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10. Ford Focus ST
After the Mustang, Ford hasn’t really been known as much of a player in the sports car game. You want a truck — Ford’s your automaker. You want a van — Ford again. Even their SUV division is pretty effective and well-regarded. But little coupes and racers have always been problematic for Ford. Well, not anymore. I’m assuming you’ve heard of the Ford Focus. Everybody has — it’s just your average, little, get-around-town coupe that you see both sorority chicks and grandmas driving. But Ford has a secret. It’s Focus ST (which might stand for “Speed Tiger”) is a totally new ballgame. It goes 0-60 in 5.8 seconds, which is almost completely unbelievable, and has 256 horsepower under its hood. It’s also got a stainless steel exhaust, which will look pretty literally smoking when you drag with Granny down Main Street. You should beat Granny, too, since your ST goes the quarter mile in 14.3 seconds (at 100mph, of course). Base is cheap, cheap, cheap: under $24K.
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