Originally posted by Level_7
Same price range and more performance...maybe - but they would not be reliable and have large insurance rates; both those are drawbacks. Examples would clarify, so what cars did you have in mind?
Edit: BTW, what do you drive?
I drive a MR2 Turbo. Cars I had in mind are NeonSRT-4, RX7, 240sx, 280zx, supra, mr2, ect. Sure, these cars arent equivvalent in price by the year, but even the older ones offer more erformance than that of any modern Civic. You note that the general Civic populations chooses them because they are cheap? They why spend close to $1000 on intake/header/exhaust, only to see minor horsepower gains? Again ,this question is more about performance.