Help choosing a car for power hungry friend...

Budget is probably topping out at £8k

Mitsubishi galant vr4 (also known as mitsubishi legnum)

Nissan stagea (skyline estate) I think they're very expensive and rare though so maybe out of budget.

Subaru legacy twin turbo

BMW E36 M3 Evo

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Jaguar XJR 4.0 supercharged :)

I think Audi did a 2.7 twin turbo A6 Quattro in the mid/late 1990s as well, that would be pure stealth.

VW Passat W8? Now about £7000, that is pure depreciation!

Scooby? Evo? I see a theme of quite big stuff?

ISTR reading about lots of reliability issues with them - look on peachorlemon.co.uk and the owners' reviews on parkers and I think you'll see what I mean.

Indeed. If he fancies going one step up in the barge stakes - are W12 Phaetons down to that sort of money yet? Probably not.....

How about something AMG/Alpina? Must be able to find something older but cared for.

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Nissan Stagea AUTECH: want want want

Budget is probably topping out at £8k

Mitsubishi galant vr4 (also known as mitsubishi legnum)

Nissan stagea (skyline estate) I think they're very expensive and rare though so maybe out of budget.

Subaru legacy twin turbo

BMW E36 M3 Evo

Lexus Soarer

Jaguar XJR 4.0 supercharged :)

I think Audi did a 2.7 twin turbo A6 Quattro in the mid/late 1990s as well, that would be pure stealth.

VW Passat W8? Now about £7000, that is pure depreciation!

You could get a reasonable E34 M5 for that money. Certainly an older Audi A8

JB

Toyota Supra R32 Nissan Skyline GTR

Budget is probably topping out at £8k

Mitsubishi galant vr4 (also known as mitsubishi legnum)

Nissan stagea (skyline estate) I think they're very expensive and rare though so maybe out of budget.

Subaru legacy twin turbo

BMW E36 M3 Evo

Lexus Soarer

Jaguar XJR 4.0 supercharged :)

I think Audi did a 2.7 twin turbo A6 Quattro in the mid/late 1990s as well, that would be pure stealth.

VW Passat W8? Now about £7000, that is pure depreciation!

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Yeah, large, barge and stealth but with a lot of power, like the Thema really - he's looking for a Q-car. Evo, WRX and Skylines a bit too obvious. That said, the M3 is quite obvious as well. I like the E34 M5 suggestion as it fits the Q-car bill better than the M3.

Legacy GT but then again I'm biased ;)

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Agreed, that's a proper Q car. Just make sure you get a manual - I had an auto last year and that took it's gearbox out to lunch. The resulting credit card bill wasn't pretty.