What fast esaste car under £7000?
 

Hello

My brother is in the market for a fast wagon and it must have the following:

Over 200bhp
4WD or RWD
Manual gearbox
Leather seats
Air conditioning
Not over 10 years old
Not over 70,000 miles
and be £7k or under

He has had an Impreza and doesn't want another one and is trying to find a Legacy GTB or a Forester STi but can't find one of the right spec/price.
He has driven a Mitsubishi Galant VR4 but didn't like it and it was an auto (did they do a manual?)

Sooooo any idea what he could buy? He is driving me bonkers

Thanks

Mark

Christ!! Good luck!!!

Not sure about the mileage issue though??!??

I think a Volvo V70R AWD will do the trick. 260hp with a haldex type system. All the toys etc.

Volvo's are monster mid range cars and can pick on real exotica on the motorway etc.

I owned a T5 for some time and they are fantastic cars. build quality, reliability etc

volvo T5

C class merc?

Audi S2? RS2's are even better (315bhp), but think you'll struggle to get a good one for that money. S2 would be the option i'd go for...

An S2 is a reasonable car - but slower and smaller than the Volvo and more expensive to run / service and buy...........

Other than that Omega Elite or MV6. 2000> model should be in that braket

You struggle to get an RS2 for less than £15k :eek: Especially a RHD version. Unfortunately :(

Well I'm surprised he didn't like it with the tiptronic box thats his choice

You can get Manual VR4's but they are extremely rare and I cant remember if the estate does comes with both options

the older VR4's pre 99 only has 260bhp where above 99 280hhp
I have a VR4 estate (Legnum) and love it :D

S2 would be decent.

No chance of an RS2 that's not about to blow up at that money :(

Galant VR4 also good, or a legacy turbo can be had V cheap, S reg one near me been up for ages that started at 6k and is now up at 4900 in the window.

Thought they were FWD?

You can get a high mileage BMW 328 Touring for that money. All the toys, fantastic build quality and 193BHP. Actually has great power all through the range.
The 99 - 01 Tourings were all SE badged so had cruise/climate/PDC etc.

T5R is 4wd iirc...

Volvo T5R. They are quicker than a lot of people think

They were both front wheel drive, the R just had more power........

i'm pretty sure t5r's were either awd or had the option of awd... check the volvo groups maybe.

throwing in a wild card here....

Nissan Stagea RS four
251bhp 4wd

2.5 turbo lump powers it about the same size as the volvo

Import only i'm afraid

Correct, fwd standard, awd as an option.

Mate of mine's just paid a grand for a P plate W124 Merc 280TE, creamy 24V straight six, seamless 4-matic gearbox, and enough room in the boot to park a small car:)

It fits all your criteria except the mileage (125K), but as everybody knows W124's are the worlds best built car, and as you have another £6k over what he paid, I imagine you'll easily find an example of the even quicker 300TE that'll fit within your parameters:)

AWD is only available on the V70R as per my post :)

Unless you get a 850 AWD which is more agricultural than sporting.

Don't even think of an S2, only good in a straight line too heavy, numb steering and when they go wrong whooooooooooooe will be you, the price of parts are horiffic. I know i once (shiver) had one.

I tried to find a Nissan Stagea once, they seemed v.rare and v.expensive

go a little different....
Saab 95 AERO HOT (250 ish bhp) and funkily cool.....


nice motors...

....but FWD

S/tb :D ( no full leather though )

manuals are more difficult to find though.


Steve

ahhhh yes, true, spec wanted RWD or 4WD...... suggestion withdrawn.....:D

Mikey

Good suggestion though mike. I used to run a breathed on Volvo T5, and the FWD bit drove me nutts. If i buy another i will get the R AWD V70 personally. A lot of car for your cash. I assume the Saab is a similar set up - ?!?

Hello

Thanks for all the advice so far.

One question anybody driven an Audi A6 2.7 turbo? It has a detuned old S4 engine but that's all I know. Good car or barge?

thanks

Mark

I have a 320TE (82k miles) and can agree with the above, rapid for a big car and every option going..£3.7k

TE suffix stopped in '93 so probably not a P plate unless you mean an E280..very good price if it is!