Porsche Boxster (986)

The cheapest way into a modern mid-engined Porsche, and a genuine touring car thanks to luggage compartments front and rear. The excellent ergonomics help on long days too. The known risk is the intermediate shaft bearing inside the engine. Porsche Club GB calls its failure relatively infrequent, but a failure is expensive, and Porsche has never published failure rates, so the figures quoted elsewhere are outside estimates. Pay for a specialist inspection, look for records of an upgraded bearing, and price the car with that work in mind rather than walking away from every example.