Originally posted by supaflytiger
Yeah the Mazdaspeed is a great car, but the Spec V is just as quick for less money. The Neon is fast as hell, but its a Neon and once again its more $. The Spec V just gives you the best bang for your buck.
the only place you can hang with a Mazdaspeed protege is in a straight line. As soon as you take a turn, you're only seeing taillights.
And bang for the buck, the SRT-4 is the BEST car on the market today. It throws out any vestige of quality and goes after performance, and does it well. Even when you add the price differences, it'd be hard to make a Spec V run with a stock SRT-4. 220 front whp.....you need to find 80 whp from a Spec V....not to mention something like 130 lb-ft at the wheels.