Opinion time please!

[Dis86]

Selling the Boxster and toying with a few ideas. Don't need anything right now as I have another car and so does my partner, both of which fulfil general duties so there's no urgency.

Have a major v8 itch at the minute so the main contenders there are an AMG merc of some sort or SL500, m5, mustang or f-type.
Less interested in a convertible this time around though. Anything I'm missing off this list that I should consider?

I'm not interested really in buying new prefer a few years old but typically still within warranty period.

If I was to buy in a couple of months I would probably go up to 60k. There's no urgency though so could wait longer and potentially spend more for something more special however the only cars above this that interest me really are cayman gt4s and maybe the new m3.

Fire some ideas at me please!

 

[watercooledman]

cayman gt4s

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[dlockers]

If you have a sensible car already then why not go fully bonkers - TVR, DBS?

 

[MrRockliffe]

What do you want it to be? A sports car with a V8 or a cruising car with a V8?

 

[Dis86]

What do you want it to be? A sports car with a V8 or a cruising car with a V8?

I don't know

More sports tbh.

 

[Diagro]

I don't know

More sports tbh.

Go buy the best M5 ever made. An E39 M5

 

[XeNoN89]

F-type is probably what I'd go for out of the ones you mentioned. Beautiful cars and amazing noise !

 

[Dis86]

F-type is probably what I'd go for out of the ones you mentioned. Beautiful cars and amazing noise !

It is pretty. Very pretty.

 

[MissChief]

Go buy the best M5 ever made. An E39 M5

It really a sports car though is it?

 

[watercooledman]

F-type no no no
cayman gt4s

 

[mjt]

Caterham 620S, because a 620R would be overkill.

 

[MrRockliffe]

I don't know

More sports tbh.

Id definitely be looking into a Porsche with a flat 6 then. An M5 would be amazing, but not sure it’d give you the sporty drive you want.

 

[Chris1712]

F-Type R / AMG GT / AM Vantage / Maserati GranTurismo / Wildcard Lexus LC500 (please get this one)

 

[sandys]

Wildcard Lexus LC500 (please get this one)

Was just about to post the same.

 

[NathWraith]

Love the LC500 and looks incredible on the road but not a very sporty supposedly.

 

[Dis86]

Trying to find a local LC500 isn't easy!
Driving a mustang this weekend.
Waiting for jaguar to get back to me about a v8 as they only have v6s nearby.
Seeing if I can get in to a cayman gts too.

 

[Chris1712]

I would say basically everything in this price point with a V8 is more of a muscle / gt car anyway. Anything 'sportier' with a V8 is mid engined and either hundreds of thousands or 20 years old. A 991.1 Carrera S/4S is worth a go aswell, the engine is glorious and feels a lot faster than a Cayman GTS. You could try an R8 V8 but imo they feel slow nowadays.

 

[Maccy]

I would say basically everything in this price point with a V8 is more of a muscle / gt car anyway. Anything 'sportier' with a V8 is mid engined and either hundreds of thousands or 20 years old. A 991.1 Carrera S/4S is worth a go aswell, the engine is glorious and feels a lot faster than a Cayman GTS. You could try an R8 V8 but imo they feel slow nowadays.

An R8 V10 could be in budget though...

 

[Dis86]

I would say basically everything in this price point with a V8 is more of a muscle / gt car anyway. Anything 'sportier' with a V8 is mid engined and either hundreds of thousands or 20 years old. A 991.1 Carrera S/4S is worth a go aswell, the engine is glorious and feels a lot faster than a Cayman GTS. You could try an R8 V8 but imo they feel slow nowadays.

This is going to be very controversial but I can't stand the 911 looks. The rear profile just looks horrible to me!

 

[Housey]

MK1 R8 V10 Plus for 60k.

Go find a good one and drive it. Proper special car if you can get past the badge snobbery and one of the finest road car engines ever made. Fairly bullet proof and still fresh and special and only going one way in value…..because I sold mine

You could go V8 but it’s not fast enough IMHO