Top performance car investments part two: $25K-$50K

So you have read Part One of our affordable performance car investment piece and have decided that you have more than $25,000 to splash. Well done. Good on you, big spender.

Part One tallied the first half of our 10 affordable sports car nominations, with the Mazda NA MX-5, Peugeot 205 GTI, original Subaru WRX, Honda Integra DC2 Type-R and – deep breath, be still our beating hearts – Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI Tommi Makinen Edition all currently costing less than $25,000. For the second five nominations, we look at performance car investments costing between $25,000 and $50,000.

2001 Holden V2 Monaro

2001 BMW E46 M3

2002 Mazda RX-7 Spirit-R

2007 Audi RS4 Avant

Last of the Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV)