daydreaming part II

A little daydreaming never hurts anybody, so here goes. (again!)
Part I found here written in 2005.

Two situations (under Japan's car market prices)
First, a budget of around 10 million yen or, 100k USD, choose one car. criteria- not completely berserk, within reason, expensive sports car.
Second, a somewhat sustainable 6-car garage.





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Situation 1
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A slightly used Audi R8 V8 (shame for this kind of money you can only get a used one in Japan)

Why not V10? love the Lambo engine too but sometimes more is less, considerably more expensive
Why R8? Audi since taking over Lamborghini has become even more desirable. Can't beat German engineering + Italian "soul". R8 is arguably the best looking mid-engine halo status new production super car in these 5 years. relatively affordable.
How about other Audis? TT RS? not liking the initial TT philosophy. Why not have an all-out built from scratch super car.

OR


A mint condition Honda NSX-R (or R GT if such a thing is even in the wild)

It costs that much? Yes, and more.
What about Nissan GTR? Performance-wise, yes it's got no competitors in this price range. Even if you pay 2x the price, there is hardly anything that can hold a light to it. However I'm not on a mission. I'm not aiming for the record track time. There is something within the NSX the Nissan can never touch.
Err... Toyota 2000GT? If I can find one, sure.

OR

A 2-year-old Porsche 911 GT3 (or GT3RS, again shame about the price)

There are many 911s, right? But there is only one that doesn't compromise in any way. Not saying the GT2 or Turbo isn't exciting.
A track day car? Yes sir/ma'am
Lotus 2-Eleven, no? Love Lotus but 1 track day car = GT3, 2 would be GT3 + a Lotus





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Situation 2
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1 Honda S2000 (daily driver for me, checked, ¥4m)
2 Honda Fit (econobox for wife, checked, ¥1.5m)
3 Porsche Cayman ("affordable" exotic for me, ¥7m)
4 Suzuki Swift Sport (funnest small car in Japan, great price, for me, ¥1.5m)
5 any Land Rover (Luxury off-roader for wife, her cup of tea, ¥6m)
6 (for me and family, last vehicle reserved for whatever catches the eyes, changes every once a year or two, for example, Corvette Z06, Fiat Panda 100hp, Mazda Roadster, Daihatsu Copen, Mini, Caterham, Alfa Romeo Mito, Brera, VW Golf GTI, etc)

Garage total = about ¥22m (0r 15m used)