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So you want a fast car,
but you're sick and tired of all the fast
and the fun cars out there
having inflated price tags,
and putting them out of your reach
because they have that kind of,
they have that hype tax.
(clears throat) Supra!
(clears throat) Type-R!
But what if I told you there was a hand full of cars
produced in the last 20 years
that make a sassy 400 horsepower or even more
that fly completely under the radar
and could be had for a ridiculous $10,000 or even less?
That's right guys,
this is a list of 400 horsepower cars
for under $10,000 and make sure to stick around
for the last car on this list, because it has two turbos,
12 cylinders, damn near 600 foot pounds of torque
and it's gonna blow your freaking mind for $10,000.
So call your bank or round up some cash
because we're gonna talk about some cars
that are capable of some insanely impressive performance
for very reasonable money.
And you're not gonna be able to live another second
without having one of these in your arsenal.
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Well, well, well, what a surprise
we're starting this list off with a naturally aspirated
V8 from a domestic motor vehicle company.
Can you guess which one?
I'm of course talking about the sixth generation
2006 to 2010 Dodge Charger SRTA,
also known as the LX Platform.
When the Charger came out, it was a huge success.
A full-size domestic luxury oriented sports sedan
that was also a frigging cop car.
Now sport oriented might be kind of pushing it,
because these things are heavy!
but they did make a performance variant
where they took their largest gas engine,
6.1 liter Hemi from the Challenger SRT8
and tossed that thing into their full sized sedan.
And in doing so could push this 4,100 pound lard
to 60 in just five seconds flat
and pull mid thirteens in the quarter mile.
Which in 2006 was a pretty damn healthy number.
Plus it had a big bulging hood scoop
and boasted bright red Primos
to let everyone know you weren't driving the base model.
I mean (bleep) when these things came out,
they had over 120 more horsepower than a Mustang GT
and its only other real performance sedan competition
was a Mercedes E-55 AMG that cost them
more than twice as much.
This thing was the definition of American muscle
upon release and they sold extremely well.
They made over 15,000 of these damn things in way,
way more regular variations,
making these cars affordable to buy,
and then simultaneously cheap to own
making them kind of disposable for lack of a better term.
Anyway, these cars today can easily be had
for eight to $10,000 with higher miles
making it a fantastic candidate on this list
of 400 horsepower cars for under $10,000
The next one on this list is a real secret
that not a lot of people know about.
The first-generation Cadillac CTS-V.
Now I know you're probably like,
"Bruh, that's no (bleep) secret."
But let me explain.
The big misconception for this era
of General Motors LS cars is that
the 350 horsepower 5.7 liter LS1
made its way into the early V1 cars.
Much like that of its GTO of the same year.
The assumption is strong enough to drive the price down
on the 5.7 liter V cars, but contrary to popular belief,
the 5.7 liter in the early V1s
is actually the C5 Corvette 06's 400 horsepower LS6.
Nobody really knows exactly why
they even switched over to the six liter
with the same exact horsepower.
It's little gems like this
that make lists like this one possible.
(speaking gibberish)
This is a 400 horsepower manual transmission
only Cadillac frickin' race car.
Sure it has a fairly dated design
and has a really awkward a six lug of bolt patterns
and finding wheels as may and near impossible.
But if you search by year, make and model
on fitmentindustries.com
it's gonna show you all your six lug wheel options.
Anyway, unlike some of the other cars on this list
the V variant was actually produced to handle.
Although this is unlike Cadillac traditionally
and it disappointed some of their customers
looking for that luxury ride quality,
it did allow this chunky sedan
to be one of the better handling
sports sedans of its generation.
And to say this is the domestic (bleep) interior version
of the E39 M5 is pretty well known as a fact.
Now, these cars do demand a pretty premium money
but they are depreciated as hell.
High mile early examples can be seen
in the eight to $9,000 range
but they really do kind of hover right at that $10,000 mark.
If you desire a manual transmission
more than you do interior quality
these cars are a no-brainer.
An honorable mention here would be the six liter CTSV.
And even the six liter GTO,
both cars are in that 400 horsepower realm
and they just barely missed that $10,000 mark,
but they're very close.
(fake sobbing)
This is (bleep) a lot I'm talking about,
I'm such a nerd for this (bleep).
(making silly noises)
The next one on this list is a five series BMW
that not a ton of people aren't even aware actually exists.
For the F 10 generation, there's actually a trim
between the 300 horsepower 535I
and the 560 horsepower M5 called the 550I.
The 550I is powered by the notoriously unreliable N63
4.4 liter twin turbo V8.
Coincidentally, it was actually the first twin turbo engine
that used the hot V layout and also BMW's
first the twin turbo V8 period.
So that is obviously a recipe for disaster.
But when these cars aren't consuming timing chains
and gallons of oil per minute, you have a 400 horsepower
450 foot pounds of torque, luxury performance sedan.
In fact, when new, a lot of articles about the car
boasted about how the car sparked joy
in the same way that a V39 M5 did.
Especially since you could option in
and get this, a manual transmission.
This was basically your last chance to get a cool car
with a manual transmission before they got killed off.
And if you didn't buy these new,
you're pretty much the reason
manual transmissions are dying.
So anyway, it didn't really matter.
Manual variants are almost never gonna get
into that $10,000 range.
And the automatic is a pretty damn good one.
These cars use that ZF8 speed
which is both strong, but also used in all BMW models
from the V12 760 all the way down to the one series.
And they seem to be pretty damn reliable and cost friendly.
Sure, the car might eat up a timing chain
and you have to replace the whole entire engine,
but I found these as cheap as $7,000
and most of them do have the customer care
package service bulletin completed,
which is a fancy way of saying giant engine recall
and consisted of a full engine inspection
that if problems were found they would replace
fuel injectors, mass, crank case ventilation lines,
fuel pressure sensors and even its timing components
and could take up to 40 hours of labor to complete.
So if you can find one of these for a good price
with documentation of that service,
you're really getting a ton of car for the money.
I think you knew damn well
we weren't gonna make it through this list
without mentioning a Mustang.
But arguably one of the most historically significant
Mustangs in the last 30 years.
Get the (bleep) out of here.
But arguably one of the most significant
Mustangs in the last 30 years,
the 2011 and 2012 model years,
because for 2011 the Mustang actually got Ford's
new five liter Coyote engine pushing a massive at the time,
412 horsepower from a V8 with a very aggressive power curve,
thanks to its variable valve timing
and significantly helped pave the way
for the modern horsepower war.
Much like apparently everything else on this list,
so far, you're pulling a zero to 60
in just under five seconds
and doing really low thirteens in the quarter mile.
And despite the car still using a wide rear axle,
rear suspension design,
the cars handled significantly better
than the first half of the S1 97 generation
and were very competitive on track in its class as well.
Now, '11 to '12 Mustangs did get the five liter Coyote
but what really depreciated these cars
to be able to be had for $10,000
is that there was a face lift in 2013
that got all kinds of very well needed upgrades.
Projector Xenon headlights with led running lights
and those oh so sexy LED black tail lights
that got that black detail between them.
They look gobs better than the '11 and '12s,
and lots of people pay extra money for those
leaving the '11 to '12 Mustangs that are largely
identical mechanically out to dry
making it a fantastic performance bargain.
Next up is a car that is very near and dear to my heart.
Not only because I own one,
but because it's genuinely one of the best
performance bargains on the market right now
with a 470 horsepower 516 foot pounds of torque
supercharged 5.4 liter V8 all while massaging your tushy.
Of course I'm talking about the 2003 to 2006
W2 11 chassis Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG.
Now I'm gonna go ahead and get those
sold right out in the open.
Between the cars nearly 20 year old air suspension
in the less than numb steering feel
the car surely handles like the
4,200 pounds sedan that it is.
But this thing is as close to a Hellcat
as you're gonna get for a ridiculously low sum of money.
As a matter of fact, this exact chassis
and suspension design was used to create the platform
the Chargers and the Challengers sit on.
They use the same transmission that was used
in the early SRTA cars.
And the company that produced the superchargers
for the Hellcat is the same one that supplied
and engineered the supercharger for the bonkers E-class.
Anyway, these cars dominated the streets
in stock form and can genuinely hold their own
with a lot of more modern, more expensive cars.
Sure, it's a 15 year old Mercedes,
but it still does the quarter mile
in mid to high 12 second range
and hauls ass to 60 and a hundred miles an hour quicker
than a $225,000 V12 Ferrari 575.
It's (bleep) insane for any sedan
let alone one you can buy right now for under $10,000
Now the massaging seats with active bolsters,
push button to start, vented seats,
and nearly 500 horsepower does come at a cost.
There are some known electrical gremlins
that come with all of that.
Like, C control modules that never turn off
and drain the battery
or air bladders that split up into the seats.
Then you don't get the massaging anymore.
Or the fluid-filled motor mounts
that can only take so much abuse from all that torque.
However, the drive train itself is extremely stout
unlike it's more expensive head bolt eating 63 AMG cousin
and takes very well to modification as well.
(belches)
You're looking for a comfortable daily driver
that's also gonna do rolling burnouts
getting on the highway and then never go around the corner,
this one is for you.
These cars can be had for as low as $6,000
with higher miles, but get on these now
because the prices are starting to go up dramatically
for the well sorted ones
and the cheaper ones are going to follow.
I really didn't want to put two Mercedes on this list,
but god damn it,
this one is just too insane to not talk about.
So get this.
For $10,000 you can buy a 490 horsepower
5.5 liter twin turbo V mother (bleep) 12,
and turns out an earth shattering 590 foot pounds of torque.
What?
These are huge numbers
with all the cylinders, two frigging turbos
but maybe the largest number of all
goes to its 4,600 pound curb weight.
The 2003 to 2006, W2 20 Mercedes-Benz S 600 is a big,
heavy luxurious rocket powered land yacht, okay?
Radar cruise control, the same massaging seats from before
but now even the rear seats,
power reclined, heat and cool your tushy
while literally murdering just about anything on the road,
because 600 foot pounds torque turbo V12.
Mustangs, murdered.
Camaros, left in the dust.
GTRs, embarrassed.
But the styling did quickly become outdated here
and Mercedes was having a small quality crisis
at the same time trying to make the S-Class more affordable
and leaving it to be one of the least desirable S classes
in the current moment, taking the price with it.
The S600 at a starting price of $124,000
But now you can buy these cars
for less than 10% of that starting price.
And they pop up every now and again
for a solid seven to $10,000
and can be had for even cheaper
when the car needs some coil packs
which is a solid $2,600 job.
If you do the labor yourself
because you can't actually change just one coil.
Each bank is one large unit of six coil packs
to tune up $1,300 a pop.
If you only change the one side,
the other one is just a ticking time bomb.
You may as well change the plugs too, but you know,
there's 24 of them.
So that's another quite large expense.
Anyway, if one of these cars has a misfire
it's probably these coil packs,
but maybe the coolest part about these cars
is the way that they make that power
with relatively small turbos and 12 cylinders,
these things make peak torque at a diesel-like
1,800 RPM through that 3,500 RPM range.
And with no other modifications,
uploading an ECE tune from Rentech
and you're gonna pick up an absolutely stupid
130 horsepower in 150 foot pounds of torque
for a grand total of 625 horsepower
and 7(bleep)45 foot pounds of torque.
What?
This is the cheapest way to make huge power by a long shot.
But that about wraps it up for this list
of big horsepower bargains making 400 horsepower for less
than 10,000 frigging dollars.
Let me know what horsepower bargains are your favorite
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