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Cheap fun manual transmission Turbo cars in 2026. Fiat 500 Abarth and Mazda Speed 3 You can still get a affordable fun car in 26 that's a stick shift! Let me know in the comment section what are some fun cars you can get for $5000-$7500? Pocket Rocket Hot hatches, sports and muscle cars👇 Car and Driver Article 2019 Fiat 500 Abarth Overview The tiny 500 goes from pipsqueak to badass as the hot-rod Abarth, the heart of which is a raucous 160-hp turbocharged four-cylinder. A coupe or sliding-canvas soft top are both available, though in open-air form it can get a little pricey. Still, the Abarth is a special car with a ton of charisma. Engine, Ride, and Handling A five-speed manual is standard; a six-speed automatic is optional. The exhaust note is addictive, and a lowered suspension gives the Abarth handling as feisty as its styling. When we tested a convertible model with the automatic transmission in 2015, it zipped to 60 mph in 6.9 seconds. Handling is sharp and sporty but the ride is downright punishing on broken stretches of pavement. Interior and Technology With an interior that's tight for two and a real pinch for three or four, the 500 Abarth shouldn't be the choice for those with a need to haul passengers; those who do should look at the Volkswagen Golf GTI or the Honda Civic Si. The driving position won't suit everyone and the steering wheel adjusts for tilt but doesn't telescope. Sitting atop the 500 range means that the Abarth comes standard with a lot of equipment, including a 5.0-inch infotainment touchscreen, rear parking sensors, a digital gauge display, and racy aluminum covers for the pedals. Automatic climate control, heated front seats, SiriusXM satellite radio, leather upholstery, in-dash navigation, and a sunroof are all optional features. Car and Driver 2007 Mazda Speed 3 It's been a contender for our cover ever since we spotted a prototype circling the Nürburgring in August 2005. It was all black, sucking air into a huge hood scoop and blatting it out the back through an oversize stinger. It was a wagon, and it looked bad. Mazda is a company with a rep for taking care of asphalt jockeys. Low-carb curb weights, spry handling, and approachable sticker prices are the norm under its tent. We've been fired up by new Mazdas before, only to be disappointed. Two recent Mazdaspeeds only rated "medium fun" on our scale. Deficient in horsepower and refinement, a Mazdaspeed Protegé finished third of four in our May 2003 comparo "Serial Thrillers." And a Mazdaspeed 6 dove for fourth of five in a February 2006 comparo ["Everyday Heroes"]. There was plenty of punch, we judged, but not enough polish. (The public appears to agree, as Mazda has incentives on the car as of this writing.) On sale as you read this, the Mazdaspeed 3 starts at $22,800. That's about $2300 cheaper than a base 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX wagon, which lists for $25,120 (2007 prices were unavailable at press time). Even fully loaded with the $1715 GT package (leather seat trim, xenon headlamps, LED taillamps, six-CD changer, rain-sensing wipers, trip computer, and aluminum pedals), the $1750 nav system, and a short list of inexpensive extras such as floor mats, the car tops out at $27,185. The Mazdaspeed 3 shows that the company has been listening. The midget Mazda 3 wagon—26,896 sold in 2005, or 28 percent of total Mazda 3 volume, which includes the brisker-selling sedan—gets walloped with the turbocharged (to 15.6 psi) DOHC 16-valve 2.3-liter direct-injection four-cylinder engine from the Mazdaspeed 6 and Mazda CX-7. Mazda figures its wagon buyers are younger, more often male, more impetuous therefore, and more likely to have use for a 3180-pound car bristling with 263 horsepower and returning just 18 mpg when flogged. Squatting on its 18-inch wheels and wearing extra wind-cheating plastic, the Mazdaspeed 3 is suited up for action. Fat-bolstered buckets with red stitching and "Mazdaspeed" embroidery face the white-trimmed gauges on a dash that proves Mazda has truly pulled its act together on interior trim and finish. Unlike the Mazdaspeed 6 and CX-7, both all-wheel drivers, the Mazdaspeed 3 puts its horsepower and 280 pound-feet of torque to the front wheels only, making torque steer more probable than tomorrow's sunrise. HIGHS: Ready to murder WRXs by third gear, taut and toned chassis, civilized ride. Mazda's engineers twisted the suspension strings tighter with the goal of reducing wallow in corners and during fast transitions without ruining the base 3's relatively supple ride. So the front and rear anti-roll bars are thicker by 0.2 inch each. Heavier spring rates (43 percent front, 30 percent rear) and monotube shocks with stiffer compression and rebound tuning cut down the body motions. For all 2007 3s, Mazda has also relocated the front tie-rod links and rear toe-control mounts on the knuckles to wake up the steering even more in corners.