Think you have to spend big if you want a fast car? Think again.
Much more affordable cars will to 60 mph in less than six seconds NULL; Some are the price of racers from Porsche or BMW one-third.
Mustang GT, Ford Mustang coupe and the Subaru Impreza WRX rally style are just a few who the economical speedsters, the luxury coupes give a run for their money to the Ford. Our list of the fastest among 30,000 US dollar has the others.
Behind the numbers
To compile this list, we have zero up 60 mph times for 2011 models of Edmunds' InsideLine.com tested. The fastest 10, the $ 30,000 cost or less made the cut.
It is no surprise that the cars with blistering really zero up 60 mph times, such as the Aston Martin V12 Vantage and the Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid-4.1 and 3.1 seconds, or - are far too expensive for this tally.
But a surprising and remarkable absence on our list that is much revered Mazda MX-5 Miata. During track nerds and weekend drivers love the small Roadster, it just had to compete not the PEP.
"" The Miata is good fun and handles and is to beat some of these vehicles on a race track, but it has not the power to accelerate from 0 to 60 quickly,"says Dan Edmunds, Director of vehicle testing for Edmunds."Handling and cornering speed are where the fun is for many, but acceleration is another factor. "
Another note: our list contains only cars. We pickup trucks would have included the $26,410 would Toyota Tundra (zero to 60 mph in 5.1 seconds) qualified have.
Search speed for Nonluxury prices
Is trick when looking for a fast car to know, where and how search: models such as the Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart and Mazda Mazdaspeed3 zero to 60 in 5.8 and 6.4 seconds go, because short, easy and Turbo are. They need to not very large engines quickly they accelerate because no whole lot from the beginning weight.
You want the price to keep on a sporty car, it will also help give module upgrades as a whole. Take the Chevrolet Camaro, for example, which fell to make our list only short: with a Sprint time of 6.7 seconds, the v6 version was not fast enough; the $31,795 V8 SS variant, was while fast, a bit too expensive.
"Technologies such as direct injection (fuel) and variable valve timing systems... even the smallest machines generate rich maintaining adequate levels of fuel efficiency, enable", says Ed Hellwig, the editor of InsideLine.com.
The same attitude of economy should apply packages for comfort such as leather seats and technology - choose your car of easier, faster of these resources and be more cost effective. But this sacrifice of the finer things in life should not too much of a problem for most buyers in this area. Cars such as the Subaru Impreza WRX and Mazda's hatchbacks are popular for their rough-and-tumble rally personalities, not for interior perfume or extra design elements.
In other words, Ford in the last few years, small cars with high-quality and decent interior design do a great job done has. (The two ' specify Stangs on our list this obligation.)
Hyundai and Kia the same did, says Eric Lyman, the Director of the residual values for automotive analysis firm ALG. In fact, the Hyundai Genesis R-spec 3.8 Coupe, Hyundai Sonata SE and Kia Optima SX qualified for our list because they are fast and affordable.
"Hyundai has done remarkably well in the last few years, and we expect KIA on a similar trajectory, the Hyundai was," says Lyman.
A final thought because, somewhat fast and frugal: always a charge command is luxury brands such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz, which were their only sets reach for someone looking to save money. The BMW 1 Series Coupe would have our list when it was introduced, but the recent price increases have the base price, which came a 128i to $30,950. And purchase a for even, that the price is unlikely, says Edmunds.
The cars come with upgrades and extras, the numbers, even $35,000 a lucky deal would be loaded.
© 2011 Forbes.com
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