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The Best Drivers Car Under $100KAccording to Top Gear America

$100,000 sounds like a lot for a car, but when it comes to the performance car spectrum, its actually kind of reasonable. Sure, not 300hp Honda Civic Type R -reasonable but compared to the eye-watering price tag of a Bugatti Chiron; $100,000 is reasonable enough. There are so many great drivers cars available for under 100k, but which is best? Top Gear America has narrowed it down to three contenders: The 2020 C8 Corvette Z51 , 2020 Porsche Cayman GT4 and the 2020 Lotus Evora GT . Related: Not sure what your perfect drivers car is? Subscribe to the MotorTrend App and find out if youre a Roadkiller willing to thrash any heap of junk, a Wheeler Dealer hunting for the next car to fix and flip, or love it all like the Top Gear America hosts and just want to drive. There are over 8,000 episodes of automotive entertainment waiting for you to enjoy, subscribe now! Its easy to compare cars on paperand a complete waste of time. The C8 Stingray comes in so much cheaper than the Lotus and the Porsche and flat-out whallops them in the 0-60 sprint. Plus, Dax Shepard bleeds Corvette. Were not joking, he has the Crossed Flags tattooed in-between his shoulder blades. He literally bled for his love of Corvettes. And Jethro Bovingdon is no bettera man whos passion for cars was refined on the racetrack absolutely would choose a perfect distillation of modern motorsport in a street car like the Cayman GT4. Rob Corddry on the other hand, well, hes eccentric . He knows how to drive and knows what a truly great drivers car needshe just cant tell you what that is. Except that the Evora has more of it than the other two cars. --> Testing the Best Drivers Car Going back to comparing numbers; its a waste of time. Again, Corvette Stingray wins with the most power, but then it has a lower top speed than the Porsche and Lotus. Dax says a good drivers car has to have a V-8 because no engine excites the human condition more thoroughly, but the Evora GT has that sweet supercharger whine that aurally arouses just as much. Nothing compares to the Cayman GT4s monstrous grip, eithereven with its pushrod V-8-heart now residing behind the driver, the C8 still has the least amount of grip of our trio of performance cars under $100,000. Great drivers cars like the Nissan GT-R and McLaren MP4-12C had great statistics on paper, but some reviewers found them to be clinical and sterile in their driving characteristics. Multiple Davids have triumphed over automotive Goliaths on and off the trackcompare the Austin Minis to the much faster and more powerful Ford Falcons they raced against in the British Touring Car Championships in the 1960s. No, determining a great drivers car cant be done with numbers. What Makes a Great Drivers Car? To some enthusiasts, the numbers are all thats important. For many, its the je ne sais quoi , the intangible feelings, the indescribable sensations. You know it when you know it. Dax sees a V-8 with a Chevy badge and his heart starts pounding. Jethro finds his joy pushing cars to their limits. Rob, well, againRob is Rob . He loves cars, but they all speak to him in a different way and only he can understand them. These three will never agree on which is the best drivers car. Thats the beauty of driving and cars: The styles are just as unique as their owners, theres no making sense of it and there doesnt have to be. Cruising the highway, hitting the dragstrip, battling it out wheel-to-wheel or even just spectatingits all car enthusiasm. Jethro might like the Porsche more, but he still had a blast when he was on the figure-eight in the Corvette. The Cayman may not have what his Evora has , but Rob is a self-proclaimed Porsche-phile and were positive he thinks the GT4 would go nicely next to his personal 911. Mr. Detroit Shepard reps the GM badges proudly, but one of his all-time favorite cars is Italianthe Lamborghini Countach . The world of cars has something for everyone and the MotorTrend App is your gateway to that world, so subscribe today! Then, hit us on the socials and tell us what your favorite drivers car is. The post The Best Drivers Car Under $100KAccording to Top Gear America appeared first on MotorTrend .

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