Sean, nice collection of muscle! Those must have be the ultimate rubber-laying machines. the most torquey cars I drove on track were a Viper coupe (fast. tons of grunt, but surprisingly good handling on the roadcourse! Wheelspin was outrageous, even with hoosiers, if you weren't careful), and a Shelby (replica) cobra with a maxed out Ford 460 in it...no power steering..about 2200lbs...damn that was a beast. Once it was rolling it was ok, but god talk about heavy controls. so sweet looking though.
RE: Focus Kona...one can meet those specs pretty easily for less $. Both my CRXs will do about that, plus the Integra-motor-swapped one gets over 40mpg when I am not driving it hard...all for well < $10k ea. Of course this on hoosiers or kumhos... it's all about power to weight. those two have about 140 and 175hp, but only weigh around 1800-1920lbs... Drove a turbo miata that crushed my Crxs, and for not much more $...
Albert - go for it, lust is a good thing... (930). Wish the driving characteristics of that car matched the sex appeal though. 935...mmm... now that was a monster! (Moby Dick)...
RE: Focus Kona...one can meet those specs pretty easily for less $. Both my CRXs will do about that, plus the Integra-motor-swapped one gets over 40mpg when I am not driving it hard...all for well < $10k ea. Of course this on hoosiers or kumhos... it's all about power to weight. those two have about 140 and 175hp, but only weigh around 1800-1920lbs... Drove a turbo miata that crushed my Crxs, and for not much more $...
Albert - go for it, lust is a good thing... (930). Wish the driving characteristics of that car matched the sex appeal though. 935...mmm... now that was a monster! (Moby Dick)...