Quick 4/5 door car for under 4k

tberry6686

Jaguar XJR. Bit thirsty but for the money (at this end of the scale) nothing will compete for speed, comfort or space.

topdaddy_2

Foxy-Stoat wrote: »

You mean R32 as the cheapest R36 is well into 5 figures.....may as well get a 4Motion as they are less than half the price of a R32.

Low 20's MPG but reasonably quick though.

Nope I dont. And a mondeo isnt sub seven secs. But you cant have everything;)

UsernameAlreadyExists

Ezmondino wrote: »

I am looking for ideas for a reliable, quick (less than 7 sec to 60mph) family car, for under £4k.

Right between the Hen's Teeth and Rocking Horse poo

gilbert_and_sullivan

Forester XT, might scrape into a 2.5 if you hunt around and buy privately.

LandyAndy

Not quite in budget and a fair few miles but 6.1s and six years old.


http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201402201947234/sort/default/usedcars/postcode/sp61ej/model/mazda3/radius/1501/page/1/make/mazda/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/keywords/MPS?logcode=p


or this one slightly older but lower miles.


http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201405204350384/sort/default/usedcars/postcode/sp61ej/model/mazda3/radius/1501/page/1/make/mazda/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/keywords/MPS?logcode=p

Foxy-Stoat_3

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201404123273152/sort/default/usedcars/postcode/bn220tn/make/audi/model/s6/radius/1500/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/page/1?logcode=p

Get a S6...half the road tax (nearly!)

David_Aston

With little one on the way, how about discarding the "quick" part of your query?

Shaolin_Monkey

Saab 9-3 Aero - 2.8 Turbo does well under 7 secs 0-60, or the 2.0 Turbo is just over with lower running costs. They are pretty cheap.

Mazda 6 MPS 2.3T - Probably just over budget for the moment but not miles out. As I type I see someone also had the same idea

BMW 330i - 10 year old models may be within budget

BMW 545i - Not many about, but pretty quick.

Cadillac CTS 3.6 - Surprisingly quick for a luxury barge, at least in a straight line

Volvo S60 T5 - Volvo safety and quick too...

Ezmondino

LandyAndy wrote: »

Not quite in budget and a fair few miles but 6.1s and six years old.


http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201402201947234/sort/default/usedcars/postcode/sp61ej/model/mazda3/radius/1501/page/1/make/mazda/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/keywords/MPS?logcode=p


or this one slightly older but lower miles.


http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201405204350384/sort/default/usedcars/postcode/sp61ej/model/mazda3/radius/1501/page/1/make/mazda/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/keywords/MPS?logcode=p

Crikey, that's a sleeper isn't it. Never even knew about that car.

Foxy-Stoat_3

With a remap you will get close to 300hp and upwards of 400nm.....but nearly £500 a year for road [STRIKE]theft[/STRIKE] tax and low 20's mpg its too steep for the running costs if you do any sort of distance.