Coupes under $80k
- Home /
- Best coupes under $80k
If you’re lucky enough to in the market for a new luxury coupe, you’ll be able to net a bunch of powerful and stylish cars for your sub-$80k budget. Despite being limited to only two doors, coupes in this price range double down on the cool, as well as technology, design, speed and quality.
What’s more, the sheer volume of in this price range is high, so you’ll be well catered for in terms of options.
BMW 2 Series
The smallest offering of BMW’s coupe range, the 2 Series blends a small body with BMW’s famous driving characteristics. A number of engine options are available and the car comes in a convertible body style too.
Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class
The Mercedes-Benz CLA is a bit of a weird one, in that it has four-doors but still retains coupe bodylines and is classed as such. Even still, the CLA is a pint-sized package that definitely punches above its weight grade.
Mercedes-Benz C-Class
Stepping up from the CLA, Mercedes offers the C-Class coupe. It’s larger, more powerful and costs a little more, but you’ll be rewarded with its sizeable interior and nicer materials in the interior.
Great Wall Motors aims to triple sales, deems supply no issue
Growing Chinese manufacturer reveals ambitious sales goals and expanded product pipeline
Haval Big Dog and Tank 300 prototypes arrive in Australia for evaluation
Great Wall Motors imports a left-hook Big Dog and Tank 300 for market evaluation
Cupra reveals line-up for Australian launch
VW-based performance brand set for a local berth
Porsche 917 from Steve McQueen’s ‘Le Mans’ up for auction
Co-star car from Steve McQueen’s ‘Le Mans’ film to go under the hammer
Porsche 991 GT2 RS MR snatches back the Nordschleife production car lap record
Manthey-enhanced 911 GT2 RS steals the Nordschleife production car record from Mercedes-AMG
Rolls-Royce plans more coachbuilding off the back of £20m Boat Tail
One of the world’s most exclusive car brands has re-opened its specialist division
Hyundai Kona Electric ‘Standard Range’ coming to Australia
Hyundai will bring a more affordable variant of its popular Kona Electric to Australia, at the cost of a reduced driving range
Queen of the ‘Ring honoured with renamed corner
Racer who clocked up over 30,000 laps of the world’s most famous circuit will have a section named after her
2022 BMW iX vs Tesla Model X vs Mercedes EQC vs Audi E-Tron vs Jaguar i-Pace: Spec comparison
We compare BMW’s upcoming iX electric SUV against major rivals from Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, Audi and Jaguar. Before we can drive them all together, here’s how they line up.
Analysis: NSW takes Victoria’s EV policy and betters it
The NSW Government saw Victoria’s EV policy and went a step, or several, further
Hyundai Santa Cruz production gets underway in US
Korea’s Ford Maverick challenger will be in American showrooms in just a few short months
What the future of Alpine means for performance car enthusiasts
The era of RS-badged hot Renaults is over as Alpine shoots for the stars
First drive: 2021 Cupra Formentor
What to make of the first bespoke Cupra? The coupe SUV concept is very zeitgeisty, so we drive the Formentor on UK roads to see if it’s any good
Richard Hammond to launch car restoration show on Discovery+
New British car restoration show will be hosted by one of the biggest names in the industry
Fisker could bring Ocean EV to Australia, outlines plans for a carbon neutral vehicle
American manufacturer says it is taking Australian reservations for its new EV crossover with ambitions of delivering a carbon neutral vehicle by 2027
The surprising challenges facing Tobias Moers at Aston Martin
Throwing the new twin-turbo V6 in the bin and replacing it with an AMG V8 was just the beginning for Tobias Moers
Volvo enters joint venture to develop and produce batteries
New joint venture aimed at bringing everything in-house for Swedish battery tech
Year of the R: VW plots 2022 performance-car assault
All will have a 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine – except the Touareg R which is a plug-in hybrid combining a turbocharged V6 engine and electric motor
Touareg R: VW’s most powerful model set for Australia
Volkswagen is set to introduce its most powerful model to Australia – the Touareg R.
WRX passes 50,000 sales in Australia
Landmark sales for the flat-four, all-paw weapon ahead of fifth-gen’s arrival later this year
Audi to produce final ICE model by 2025, new cars to be EV only one year later
China will be the exception to the new ICE rule
First drive: 2022 Mercedes-Benz C-Class
Touches of E- and S-Class trickle down to the new C-Class… but does it live up to Mercedes’ hype?
2022 Porsche 911 GTS pricing and features revealed
Australians will be able to select a manual gearbox as a no-cost option, making the 992 GTS the only three-pedal 911 you can buy locally other than the track-ready GT3
Hyundai acquires robotics company Boston Dynamics
The motor group now controls 80 per cent of the US$1.1 billion tech firm
