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>>14710719
Mazdaspeed6 if you can find one, don't think the new gen Taurus SHO come in manual unfortunately...

>>14710719
Mazdaspeed 6

basically anything jap, 4doors and a manual.

>>14710758
>>14710763
These if you can't find any decent sedans. Mazda 3/6 sedans are also a good choice, Mazda in general having great reliability/manuals.

>>14710763
>>14710758
I have no idea about the mazda6 but a japanese car and mazda is always a never wrong doing choice

>>14710793
If no Mazda6 I'm pretty sure you can opt for the Pro5

>>14710719

Anything Japanese will have better reliability. But you're also limited to small displacement transversely mounted setups.

I know which engines are the winners, but I don't know which cars you're interested in.

I recently bought a Toyota Solara for my daughter. I noticed the first gen hard tops came with a stick behind the 2AZ and 1MZ. Both engines are legendary. But again, small displacement rice burners.

>>14710719

I missed the word comfy.. sorry.

V6 stick Lincoln LS. Acura's with sticks. Accords with a stick and swap to leather seats.

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>>14710719
1st or 2nd generation Lexus IS. Lots of them with manual transmissions out there and reliability is Toyota-tier.

>>14710899
no. that 4 cyl in the IS250 will make him want to off himself. Literally a camry engine, probably even slower than the FR-S

>>14710906

Of course its a Camry engine....

I wouldn't call the first gen IS comfortable, its hard to find one that's not ragged to hell.

>>14710906
It's a v6 you dumbass. It's named the IS250 because it has a 2.5 liter V6. Lexus never released a 4 cylinder option for the IS until this model year, with the IS200t. That being said, the V6 is pitiful with it only putting out ~200hp and 180 lb-ft of torque.

>>14710763
>>14710758
>>14710793
>>14710783
off topic but what is the reliability of a mazdaspeed3? In my area (eastern ontario) they are like 14k CAD for a 2012 with give or take 70,000km. That's cheap considering 2.5l GT's are the same price.

That being said i'd like one, but i'm terrified of buying a turbo hot hatch that needs money all the time. TI student

>>14713351
I should specify there were no 4 cylinder options in the US. Global markets had a few 4 cyl options.

>>14713369

Well... invest in your future or invest in the now.

>>14710719
saab 9-5 or 9-3 aero