Naturally Aspirated Sports Cars Still Available 

"JR1" (type35bugatti) 06/10/2017 at 23:44 • Filed to: The End Is Nye

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Two years ago !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! of all the naturally aspirated cars available to buy. After just two short years I figured it was a good time to demonstrate the attrition rate of naturally aspirated sports cars. It’s rather short...

1. First is the beloved Mazda Miata. The 1.5 liter and 2.0 liter are both NA. It is worth noting this cars cousin the Fiat Spyder (Spider?) does not provide a NA option.

2/3. The next on the list is the Japanese twins the FRS and BRZ with the 2.0 Boxer engine.

4. Not to be forgotten the 370Z is still soldiering on with a 3.7 liter NA v6.

5/6/7. Lexus has several options one of which is the Lexus RC which provides several NA options chiefly among them however, is the RC F with a 5.0 liter V8 making 467hp. The RC’s brother is the GS F sedan (third car back in this photo) providing the same power plant. Finally the new LC500 has 5.0 liter V8 producing 471hp or a 3.5 liter V6 with 354hp

8. The Porsche 911 has several NA models however, the base 911 is now turbocharged. If you want to enjoy the uninterrupted crescendo of the 6 cylinder you better have six figures. A shame really.

9/10. Next we have Ferrari’s two remaining options from their 4 car lineup. The 812 Superfast and GTC4 Lusso. Both pack power NA V12's. Ferrari however, has choose to offer only turbos on their V8 models.

11. Do not to despair! If you want a Ferrari V8 buy the beautiful Maserarti Gran Turismo. And oldie but a goodie with the cars 4.7 liter V8.

12/13. Lamborghini (as far as I am aware the only NA specific company) offers two wonderful cars with NA engines that make your ears bleed the V10 Huracan and V12 Aventador.

14. If you prefer your V10 supercars a little more German Audi’s beautiful R8 is a worth addition to any garage.

15/16/17/18. Aston Martin provides multiple NA options in the Rapide, Vanquish, DB9, and Vantage ranging from V8 to V12. The DB11 built under the current Mercedes reign is turbocharged likely signaling a change of tide for one of Britian’s finest products.

19/20/21. Dodge seems to be welcoming their new performance image (ignore the soccer mom cars in the photo) the Durango, Charger, and Challenger all pack the 6.4 liter 470hp Hemi.

22. The final days of the beautiful 8.4 liter 640hp V10 Viper is upon us friends. Please bow your head in a moment of silence and rememberance out of respect for this future story we will tell our grandkids about.

23. Not to be forgotten the Grand Cherokee also packs the 6.4 hemi.

24. Ford offers the Mustang with two fun NA options the excellent Vodoo V8 in the GT350 and the great Coyote in the base GT.

25/26. GM still seems faithful for the time being with the NA V8 offering it in both the Corvette and Camaro with the small block 6.2.

To my knowledge that the extent of the NA list (not including a few obscure companies like KTM or Morgan). With Porsche on their way out of the NA class and perhaps the Aston Martin and Maserati soon to follow the future for NA motors in looking grim. Perhaps we will have to look to Lexus (let that sink in) and American muscle cars to enjoy NA in the 2020's. Only time will tell.

Feel free to add more below if I forgot something

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > JR1 06/10/2017 at 23:59

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Dare I say the Accord V6 Coupe is a sports car.

dogisbadob > JR1 06/10/2017 at 23:59

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I believe the Maxima the 4-door sports car  still has an NA V6

MarquetteLa > JR1 06/11/2017 at 00:15

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Not sure why a Jeep Grand Cherokee is in a list of sports cars?

CRider > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 06/11/2017 at 00:18

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The Mustang was already on the list.

wiffleballtony > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 06/11/2017 at 00:35

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I think the FP said they’re killing the V6

BLCKSTRM > dogisbadob 06/11/2017 at 01:29

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Attached to a CVT.

You have two RWD sedans with V8s and real transmissions (and one even has a stick) and you bring up that marketing-agency-concocted bullshit?

Sometimes people DON’T call a turd a turd.

CompactLuxuryFan > dogisbadob 06/11/2017 at 01:46

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Got a good chuckle out of me

CodyVella > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 06/11/2017 at 01:53

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I briefly looked at buying a “sports coupe”. I test drove four cars. The lower end V8 Mustang, V8 Camaro, V8 Challenger and the V6 Accord Coupe with the 6spd (grew up in a Honda family so I gave it a shot). Honestly, the Accord packed the most punch. The engine was smooth, and the pickup was instant. That 3.5L V6 had way more to offer than I ever would have thought. That little Japanese muscle coupe hauled some serious ass, and was smooth as hell to boot.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > wiffleballtony 06/11/2017 at 07:27

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It’s still around this model year, next year it’s not.

pip bip - choose Corrour > JR1 06/11/2017 at 07:53

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Chevy SS sedan till stocks run out

JR1 > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 06/11/2017 at 08:09

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That might be a tad stretch...

JR1 > dogisbadob 06/11/2017 at 08:10

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As others have said the CVT and FWD hurt it I think

JR1 > MarquetteLa 06/11/2017 at 08:10

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I was getting desperate to make the list bigger

JR1 > pip bip - choose Corrour 06/11/2017 at 08:11

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Production is over so the car is already dead I’d say.

RT > JR1 06/11/2017 at 08:38

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Lotus still make a lot of NA cars, you missed them out. :/

Evora, Elise and Exige. Same goes with the Caterhams.

JR1 > RT 06/11/2017 at 10:27

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Can’t believe I forgot Lotus! Caterham build kits mostly

RT > JR1 06/11/2017 at 11:23

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Caterham are one of the bigger kit-car companies, but I guess you could just put a note in saying that a lot of modern kit-car companies use NA engines.

But yeah, Lotus are a big one. There might be other European car companies that also make NA sports cars tbh.

Also random thing I noticed: Quite a few sports cars on sale are supercharged but not turbocharged (looking at you Jaguar F-Type), so they’re not NA - but it means you don’t get so much lag in power delivery.

JR1 > RT 06/11/2017 at 18:15

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Supercharging in my opinion is the better alternative to turbocharging. I prefer the whine they make.

RT > JR1 06/12/2017 at 08:18

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Yeah, agreed. I respect many cars for their turbo setups (e.g: Skyline, RX7, Supra) but when you already have a big engine, I’d go supercharged or NA all the way.