well gents it may well be that my short love affair with the crossfire will end soon.

I may need a 4 door.

I am looking for suggestions as to the best replacement.

I am looking to spend about $35,000 max canadian (about $30,000 American) and need something reliable and as close to a crossfire as possible...

so far the best I've come up with is a 2006 mazda 6, v6 5 speed, nice engine and solid platform and reasonably priced.

any better ideas?

 

Infinity G35 4 door, Mazda RX-8, Charger/Magnum?

 

The Mazdaspeed 6 is nice. AWD, etc.
I've seen a couple on ebay lately for around $25,000 USD.

 

I am probably going with the Infiniti G35X. Or possibly a Lexus IS 250 AWD.

Still need to test drive the Lexus. These are closer to $40K USD however...

SailorEd

 

The Mazda RX8 is quite Crossfire-like in it's handling and performance (if you keep the revs up).

(One of my sons has an RX8 for his "family car".)

- Bill

 

he mentioned he is in canada... tends to be cold there.. and the rx-8 tends to have starting problems in the cold that is not fixable, just nature of the rotary motor in it. i would do my research on that before anything as it could be a big deal breaker mattering what his climate is like.

 

RX-8 + children in back = car sickness + puke

 

Cool!

 

Nothing brings a car from 70 to 0 faster than the words "I think I'm going to throw up."