Affordable 21st-Century Performance, Revisited

About this episode

The episode revisits affordable performance cars and discusses various models and events in the automotive world.

Several of our core BaT Podcast crew are away on business and/or pleasure this week, so we bring you a remastered version of episode 118 - we'll be back next week! Alex, Randy, and Howard give a brief event recap and then talk about a Saab record holder; the "full mileage discount"; how much raw performance can be had for under (or well under) $40k; scary prospects from the likes of AMG and Aston Martin; the ideal four-Porsche driveway for value seekers; and what's in store for the first-year Bentayga. Follow along! Links for the listings discussed in this episode: 03:54 2025 Snowball Rally April 25, 26 & 27, 2025 04:00 Hagerty California Mille 04:30 Third Annual BaT Moto Gathering , May 17, 2025 at The Quail 04:54 Historic Grand Prix at Zandvoort 2025 06:19 WeatherTech Vintage Weekend with Brian Redman July 17-20, 2025 08:58 South Florida BaT Meet-Up—April 19 with K2 Motorcars! 09: 36 k2motorcars user page 13:38 Chevrolet Corvette C5 model page 14:04 First-gen Bentley Continental GT 17:12 BMW E63/E64 M6 17:50 Audi RS5 18:05 Audi B7 RS4 18:24 Nissan 370Z 20:02 First-gen Cadillac CTS & CTS-V 21:28 Mercedes-Benz W203 C55 & C32 AMG 24:41 BMW E89 Z4 Roadster…

People in this episode

Hosts: Alex, Randy, Howard

Topics covered

• affordable performance cars
• automotive events
• car reviews
• performance under $40k
• Porsche models
• luxury SUVs

Keywords

• affordable performance
• Saab record holder
• Porsche driveway
• Bentley Bentayga
• AMG
• Aston Martin
• car events
• performance cars under $40k

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Saab, AMG, Aston Martin, Bentley Continental GT, Chevrolet Corvette C5, BMW E63/E64 M6, Audi RS5, Nissan 370Z, Mercedes-Benz W203 C55 & C32 AMG, Dodge Neon SRT-4

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