My friend just got a new car, slightly jealous.

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Ginge, if you like the NA V6 noise the 3L V6 406 coupe makes a nice noise with a decent exhaust

This - cheap way to V6 burble and an attractive car to boot. The things are huge though, as Scott would probably testify. Literally 'land yacht' big. An old Vectra is another way to cheap V6 thrills.

He's still a plonker for buying that sort of thing on such a small island though!

Pretty interesting thinking about what would be the quickest transport on such roads. You want something small and light, with oodles of grip and acceleration. I'm thinking a tweeked Starlet/Glanza would fit the bill. A WRC-esque scooby or evo is simply overkill and won't even stretch it's legs on the IoW though.