# Top 18 Affordable Sports Cars of All Time

> Cheap, quick and usually rear-wheel drive. The arguments here are older than most of the cars.

*By YPB Team · Published August 23, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/top-18-affordable-sports-cars-of-all-time*

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1. **Mazda MX-5 Miata** — score 1000/1000
   Light, cheap and rear-wheel drive — the default answer to this question since 1989.
2. **Nissan 350Z** — score 775/1000
   A blunt, cheap V6 coupe that revived Nissan's Z line in 2002.
3. **Ford Mustang GT** — score 732/1000
   A V8 coupe that has undercut European rivals on price since 1964.
4. **Datsun 240Z** — score 610/1000
   The 1970 Japanese coupe that offered E-Type looks at a fraction of the money.
5. **Porsche Boxster (986)** — score 488/1000
   The car that saved Porsche, and the cheapest way into a mid-engined one.
6. **Chevrolet Camaro** — score 488/1000
   The Mustang's oldest rival, built in six generations before production ended in 2023.
7. **Ford Focus RS** — score 488/1000
   A four-wheel-drive hatch with a drift mode, built for the enthusiast end of the range.
8. **Nissan 240SX** — score 488/1000
   The drift scene's starter car, cheap and endlessly modified.
9. **Hyundai Genesis Coupe** — score 413/1000
   Korea's rear-drive answer to the pony car, sold from 2008.
10. **Volkswagen Golf GTI** — score 413/1000
   The hot hatch that made performance practical, and often cheaper than a coupe.
11. **Fiat X1/9** — score 413/1000
   A mid-engined targa designed by Bertone and priced like a shopping car.
12. **Honda Civic Type R** — score 325/1000
   A front-drive hatch quick enough to embarrass cars costing twice as much.
13. **Honda CRX** — score 325/1000
   A featherweight 1980s coupe that was quick because it weighed almost nothing.
14. **Toyota GR86** — score 325/1000
   A modern lightweight coupe built with Subaru for drivers on a budget.
15. **Mazda RX-7 (FD)** — score 222/1000
   A rotary-engined 1990s coupe with pop-up lights and near-perfect balance.
16. **Subaru Impreza WRX** — score 222/1000
   Rally technology in a four-door body, at a price ordinary drivers could reach.
17. **Toyota MR2** — score 222/1000
   A mid-engined layout normally reserved for supercars, sold at family-car money.
18. **Triumph Spitfire** — score 98/1000
   A tiny British roadster with a bonnet that tipped forward in one piece.

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