whats the fastest car you can get for a grand proberly not much of a car but would be nice to know what pepole think.

 

i paid 900 for my old 106 gti that was pretty fast

 

As above if you can find a half decent one 4that id think it would be the best all round pakage of handling & speed for the money

 

old school 3.0 turbo manual supra circa e reg. had one i bought for 995, went like hell.. juicy though.

 

goin the other way could get a porsche 944 bit old but fast and if you want it has a terbo good car

 

Well ... How about a tidy Astra GTE 16v'er.

 

and something like my 2.9 24v granada you can pick up for 500 to 700 quid, probably not in the condition of mine though, not quick off the line but good fun when there rolling, good for 140mph +

 

must be a few.....

volvo 850 t5,rover 620ti,rover 220 turbo,nissan 200sx.just off top of my head

 

id also say 106 gti is a good bet, although 205 gti 1.9s still go pretty well or the other option is the nova/corsa 2.0 16v redtop route

 

yeah an old supra would get my vote to. practical performace magasine do a challenge with your question as a challenge. The PPC challenge. who can go fastest for a grand. people with Mr2s, old supras, saab 9000s, last year i a guy with a robin reliant with a suzuki TL1000 Vtwin in it won.

 

you will not get a 944 turbo for under a grand!!!

 

but if we are talking hot hatch then like ole mate says, 1.9 205 gti, i've recently seen a mk2 xr2 with a 2.0 zetec on pistonheads for 1100 quid. sold rather fast though

 

i dont think there will be much that could beat a supra for that money

 

fuck me the robin would be great but wouldn't fancy cornering in it much lol

 

swift gti only 1.3 twincam 16v quick cars

 

i loved my old manual supra, had it up to 150 on the... er better not say actually. lol

 

this was the 106 when i got it for 900 notes apart from it had standard alloys but i aint got a pic



this is it just before i sold it it owed me about 2k all in

 

how do you mean fastest? round a track? in a straight line?

 

Calibra Turbo?

 

for a hoot, its got to be a old 5 or 7 series v8 Beemer

 

straight line

 

this will go for less then Ł1000
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1983-PORSCHE-9...item35a674c427

 

740i/ 735i beemer

 

As above 106 gti. I just paid Ł1700 for mine a couple days ago, might be hard pressed to get it under 1k.

 

my mate has a 1999 mercedes c200 sport 2.0 for sale Ł800 but i dont think that would be that fast.

 

Saab 9000 Turbos and Volvo 850 T5s are cheap as chips and would have some good tuning potential I'd imagine...

 

Starlet?

 

i have had a 106 gti and it was fun and chuckable but fook me get real they won;t do what a 24 valve senator or carlton gsi will do,or a tatty boosted rs turbo or a volvo t5 or saab 9000 turbo,i have been in a saab 9k turbo doing over 160 and i wasn't driving i was praying it wouldn't do anything daft.
can you find mr2 turbos for a bag ??? they would murder a 106 gti they would and so would a impreza wrx or legacy rs twin turbo.

 

you could prob get a carlton gsi for under 1000, would def be one of the fastest options

 

i once had a k reg (coil packed) renault 21 turbo when i was younger paided 4500 for it back in the day lol cheap as chips now but about as quick as a standard cosworth and a very nice car u get a hell of a lot for your money! and before i get all the renaults are shit and always go wronge and the cosworths are much faster lol i had it for 3 years and it never let me down and i replaced it with a cosworth!

 

I bought a 2.0 XE Corsa for Ł550 and a 2.0 XE Nova for Ł700. Quite nippy but not 'quick'.

Id be tempted for a Renault 5 turbo, not sure it would last that long but would be fun. Otherwise Rover 220 Turbo.

 

How about clio 1.8 16V should go fairly well, i nearly gotone but got a 205 1.9 GTI instead. Which i hadnt now, the engine let go! But it was fun while it was running!!

 

Mr2 turbo all be it a ropey one for a grand whack boost up instant fun.

 

BMW 540i, I have a 6 speed manual version and it flys!!! had it upto 155 but was still life left in it but the limiter stopped me lol.
Oh and I paid 1k for it.

 

fiat coupe 20v turbo

 

Doubt you can get an MR2 turbo for under a grand.

I looked at several ones last year and even those for around 1500 - 2k were sheds. 2.5 - 3k buys you a nice one though.

 

there were two competing in the PPC challenge. the guy bought it with a lmabda fault and damage then fixed it iirc.

 

Bmw,saab turbo or a T5 for that price range and straight line speed for me,I would be surprised to find a Calibra turbo for that money and GSI Carltons are a bit thin on the ground now I would of thought.Ooh I forgot about the fiat coupe,good call.

 

the calibras are very cheap

 

not anymore