Here are 5 surprisingly cheap fast cars. (Click for full list!)

25 Jun 2015

Every petrolhead loves browsing the classified advert sites of the interwebs dreaming about their next car. I like to think of it as a lazy yet enjoyable form of guilt-free window shopping.

What I really love though, is stumbling across something that surprises me, something that makes me shout in a very British way, “blimey that’s cheap!”

Here are five real drivers’ cars that have recently made me do exactly that. I’ve also written in a quick conversion for USD and Euros. Can you think of any more? If so, post them up in the comments!

All cars found for sale in the UK in GBP (£) listed on AutoTrader.co.uk. All currency calculations are approximate at today’s rate.

2006 Porsche Cayman S

Price when new: £60,000 ($95,000 / €84,300)
Engine: 3.4-litre Flat-6
Power: 295bhp
Top Speed: 171mph
Price Today: £12,950 ($20,300 / €18,000)

2004 Subaru Impreza WRX

Price when new: £25,000 ($40,000 / €35,000)
Engine: Turbocharged 2.0-litre Flat-4
Power: 221bhp
Top Speed: 144mph
Price Today: £2995 ($4700 / €4200)

2001 Mercedes Benz CL500

Price when new: £77,000 ($122,000 / €108,000)
Engine: 5.0-litre V8
Top Speed: 155mph (restricted)
Price Today: £2995 ($4700 / €4200)

2004 Porsche Cayenne

Price when new: £62,000 ($98,000 / €87,000)
Engine 3.2-litre V6
Power: 250bhp
Top Speed: 132mph
Price Today: £5400 ($8,400 / €7500)

1998 Alpina B10

Price when new: £70,000 ($94,400 / €108,000
Engine: 4.8-litre V8
Power: 375bhp
Top Speed: 174mph
Price Today: £6000 ($9400 / €8400)

Comments

Why is there Cayenne ? Its not the very cheap and definitelly isnt so fast.

What about the mileage?

I wish depreciation worked like that in the US… Not a single one of these cars could be had for under $10k (except maybe the WRX and even then it would have 150k on it). Prices for used cars are stupid high over here.

I know right looking for a accord 2003-2007 they expensive for a good one with leather and stuff is around $9000

122k for a cl500, here in the states they were 90k max, a brand new cl63 amg is 135k

But UK car prices cannot be fully converted into EUR because in other countries those prices dont apply. The Bugeye WRX is 8500€ over here. And the Hawkeye with 180k km is 10.900€ over here.

As a dane I can only cry! a 2001 CL500 with 120000miles on the clock is more than £20.000 but from new it was £200.000 here.
And for what my Skoda is worth in DK I could sell it, buy an Alpina B10 in the UK and still have money for parts :(

i need to move to U.K

That sad sad moment when, for example, the same porsche costs €38,000 and the subaru €13,000 in my country. Tries not to cry, cries a lot.

Same here, in Sweden

subaru costs $60,000 and the porsche around $100,000. wellcome to my country

Here’s one for ya. http://ww3.autoscout24.de/classified/271697025?asrc=st|as&testvariant=list3tiers&tierlayer=st

Even though I’m more of a Subaru fan, I’m in love with that Alpina! That Subaru is a real bargain though. For that price you can have a decent GT Turbo here.