How About a Kit Car?

Coyote 

Kit cars are truly amazing because many of us think that a fine automobile has to come from a major manufacturer. This is not true, do you remember the Hardcastle and Mccormick television series from the 80s. It only ran for 3 years from 83 until 86, anyway, there was a kit car in that show they called the coyote. Looked like a race car and, for the  purposes of the show,  it was, but really it was just a kit car that looked great. That car was based on a VW chassis but the wonderful thing about a kit is the flexibility in power plants and donor car bases. You can make it just look good, just go fast, or both. There are many kits out there these days that might just amaze you. The GTM super car is one of those that amazed me. It is Corvette based but in the build design the engine is relocated to the rear of the car. Awesome design and finished product. Factory Five is the company that produces this kit and others that are all interesting and appealing to different automotive tastes.

GTM Super Car by Factory Five

A television series you might be more familiar with is the Miami Vice series, the “Ferrari Daytona” in that series was a kit car. It was Corvette based also, primarily used because to reduce the cost of production throughout the long running show. Looked great though and you would be hard pressed to know the difference from the original unless you were really close to it or owned a real one.
The pricing for kit cars vary greatly. Depending on how detailed you want to get and if you plan on doing the work yourself or would rather but turnkey.

This is a Lambo build that I found to be amazing. Making these cars available to the working man is the kit's ability. Check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=DyQX0hRaf-g