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Well, now it’s time to buy some awesome. And awesome is available for less than $20,000. Awesome as in cars that, just a few years ago, were considered some of the very finest performance machines in the world. Badass automobiles with legendary names like Boxster, Evo, M3, STI and Z06, for less than half the cost of a loaded Ford Taurus.

Because this price point is pretty lofty, we left out any vehicle more than a decade old or anything you’re likely to have rented at an airport. So no 20-year-old 911s here and no surplus Mercury Sables rescued from the Hertz auction. This is undeniably a list of enthusiast cars, real performance machines, but it’s also a list of rides that can be driven every day. Each and every one would make you an acceptable commuter…  Details

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There’s something endearingly quixotic – and awfully English – about the British Steam Car Challenge. The team has spent the last ten years trying to successfully marry Victorian-age transport with modern technology in an effort break a 100-year-old steam land speed record. And, on Friday August 7 at Edwards Air Force base in California, they finally beat that world record speed with a run of 131mph – but because the FIA wasn’t present, it’s not yet official.

Dubbed ‘the fastest kettle in the world’, the 25-foot British Steam Car is designed not just to break records, but also to reinforce the viability of non-internal combustion engines. Because it’s an external combustion engine, it isn’t fuel specific and produces far fewer harmful emissions.

Instead, the engine has …  Details