Just because your car is small, doesnt mean that it has to be slow. In fact, some of the fastest cars on the road today are subcompacts. How so? Because their owners have modified them to the point where they can squeeze out additional horsepower and acceleration. Lets take a look at six cars that qualify as genuine pocket rockets.
For the sake of argument, here are some ground rules for a pocket rocket:
-> The car must be a compact or smaller.
-> The engine must be normally aspirated; no turbo charged cars four cylinders only.
-> New versions of the car must all retail for less than $20,000.
The following six cars all qualify as pocket rockets when each of the above stipulations has been met:
Dodge Neon; Ford Focus; Honda Civic; Scion tC; Subaru Impreza; and Volkswagen Golf.
Unfortunately, the Mitsubishi Eclipse retails for just above $20,000 so it does not qualify. Besides, it looks too much like a sports car; we are only examining those vehicles that are somewhat plain before being transformed by aftermarket parts.
Dodge Neon Technically, the Neon is no longer in production as 2005 was its last model...