan in its price range. You are essentially getting a 4-door Z06. I can't complain.