Thread: 20k What car would you buy?

So i'm curious, what would you guys buy if you had a 20k budget for a car.
Assume you already have a commuter car to drive to work everyday/family hauler.
Could be a truck SUV, not necessarily a sports car.

Why?

One of my choices would be a 2012 G37 X
AWD solid Power, nice to drive looks good, and more or less reliable.

20 grand to burn? id be going late 60's early 70's muscle car.

you can get a G37X for $20k?

A sick part of me wants a VW tiguan with the 2.0, and a Big turbo Kit, 400hp in a crossover would make some mustang owners cry

Originally Posted by Bio248

you can get a G37X for $20k?

Yeah under 60k miles around here

Originally Posted by 04lss

A sick part of me wants a VW tiguan with the 2.0, and a Big turbo Kit, 400hp in a crossover would make some mustang owners cry

Is that all they have is a 2.0?
there was one by me that looked stock minus his entire exhaust system seemed like it was missing. He drove it pedal to the floor all around town , every light etc. definitely moved

Originally Posted by CrazyGuy03

Is that all they have is a 2.0?
there was one by me that looked stock minus his entire exhaust system seemed like it was missing. He drove it pedal to the floor all around town , every light etc. definitely moved

2.0T with 220 hp tune throws it up to 270,

Yeah it really moved for how big it was.

With the new job id buy one, but they are notoriously poorly made

Or you can buy 14 GTPs

Originally Posted by CrazyGuy03

Or you can buy 14 GTPs

Ive already had 3, I don't want another LOL

20k ehh just of the top of my head.. G8, 370Z, ctsv obviously used.


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Originally Posted by SgtMarshal

I would get a ford focus st. 2.0 liter turbo engine and has like 250+ hp, you can get an awd version, but that will run you like 35K

yeah but if you look at the acceleration numbers a stock GTP takes it to 60 (last I saw)

i would be hard pressed to find a car on the same level as my CTS-V for under $20k. it's truly a great all around car for the money and higher mileage ones are starting to go for under $10k. with the low buy in you could toss a cam and heads at it almost immediately after buying it without much strain on the wallet.

Originally Posted by Bio248

i would be hard pressed to find a car on the same level as my CTS-V for under $20k. it's truly a great all around car for the money and higher mileage ones are starting to go for under $10k. with the low buy in you could toss a cam and heads at it almost immediately after buying it without much strain on the wallet.

What year was yours? EDIT: duh its in your sig

20k? Buy a gtp and fix it up nice for 5k (3.4 setup with cam) for a dd and spend the other 15k on an F-body turbo build. Duh


But if you're financing and don't have the cash on hand, then get a used cts-v or G8

I wouldn't buy any car that cost 20k, then you have nothing left to mod with.

Single cab truck for 8-10k, dump 8-10k into it and have something with 700+ whp and go crash it into a tree.