America has the Mustang and the Camaro, but over in Europe, the only truly affordable sports coupe with rear-wheel drive is the Toyota GT 86. We can argue about how it's a bit more expensive than hot hatches, but the tuning projects from all over Europe tell us it's in the same sort of league as the Focus ST or Golf GTI.
And what do people who buy Golf GTIs like to do with their cars? Fit new wheels and sports exhaust systems, obviously.
Obviously, you're not going to get a lot more power from a 2-liter engine with no turbo, but Supersprint has developed a really nice racing exhaust system that sounds absolutely brutal. High-flow pipes derestrict the flow of the gasses and the huge 120mm pipes at the back make everything sound a bit like a older Subaru rally car.
It's also pretty cool to see how the headers for this horizontally opposed Subaru engine are connected underneath the car, just one of the features that help weight distribution.
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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