a couple more...

I absolutely love it! I'm getting an Oldsmobile Aerotech vibe and I 100% dig it! 

Is this some kind of flexible-skinned active aerodynamics on the back?

Holy shit I actually love it.

Bought my ‘00 from the original owner in Queens last year with 35K miles on it. It rode on aftermarket wheels for most of its life, and the OEM shocks had been replaced with more OEM shocks. My local mechanic caught the replacement in his first look at it, which surprised both of us.

I understand this was a difficult article to write with the constraints given to you, but I want to ask how a Lotus and a GTR are “atypical mid to high dollar track choices”? Those are some of the first cars I think of when I think of track cars.

Some good options out there; all wrong of course.

...and they’ll avoid catastrophic mis-shifts to boot.

Its been bastardized with airbags though. Bad idea in northern states

Because it’s in Queens, not NYC.

I don’t understand how a car like this survives in NYC, but props to the owner for making it happen. 

he said track car, not understeering iPhone on wheels for bougie shopping mall enthusiasts.

Idiots.

Nissan Micra Cup car!!!!!!

Jalopnik already answered this question four years ago.

The most entertaining answer and the only one to make me LOL.

I know you don’t want a Porsche, but hear me out. I just got back from Porsche driving school and those cars take a beating and just keep going. I have never seen a production car that lasts that long under track conditions with zero maintenance. Not to mention there was no overheating or pulling of boost. The things…

Everyone else here will have the stupidest answers. Mine is the correct one...

Doesn’t want: A Porsche or a BMW

The answer is obvious, BMW X6 M.