get and EVO 10! possibly best value for money. the Golf GTI still takes the cake for me, albeit a bit expensive. Personally i'd be stepping back to an '05 BMW M3 if i had the money, excellent build, power, driveability etc. There's plenty of choice around anyway

Hi all,
I need to buy a new car and cannot find anything 'sensible' and fun. Sensible it has to be otherwise my partner will never let me buy it. I have had a look at everything Nissan has but there does not seem to be anything fun within reasonable budget (yeah gtrs are fun, so are houses though).

So far have had a look at Wrxs, Xr5ts, GTis, MPS'S.

The wrx was good but higher insurance, high fuel usage and a certain image attached to it.
The XR5 was great value but still looked like an EL inside,
Did not like the look of the MPS,
The Golf GTi was awesome, especially with the DSG, and looked great (more of a sleeper kind of guy). It felt a little sluggish on the test drive though compared to the others and only has 150 something kw I believe.

Have I missed anything? I had my heart set on an old N14 GTi-R however the boss says that whatever we buy must have esc, curtain airbags etc, so no S15s, R34s etc :( :(

Does anyone have any suggestions? Are Nissan/Toyota doing any better models overseas worth importing?

Cheers,
Jim