Part 2: Pre Owned Sports Cars Under $50,000 That Make Great Daily Drivers
By Will Estell If you consider yourself an automobile connoisseur of any depth, it’s almost certain you could probably guess the cars that would make up a list of this title, simply based on common knowledge of what is and isn’t a real sports car and what does and doesn’t make economic sense for the average person to daily drive. At the other end of the spectrum, as much as I can appreciate the more exotic makes, you can’t include anything made by Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Lotus or a host of other makes on this list. Mostly because even as true sports cars they can’t be had for the $50,000 ceiling here, and even if they could I couldn’t—with good conscious— suggest anyone try to daily drive anything that has $25,000, 15,000- mile service requirements or (insert used $30,000 Maserati’s here) has a high probability of developing a new problem on the roundtrip to Fresh Market or Starbucks. Mazda MX-5 When it comes to true-to-the-definition sports cars there’s not much debate among auto aficionados about which one brings the most smiles per miles and dollars: It’s almost always hands down Mazda’s classic Elan inspired MX-5 roadster. There is a reason more MX-5’s are raced on tracks every weekend than any other car in this country. And it’s the same reason that the MX-5 is about the only sub-$40,000 car (new) that the same guy who owns a Porsche 911 GT3, classic Ferrari 328 or Lotus Esprit would still choose...
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