I have an 2005 S60 D5 (163 hp Diesel) since about 3 month for real and i absolutely love it. Great quality interior, good power, very good balanced suspension and a great sound (from the interior) for a diesel!
It's an automatic and does 0-100 km/h in just 8,5 (self measured) seconds (9,2 seconds without being on the brakes and revving (?!) to 1500rpm from the start)
I find the GT6 version very good handling for an FWD but for sure it isnt the fastest in that hp section - probably because its pretty heavy.
It's funny how there can be such a difference from Race lobbies to Drift Lobbies to Drag lobbies.
Thanks for this list!
. Going to have to start tinkering with it.. If I include GT5 as well, I easily have over 10,000 miles drifting Silvias alone 
I don't think you can enter a drift lobby without seeing a Silvia of some kind.
That Mazda is pretty quick, but I think the Infiniti SUV is faster, at least for me. I've only seen a hand full of people drive the Infiniti, and I rarely get beat at Bathurst and the Nordschleife at 550pp in it.
I used to own the crossport as a drift car. It did good, but I can't remember why I sold it.Meanwhile, anyone forget about the '98 Audi S4? Been thinking about buying it on my birthday as a present to myself (weird I know), but does anyone know how it performs?
Glad to know that the Mazda is quick. I had the Infiniti SUV in GT5. For a heavy SUV, it accelerates and handles pretty well. The think I don't like about the Infiniti is that you can't visually customize it (rims, paint, spoiler, etc). I've seen about five online in GT6 and they all had stock exteriors.
Had the S4 '98 in GT5, but kept it stock. Reason I bought it was to complete the Schwarzwald series and it was at a low price in the UCD. It won the series. Quick acceleration, but I wish there was a bit less understeer. If you get it, maybe you can reduce the weight. Otherwise, its a pretty decent German coupe.
This car is one of those semi-premiums (premium exterior but no interior). In all the GT games I've played, I never owned one. Only seen it online once, which was at a drift lobby. Maybe this car will be on my list of what to buy...
The '71 Fairlady is my favorite car under 500pp. It is also an absolute maniac on the tighter tracks as well.
I guess you could say a lot of people seem to care about that car. Maybe it's getting the recognition it deserves
I have it, I can say it's 20 million kinda well spent. It sounds GREAT, but the handling isn't that great unless you have a good setup. But once you have the setup it's pretty fast.
I know I'm late to answer this question but if you remember the PP patch that PD made for GT5 later in its life cycle, you would remember that the Silvia S13 premium is severely overrated with the PP it currently has (392 IIRC). When they lowered the stock PP, it became an absolute monster when tuned in 500 PP lobbies and seasonals though
I remember way back when in GT5 when PP was lower than it is in GT6 for a period of time. And like you said, that Silvia was all you would see in a 450-500pp lobby. I never owned one in GT5, so I usually got around last place in 450-500pp online races. Now, this car is practically absent from those lobbies, but is a big hit in drift lobbies, especially ones at Tsukuba Circuit.I know I'm late to answer this question but if you remember the PP patch that PD made for GT5 later in its life cycle, you would remember that the Silvia S13 premium is severely overrated with the PP it currently has (392 IIRC). When they lowered the stock PP, it became an absolute monster when tuned in 500 PP lobbies and seasonals though
But they didn't keep those ratings because some users experienced crashes upon starting the game when the patch was released. Too bad, I actually like it a lot because it fixed a lot of lower-PP cars.
The Silvia destroyed the meta-game, if you will
