"Modern three box coupe" - My brother's 135i begs to differ, and considering he picked it up for around $20K, low mileage CPO - I think it holds up well to "dollar per smile"

Along the same vein - the BRZ STi / FT-86 Turbo.

The 4.0 in the 2010 and before was a turd, but the 3.7 is legitimately over 300 HP at the crank and is surprisingly competent. You won't confuse it with a Ferrari, but with a stick and the Performance Pack - it will smoke a BRZ around a track.

When did you drive / own this vehicle? I don't want to call you out - but...

You clearly never owned either car discussed here.

200 HP would have been 10 years ago, which is when this car should have come out. It sucks to get embarrassed off the line by everything from V6 Camaro's and Mustangs (the latter of which will beat you around VIR - ask Car and Driver) to a freakin' Dodge Caravan.

I think he meant "from the factory". It seems terribly illogical for Toyota / Subaru to not offer a blown version of this car that would add maybe 50 lbs, 65-90 HP, and about $2-$3000.

Great price. For another $800, plus a couple weekends and several junkyard trips, I can fix the damage, get 300-ish HP out of it (any carbureted four bolt will swap in easy) and have an epic 'mullet-mobile'.

Isn't that just a four bolt GM small-block either way? This is a GREAT price if it has no glaring mechanical issues. For those "Miata is always the answer" girly types who have neither the testicular fortitude to drive such a behemoth nor the mechanical aptitude for a simple junkyard engine swap - I submit that…

I stand corrected, my apologies. "When your Aisin AW55 grenades..."

The fact that you got some race out of what was posted shows that you are, in fact, the racist one here.

You might get the highest rated Jalopnik comment ever for this.

Except when the Ford made automatic in your early S60 grenades and renders the car valuable only for parts.

The $5K budget will be able to pay for the first AWD rebuild.

Finding one that isn't rotting and hasn't been molested by the "Fast and Furious" crowd isn't easy.

Tough to find T5's with the stick. The N/A mill is Corolla-level boring and a Volvo without a stick shift is a like a stripper without implants.

Where does Justin live? The answer to this question is a Sport Touring motorcycle if he is south of the Mason-Dixon - since he "loves his 330i", he would love a comfortable, shaft-drive R1100S with a single sided swingarm, vastly better power-to-weight ratio, and will get 45 MPG or so on the highway. Bonus that this…

Interesting. I tried the same and it convinced me that much like having sex with another man, manumatics were here to stay, but they weren't for me.

"cocks like a hammer"? LOL, WUT?

2011 Mustang GT with the Brembos and the Performance Pack - first year of the coyote 5.0. I was a euro car snob - and I thought, there is no way that this "Rust-ang", which can be had brand new for under $30K as equipped is going to be able to handle at all and the motor is going to feel powerful but "old". It was…