Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Top 5 Sports Cars that Ruled our Hearts in 2016


Men adore fast cars, period. Sleeker the design, and faster the speed of the car, more is its appeal to us. Often, we don’t make a note of how much ballooning our wallet can adjust to, and end up paying far more than what we should for a car. To avoid the hefty price tag of a new sports car, the next best option is to bid at salvage car auctions that also feature flood damaged cars among other repairable automobile models. Flood damaged cars in such auctions are often the cheapest option available, and could be purchased at a meagre bidding amount. This post discusses five of the best speedsters in 2016, which you can find at auto auctions.

1. Chevrolet Corvette


Corvette, standing amongst its peers, does put on an exciting display of speed and control, and thus competes with the world’s greatest sports cars. The car comes with a 6.2-liter,  V-8 engine and churns out 455 hp of power and 460 lb-ft of torque. Together with the eight-speed automatic gearbox,  the Corvette is one performance bargain you must make to believe the engineering that goes into it. The car is offered both, as a convertible or targa, and dishes out 17 mpg mileage in the city and 29 mpg on highway.Additionally, the car comes equipped with a Bose audio system,dual-zone automatic climate control, push-button start, an OnStar with 4G LTE,leather upholstery,a Performance Data Recorder,and an 8-inch touch-screen infotainment system. which you can use to record video and collect performance statistics.

2. Ford Mustang

Available in both the coupe and convertible version, the Ford Mustang comes with a 300-hp, 3.7-liter V-6 engine, a 310-hp, 2.3-liter, turbo four-cylinder engine  or a 435-hp 5.0-liter V-8 engine. No matter which one you choose, the Mustang offers an exciting and smooth cruising ability along with, a rear-wheel drive chassis that eagerly attacks those sharp corners.In terms of numbers, the Mustang reaches the mile-a-minute benchmark in just 4.7 seconds, and in 11.2 seconds, the car’s speed enters the triple digits. Also bearing the total weight of 3948 pounds, the Mustang boasts of the ideal 50/50 weight distribution, with 53 percent of it, sitting on the front wheels. With its linear braking prowess , in just 157 feet from a speed of 70 mph, and a 12 speaker Shaker audio system, this is one kickass car, for sure.

3. Dodge Charger


Dodge Charger is a fairly large sedan, and yet, it feels more nimble than its peers and has a fairly sporty handling. This car come in the base 292-horsepower V6 engine, which could be amped up to either of the midlevel V8 engines, which gives up to 193 horsepower of machismo, or the supercharged V8 engines, which deliver 707 horsepower along with a  top speed of 204 mph. From the interior, the Charger comes equipped with its standard Uconnect touch-screen infotainment system, with either a 5 inch or a 8.4-inch screen, with modern features as voice recognition and navigation.For safety, the car has a automatic pre-collision braking and blind spot monitoring along with other state-of-art technologies.

4. Honda Accord

Available as a four-door sedan or a two-door coupe, the Accord has six trim versions: the LX (base), the Sport, the EX, the EX-L, the EX-L V6, and the Touring. The Accord sedan and coupe both have a 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine with a six-speed manual transmission and a front-wheel drive.Additionally, the car has features like Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, heated rear seats,split-folding rear seats, front and rear parking sensors, dual-zone automatic climate control, a multi-angle rearview camera, and an infotainment system with an 8-inch display. Accord also offers optional features such as a power moonroof, a seven-speaker audio system, adaptive cruise control, road-departure mitigation, forward collision warning with collision mitigation braking,  and front and rear parking sensors.

5.  Chevrolet Camaro


The 2016 Chevrolet Camaro offers seating space for four people and is available as either a coupe or convertible. Camaro’s base version has a 2.0-liter, 4-cylinder, turbocharged engine mated to a 6-speed manual transmission. Optionally, there are a 3.6-liter V6 engine, and a 6.2-liter V8 engine, with and an 8-speed automatic transmission. Having four trim versions: the 1LT, the 2LT, the 1SS, and the 2SS, the car also includes a rearview camera, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, Chevrolet’s own voice-activated MyLink infotainment system with an 8-inch touch-screen,  rear cross traffic alert, a Boston Acoustics audio system with nine-speakers, and a power sunroof.

The Bottomline

Be it the love for agility or speed, we have innumerable reasons to fall in love with cars. Owning a car is a proud feeling and it bolsters our desire for freedom, and adventure. Although spending time dreaming about the places to visit with your car may seem like a good way to pass time,  you need to take care of certain basic information, before going to a flood affected cars auction. Prepare a list of all possible costs such as cost of repairs, insurance and bidding price, and seek services of an experienced mechanic, who would review the damages incurred on the flood damaged vehicle, so that you won’t be blind-sided while making this purchase.

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