In this age of mega-horsepower all-electric, hybrid, and supercharged sports cars, the Toyota GR86 is kind of a throwback to a pure driver's ride. With a lightweight body, high-revving 2.8-liter flat-four, and six-speed manual, this car lets you experience the road in a visceral way that is lost in modern high-tech vehicles. It's not the most powerful sports car ever built, but it has enough oomph to make driving it a blast, and it handles like a dream, adding to the excitement.Starting at just $32,595, the 2026 GR86 is one of the most affordable performance cars on the market, that throws in some of the hottest styling for free. It really feels like a sports car from days gone by but with modern sensibilities, and it's hard to find anything today that delivers the retro groove in the same way. For less than the cost of a new GR86, however, you can have a classic sports car that comes with factory-installed old-school vibe and just as much driving thrill. 1992 Toyota Supra Turbo - $30,100 Average Used Price: $30,100 Bring a Trailer Everyone wants a Mk4 Toyota Supra like Brian O'Conner drove in The Fast and the Furious, but those cars regularly sell in the six-figures, making them out of reach for most. Fear not because the 1992 Mk3 Surpra is a cheaper alternative, that still looks cool and has a very tunable 3.0-liter turbocharged I-6. It also came with one of the greatest suspensions ever put into a sports car and drives better than many top-end modern rides. J.D. Power tells us the average used price for a '92 Supra Turbo is just over $30,000, which seems like a lot for a nearly 25-year-old car, but a steal for something this awesome. Obviously, low-mileage cars are going for more, but that's a definite doable price for this one. 1989 Toyota MR2 Supercharged Average Used Price: $24,300 Bring a Trailer The 1989 MR2 Supercharged is another forgotten gem from Toyota that took the Italian Wedge styling and applied it to a subcompact, essentially making it a Lambo golf cart. The 145-horspower 1.6-liter supercharged I-4 was more than enough to make this super-light two-seater super-quick and the mid-engine placement gave it nearly perfect balance. It's hard to find a ride with a better power-to-weight ratio and, with an average used price of under $25,000, it's nearly impossible to beat its fun-to-funds ratio. It turns out the average price is a bit high as the most one has ever sold for on Bring a Trailer is $20,000, with many excellent condition examples going for far less. 1990 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Average Used Price: $23,500 Bring a Trailer The 1990 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 was developed in part by Lotus to produce the "world's fastest production car" and at the time, it's 375-horsepower 5.7-liter V8 helped it make that happen. '90 was the first year for the ZR1, so it's one of those cars a lot of speculators bought to sit on, in hopes a big future payday. Unfortunately for them, this C4 'Vette didn't increase in value all that much, with an average used price of just $23,500. The '90 ZR1 was almost $60,000 new and accounting for inflation, that's over $150,000 today, so the super-low-mileage cars selling in the $30,000-$40,000 are total bust in terms of investments. It is, however, great news for budget C4 fans because great condition, reasonable-mileage ZR1s are extremely affordable, and within the average resale price. 1980 Datsun 280ZX 10th Anniversary Edition Average Used Price: $21,000 Bring a Trailer The Datsun 280ZX is the first Japanese import to capture American enthusiasts' attention as a kind of "poor man's Porsche" that offered sporty styling and performance for a much more wallet-friendly price. There's nothing cooler than the 1980 280ZX 10th Anniversary Edition with the killer gold and black paint scheme, rear louvers, and gold aluminum wheels. Hagerty sets the good condition value of this car at just $13,000, though a Concours condition example is worth over $80,000. The average retail, on the other hand, is barely over $21,000, with several on Bring a Trailer selling for much less, which is astounding for a rare kick-ass collectible that only saw 3,000 units produced. 1986 Porsche 944 Turbo Average Used Price: $12,550 Bring a Trailer The Porsche 911 is undeniably one of the greatest cars ever built, but in the 1980s, not everyone wanted a rear-engine ride that sounded like a hyperactive VW Bug. The front-engine 944 Turbo helped ease the Yuppies into Porsche ownership with a powerful 2.5-liter turbocharged I-4, and slick styling. The original price for an '86 was around $30,000, which is the equivalent of $80,000 today, so this was a definite status symbol for the upwardly mobile. Now, however, these suckers are dirt-cheap yet still awesome with an average used price under $13k. A more realistic price for a great condition '86 944 Turbo is probably in the $20,000-$30,000, but that's still inexpensive for an iconic '80s sports car. 1984 Pontiac Fiero SE Indy Pace Car Edition Average Used Price: $10,600 Bring a Trailer The subcompact two-seat mid-engine Pontiac Fiero sports car is the least-American thing an American car company has ever built, and that's actually a compliment. It's hard not to love the mini-Trans Am as it's both cute and badass-looking at the same time. The only knock on this otherwise awesome ride is that it could have used a bit more power, but it was apparently developed to meet fuel economy requirements rather than blow doors off. Pontiac actually wanted to give it more power, but GM put the kibosh on that idea because it feared it would challenge the Corvette. A 1-of-2,000 1984 Fiero SE Indy Pace Car Edition could liven up your driveway for barely over $10,000 and actually for much less. That 24k-mile bad boy pictured above sold for only $6,000 on BaT last year, and it's practically brand new. 1990 Mazda MX-5 Miata Average Used Price: $10,400 Bring a Trailer With a 116-hp1.6-liter I-4, the 1990 Mazda MX-5 Miata is less powerful than most riding lawnmowers, but its subcompact size and lightweight body made it one of the quickest and most responsive sports cars ever conceived. This is a car that must be driven to fully appreciate, because words simply don't do it justice. Anyone who has ever gotten behind the wheel of one can't stop smiling and swear it's the most fun they've ever had driving a car. As it seems, that pure driving joy gets a little more joyous as people on average only drop a little over $10,000 for a used one. That price is right on, as scores of great-condition, low-mileage '90 Miatas have sold in that range or even less in recent years. 1984 Mazda RX-7 GSL-SE Average Used Price: $6,500 Bring a Trailer if the Datsun 280ZX is the poor man's Porsche, then the Mazda RX-7 is the poorer man's Z car. Introduced in the States in 1980, the RX-7 had similar sporty styling to the 280ZX but was just a little bit more affordable. It also came with a radical rotary engine that still seems scientifically impossible, which gave it a couple of extra acceleration clicks over the Datsun. The 1984 RX-7 GSL-SE was the first to get fuel injection for the 1.3-liter 13B rotary engine, which gave it an additional 35 gyrating ponies more than the 100-hp carbureted version. Even in the aftermarket, the RX-7 is a bargain over the 280ZX with an average retail of $6,500, which looks more like a down payment than a closing price. 1991 Dodge Stealth R/T Turbo Average Used Price: $6,300 Bring a Trailer The Dodge Stealth, introduced in 1990, was a joint effort between Chrysler and Mitsubishi that was the most tragically slept-on sports car of all time. With an optional 300-hp 3.0-liter twin-turbo V6, four-wheel drive, four-wheel steering, active aerodynamics, and active exhaust, this thing was a mechanical masterpiece that had no rival. In 1991, only 3,000 or so Stealth R/T Turbos were built, making them exceedingly rare, but you wouldn't know it by the shamefully low $6,300 average used price. It's great for people looking for a cheap killer ride, but it shows a complete lack of respect for a criminally overlooked high-performance vehicle. For the record, '91 Stealth R/T Turbos sell for a bit more on Bring a Trailer, with no-mileage examples hitting $40,000, but a great condition car that got driven can still be had for under $10,000. 1987 Mitsubishi Starion ESI-R Average Used Price: $2,725 Bring a Trailer The Mitsubishi Starion is another amazing sports car the people dismissed back in the day and don't remember now. It was also sold as a captive import as the Conquest under the Dodge, Plymouth, and Chrysler names. You'd think with four companies selling these hidden gems that they would have moved a ton of them, but they sold less than 70,000 units from 1983-1989, averaging around 9,000 a year. Besides being gorgeous, a 1987 Starion ESI-R came equipped with a 176-hp 2.6-liter turbocharged I-4 that made it one of the quickest rides on the streets that year. The average used price of under $3,000 is astounding news for cheapskates, but expect to pay in the mid-$10,000 range for a cherry car, which is still Grand Theft Auto on a underrated classic.Sources: Bring a Trailer, Hagerty, J.D. Power