[s-cars] New or nearly-new car purchase

[Lee Levitt]

Taka writes: 

> I'm soliciting suggestions/advice on what car to purchase for 
> under $25k.
> 
> Priorities are handling, performance, reliability, ease of 
> service, refinement.
> 
> Must have a manual transmission, must be 2000 model year or 
> newer, significantly smaller than an A6.
> 
> To give you an idea of what I'm looking for, a Mazda Miata 
> falls into the marginal category of performance, but an 
> excellent handling car and otherwise a potential
> candidate- the Mazdaspeed version is a bit pricey.
> 
> The Audi S4tt is excellent in terms of performance, but 
> marginal in the reliability and ease of service categories, 
> midpack in handling.
> 
> Camaro SS would be marginal in reliability, otherwise good 
> all-around, very unrefined, though.
> 


So the SUV is out? That was quick. :)

Mini Cooper S.


Lee
'95.5 S6 avant (Bilstein/Eibach/Euros/HID/BIRA S3)
'96 A6 quattro avant (Euros)