What's this car? (Now with more info!)

"LeadfootYT" (leadfootyt) 04/23/2014 at 21:33 • Filed to: None

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Remember that riddle from yesterday? I now have more information! I'm trying to think of what this might be, and am at a loss. Here's what I know about the mystery car:

Five-speed manual (not a six, so F-bodies, Corvettes, and Vipers are out)
It's a 2000
It's black
Between 300 and 350 horsepower
Not a Camaro, Firebird, or Corvette
Driven only in summer/nice weather by PO (who restored a 1970s muscle car, and just got a new GT500)
It sounds "cool"

Aside from that, I'm guessing it's under $15k, and guessing it's not Japanese. But that depends what's eligible. Any ideas?

Brian Silvestro > LeadfootYT 04/23/2014 at 21:35

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Ferrari, clearly.

EDIT: nevermind, they were making the 360 by then

ShelbyRacer78-Fusion Modifier > LeadfootYT 04/23/2014 at 21:36

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2000 Mustang Cobra

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > LeadfootYT 04/23/2014 at 21:38

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I'm going to the extreme:

Brown Mercedes-Benz E300 Bluetec Wagon with AMG exhaust and some performance bit from Lorinser.

It's manual, 5-speed, and might be pushing 300hp and sounds cool.

Come on, Isn't a manual diesel wagon in brown with amg exhaust sounds cool?

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > LeadfootYT 04/23/2014 at 21:44

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Miata.

train97 > LeadfootYT 04/23/2014 at 21:47

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Mercury Cougar?

TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H! > LeadfootYT 04/23/2014 at 21:48

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E39 540i

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > LeadfootYT 04/23/2014 at 21:49

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I'm going to guess some type of sport truck or very clean BMW. Honestly, I'm stumped. I have no clue.

evil2win > LeadfootYT 04/23/2014 at 21:54

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mine's worn but I look like the knob on my 73 fiat spider.

GeorgeyBoy > LeadfootYT 04/23/2014 at 21:58

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This is the only logical choice.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > LeadfootYT 04/23/2014 at 22:02

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Panoz Esperante - American sports car powered by a lightly tuned 4.6L mustang V8 and matching drivetrain. 2000 was the first year for production so a driven example is probably between 17 and 25k depending on condition and equipment.

twinturbobmw > TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H! 04/23/2014 at 23:27

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300+ HP is pretty optimistic for a 540.

vinniecap > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 04/24/2014 at 04:05

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17-25K? I would say you are looking at 50K minimum to sit in this car. Just because it's 14 yrs old doesn't make it any cheaper. KBB doesn't list this (surprise!) and ebay had nothing. Maybe you are right...Does anyone have any used prices out there on this?

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > vinniecap 04/24/2014 at 08:10

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I'm going by the prices I found on ebay, the much rarer and more exotic panoz AIV roadster goes for anywhere from high 30k to over 50k, but esperantes are under 30k if they have more than 30 or 40k miles on them.An esperante coupe with 65k from 2001 had a BIN of 24k a few months back.