kirban 2 cents worth
We have had a very wide variety of cars over the years. What you might want to do to narrow the search, is state what do you and your wife perfer a coupe or sedan (4 door), automatic or stick?
Looking for something that value doe not drop like a rock? Not knocking some of the mentioned choices but with some car lines going bye bye, most Pontiac choices could be worth alot less in a few years as could others.
A wide variety of cars today offer some great off the line torque...something that the turbo Buick was famous for.
A sleeper would have to be something that was custom built that no one would suspect. Exception being that Crossfire srt version that is rare... but not big. The sedan Chrysler SRT-8 is a great value for the buck especially now with Chrsyler being bankrupt. Never had one but driven them.
Your budget allows for a good assortment of vehicles to consider so you should try and narrow it down before you begin as to number of doors and would a small car be practical versus a medium size car or possible a truck?
Never had one but if you get a chance drive a 01-02 boxster s 6-speed....super handling and great power band.
Just my thoughts....
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I've had a 05 GTO, 05 C6, 04 G35, 02 M3, 05 GT, 00 C5, 00 ETC, 96 540 6-speed, Z3 M model, Audi TT, S4, 95 M3, Mini Cooper S,all great cars. Let you figure out what each code stands for.....
One car mentioned in someones post above is very very rare Olds LSS Supercharged....and way under your budget. Every creature comfort in those sedans also.