Well, when I was starting there was the Hyundai trophy dash cars - a mostly forgotten footnote in SCCA history. Hyundai was new to the American market at the time and gave a sporty (NOT) Scoupe to each region. At each event, the winner from each class was invited to take a lap in the car at the end of the day and the person with the fastest time won $$$ from HMC.
I missed the early years, but I did get to see a 10 years old Hyundai with faded paint, completely worn out suspension, rusted out exhaust, nasty bodywork (it seems the car had rolled up onto both sides multiple times over the years) and, my personal favorite, the ORIGINAL OFF THE SHOWROOM FLOOR all season performance tires! Yup, 35000 auto-x miles on the same tires.
Being driven by the best drivers around, that silly car usually placed within the top 25% of raw times each event.
Today, you could probably go rent a Chevy Aveo or similar. Make sure it's an automatic...
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