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Ferrari Mondial Cabriolet, Lamborghini Espada V12, Supercharged Stude Avanti. All well under $40k, and I would say comparably priced to a nice GT. All are 2+2 seating, GT cars with some sense of style and modest grunt.

Doc
90GT
Mondial Cabrio
Lamborghini Espada
Stude Avanti R2

ParkerC

I'd have to go with an 01'-03' Z3 M coupe.



315 Hp
Lotsa SOUL
Almost* more rare than a 928
Ranks #3 on my "best view from rear" list(#2 993 C2S/ C4S, #1 928)
Perf parts up the wazoo
A REAL nice one can be found for $32- $35K

Just my opinion
Parker
889285SPD

ew928

I'll be the heretic here.
Used Infiniti G35 coupe. Never driven one so I may hate it after a test drive.

Wow. A Saab Sonett II.

I did briefly consider a Ferrari 400. Does that redeem me?
But then I thought about ye olde Ferrari sitting in NYC traffic in summer with AC on . . .
Only got to see one Ferrari 400 in the flesh.



Not a Garden variety F-car.


Ernest (NYC)

MBMB

I don't think it's a Vantage. I think the picture is of an AM V8 (no driving lights, open hood scoop) rather than a V8 Vantage. You'll correct me if I'm wrong.

The driving lights of the Vantage, IMO, improve the AM V8's looks considerably. The Vantage would be near the top of my list. And some of the troublesome rear-end cues are solved when you go with the Volante. But that's probably over 40k.

JFCIII

This might be a strech but the other car I always wanted besides a 928 is a Cobra.
Not a $5,000,000 Cobra but a well done kit with all the modern techno goodies.

It is the kind of ride that turns alot of heads while it plants you in your seat.

atb

Without question I will own one of these, although they won't be imported until 2008(?) when the Evo X arrives:



Say what you want: no class, no pedigree, just a huffed on tin box, blah blah blah, it's okay, I promise to lip read every syllable while looking in my rearview mirror (with three other adults in the car and a full load of groceries in the back.

Bret928

Opps! You are correct Mark, I meant to say Vanquish not the Vantage. I suspect my second posting where I referred to 79 Vanquish (originally pictured) as a Vantage was a Freudian slip and nothing more. My apologies.

But if I was buying new (fat chance!) I’d go with the baby Aston Martin “Vantage” as I said in my original post. But that’s still way over the $40k in this thread and even though the 79 Vanquish pictured is listed for $54K (over the cap) I feel it is a reasonable alternative choice to a 928.

Heres the link to the sellers web site: 1978 Aston Martin Vanquish for $54K

IMHO their inventory is a bit over priced. So chances are a similar Aston Martin could be found for less than this one.

Namvet

My $ are spent. Wife wants a Cayenne.

goliver

1998-02 BMW 540i with a 6 speed and a 78-79 930 turbo. Should be able to get a nice one of each with a few bucks left over for a couple tanks of gas. The Bimmer for daily chores and the 930 for when I gotta behave like a 17 year old.

hacker-pschorr

65-67 (you really do not want a 63-64) non-numbers matching small block is in your budget. A nice one too. Even a non-original big block (using a small block chassis) would be in your budget.

Friend of mine has a fully restored 65 small block (he owns a Corvette restoration shop) with side pipes and a rock crusher 4-speed. I have yet to drive a more enjoyable car. It just did everything perfect.

I take that back, the Superformance Cobra my father rented for my wedding day topped the vette.

redpathtribe

Ferrari 308 Qvalve (or 328 maybe with higher miles?)

Or a car I dreamed about and schemed to get for years through high school and college, but never did...

DeTomaso Pantera

Jon B.

The C6 uses the LS2. Not the LT1. They stopped putting the LTx motors in the Corvette back in '96. The LS1 replaced it in '97 and then the LS2 in '05. It would be a great choice and i'd probably go with that same car or a C5 Z06.

Jon

Bret928

Great point. I could really care less about numbers matching or even if it was a clone as I’d want to enjoy it an not be afraid to drive the vehicle. As for the years you mentioned I really liked the look of the 63 split window coupe but the drivelines of those vehicles where pretty much carryovers from the earlier (pre-63) Vetts. As I recall the later ones had the added advantage of the improved disk brakes all around compared to the 4-corner drum brakes of the 63-64. But I’d guess that disks could be adapted to the earlier Sting Rays.

See that’s the problem – a number’s matching vehicle would be a total waste of time & money for me as I have a bad habit of fiddling with things to make them better.

Ahhh? Good taste. But you could go over $40k really easy if you ain’t careful. I really like the Superformance Daytona. Compared to the original it’s a pretty sophisticated machine.

But for Bang for your Buck – with $40k you could really go crazy with a Factory Five replicar. They have their MKIII, 65 Roadster and a Daytona Coupe that for $40 will blow the doors off of most performance sports cars costing 4 to 20 times as much.

3000teeth

Delorean, duh! And like 3 kilos of coke to help me get over the fact that I don't have a 928 anymore!

John Krawczyk

Yeah! Factory 5 makes just such a thing. You can even make it street legal. One of these bad boys is probably as close as im gonna get on 4 wheels to approximating the thrill of piloting my 120hp 520lb Ducati ST.