Hi all I currently have a Honda Civic 2017 (a regular one) but I always wanted a Type R. Looking at used cars market in my country, they are a bit out of my reach at the moment :D Could you recommend any other Japanese cars, that could scratch that itch but not destroy my wallet? Have to be family friendly too as I expect kids :D Cheers

  • mortalic@lemmy.world
    5·
    8 months ago

    Hard to say without knowing your budget.

    Off the top of my head, check the used market for things in the same new price points.

    All these will be in the $30k-$45k new, but used examples should be less. I threw the cheapest autotempest price next to them which probably isn’t real.

    VW golf/Jetta GTI/gli $14,900 golf R $15,396 Honda Civic SI $14,900 Toyota GR Corolla no used examples I could find Hyundai Elantra N no used examples I could find Tesla model 3 $26,500

    • CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
      2·
      8 months ago

      Nice one - heard a lot of good stuff about Mazda 3

      I’m looking for something more sporty performing and more sporty looking though

      • Pirky@lemmy.world
        3·
        8 months ago

        More sporty performing? The modern Mazda 3 is pretty compelling with its driving feel. Car and Driver routinely rates it as one of their favorite vehicles to drive in that segment.
        It can also come with a turbo 2.5L with 250 hp and 320 lb-ft. All in a hatch that weighs around 3500 lbs. AWD, too.

        I’m sure you could also bring it to a tuner to get even more power out of it. I recently got my car with a naturally aspirated 3.5L tuned, and simply from that and colder plugs, they squeezed out another 20-25 hp and lb-ft over the stock tune in some areas. Peak numbers increased by 14 hp and 19 lb-ft.
        A turbo’d engine could go even harder.

        But I do concede that I’m not the biggest fan on how it currently looks. It’s back end looks too rounded. I also heard visibility is poor with it.