Performance Cars with Room for the Family: Our 5 Best Picks

Sent: Jul 07, 2024

5 Family-Friendly Sports Car Replacements

Sports cars are wonderful. They allow us to experience the limits of adhesion, intense g-forces, and unending smiles as we motor along. The passions they stir from their race-winning pedigrees, beautiful body lines, and emotion-filled driving characteristics make them life-altering things. However, life-altering things come in many forms, such as children. Children bring about their own set of wonder and emotions but typically negate the frills of sports car ownership. Stories of parents selling their favorite rides for sensible and safe vehicles are all too familiar and a bit disheartening for enthusiasts planning on extending their families. Fear not, however, as the market for performance cars capable of driving like sports cars with enough room for the family has grown substantially over the years. If it’s time to swap out that sports car for your new “dad car,” follow along.

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Don’t Hit The Road With Neglected Maintenance This Summer

The switch from winter to summer means the days spent inside keeping warm have become days spent outside enjoying the sunshine. Often, that means hopping into your vehicle and driving wherever you need to for a nice warm day. While you might be ready to enjoy all that this time of year offers, your car might not. The occasional cluck from the suspension or oil stain under the engine likely isn’t enough to worry you, but the effects of leaving either of those symptoms, among others, to worsen will only mean more money, time, and work in the future.

Porsche 911 997 Buyer's Guide (2005-2013)

As Porsche has shown us, evolution is good, and the 997 911 might just be the best example of that. In just a short amount of time, the Porsche 997 has become one of the most loved generations of Stuttgart’s ultimate sports car. Its record-breaking success in the showrooms and continued success on the race track were all testaments to the car and how good it was compared to its competition. Now, ten years after production ended, the last of the “perfectly-sized” 911s bring good money to those selling them and unbridled joy to those who drive them. They aren’t perfect, though, and things can get expensive if you aren’t careful. To avoid all of that mess, take a look below.

Mk6 Jetta GLI vs Mk7 GTI: Top 5 Reasons To Choose The GLI Over The GTI

The GLI and the GTI are peas in a pod, heavily related siblings dressed in the same sporty appearance and bolstered by torquey, turbocharged engines. Their entry-level performance is paired with top safety features, solid fuel economy, and practical layouts that make them perfect examples of why you don’t need to ditch fun on your everyday commute. But at the end of the day, the Jetta GLI and Golf GTI are different. Diving into their exact features and specs reveals small but meaningful differences that just might be the deciding factor in a decision. So which is right for you? Here are the five most impactful differences benefitting GLI ownership.

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5 Family-Friendly Sports Car Replacements Sports cars are wonderful. They allow us to experience the limits of adhesion, intense g-forces, and unending smiles as we motor along. The passions they stir from their race-winning pedigrees, beautiful body lines, and emotion-filled driving characteristics make them life-altering things. However, life-altering things come in many forms, such as children. Children bring about their own set of wonder and emotions but typically negate the frills of sports car ownership. Stories of parents selling their favorite rides for sensible and safe vehicles are all too familiar and a bit disheartening for enthusiasts planning on extending their families. Fear not, however, as the market for performance cars capable of driving like sports cars with enough room for the family has grown substantially over the years. If it’s time to swap out that sports car for your new “dad car,” follow along. Read more » Don’t Hit The Road With Neglected Maintenance This Summer The switch from winter to summer means the days spent inside keeping warm have become days spent outside enjoying the sunshine. Often, that means hopping into your vehicle and driving wherever you need to for a nice warm day. While you might be ready to enjoy all that this time of year offers, your car might not. The occasional cluck from the suspension or oil stain under the engine likely isn’t enough to worry you, but the effects of leaving either of those symptoms, among others, to worsen will only mean more money, time, and work in the future. Read more » Porsche 911 997 Buyer's Guide (2005-2013) As Porsche has shown us, evolution is good, and the 997 911 might just be the best example of that. In just a short amount of time, the Porsche 997 has become one of the most loved generations of Stuttgart’s ultimate sports car. Its record-breaking success in the showrooms and continued success on the race track were all testaments to the car and how good it was compared to its competition. Now, ten years after production ended, the last of the “perfectly-sized” 911s bring good money to those selling them and unbridled joy to those who drive them. They aren’t perfect, though, and things can get expensive if you aren’t careful. To avoid all of that mess, take a look below. Read more » Mk6 Jetta GLI vs Mk7 GTI: Top 5 Reasons To Choose The GLI Over The GTI The GLI and the GTI are peas in a pod, heavily related siblings dressed in the same sporty appearance and bolstered by torquey, turbocharged engines. Their entry-level performance is paired with top safety features, solid fuel economy, and practical layouts that make them perfect examples of why you don’t need to ditch fun on your everyday commute. But at the end of the day, the Jetta GLI and Golf GTI are different. Diving into their exact features and specs reveals small but meaningful differences that just might be the deciding factor in a decision. So which is right for you? Here are the five most impactful differences benefitting GLI ownership. Read more » No longer want to receive these emails? Unsubscribe. FCP Euro 155 Hill Street Milford, Connecticut 06460