Don't go there mate.. If you want reasonably priced hooligan machine look no farther than one of our own..
A nice old Maser 3200GT.. It'll scare you shitless and you'll never ever by able to drive it as fast as it'll go!
Perfect..
Dave
I’ve driven a few and I have to say I preferred the Shamal. The 3200 is great for all the reasons you mentioned, but the Shamal feels all that more raw; partly because it’s not as well built as the 3200 (and I say that as a Shamal lover), and partly because it’s so much lighter. I also prefer the steering; neither is blessed with immersive steering feel (both are GTs, that’s not the point), but I prefer the old-school heaviness of the Shamal to the lightness of the 3200.
I also prefer the way the Shamal looks. The first time I drove a 3200 in the damp will forever stick with me though; the test car’s Sport mode lettering had worn off so when I returned from the brief test run impressed, the owner had to point out where it was, and said I ought to give it some stick. I then pulled away on the damp circuit with the same thump as I’d tried in normal mode. Cue the rear end deciding to do the lambada as Pink Floyd appeared on the dash mount TV. ‘You could have told me it was going to do that,’ I said, after a brief pause and much seat squab chewing on my behalf...
I was a bit smitten with it after that. I think I did about three/four laps in the other cars there. Ended up doing about 12 in the 3200.
Five years ago now, my first big feature for MC. Now it’s all over. Oh well.