Cars.com Faceoff: Cheap Speed, the Sequel
Last year, the all-new Volkswagen GTI bested the then-aging Mini Cooper and the new Honda Civic Si in one of our most popular faceoffs to date. Today, Mike Hanley, David Thomas and Joe Wiesenfelder took last year’s champ and put it against a redesigned Mini Cooper and a newcomer, the Mazdaspeed3. Which affordable, accelerator-friendly hatchback won out? Click below.
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I'm looking forward to the release of the Caliber SRT-4, that should liven up the "fast on the cheap" articles a bit.
I'm curious why the 2007 subaru impreza WRX TR wasn't included. 2008 is indeed a new design, but 2007 WRX TR can match (or even exceed) the performance numbers of these cars for a very close price.
ken, the WRX is probably considered a different class because of the AWD. Might even be more heavy.
I don't know what's so special about the TR package though, seems to be an option delete package. (Isn't the stereo not included in that?)
But I will agree for the same price as these cars you can get a well equipped AWD WRX in it's last (and best looking) year on the current platform.
Too bad I had to be the one to buy a 1st year frog eyed wagon. :(