Japanese Performance Sedans Worth the Dig: S54 E46 Competitors Nobody's Talking About
A roundup of overlooked JDM four-doors that delivered genuine driver engagement on a budget—think S54 levels of NA screaming and chassis tuning culture, minus the German depreciation tax. The list likely covers Altezza, Stagea, and early 2000s Legacys that are finally getting their due as E46 prices spiral.
Japanese performance sedans spent two decades getting priced like appliances while Germans played the heritage card. Now that E46 330i manuals are $30k, these are the ones worth actually buying.
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