The best sports cars you can buy in 2025

If you're looking to buy a sports car, you'll want something that's great fun to drive - whether that's down to outright speed, the way it goes around corners, or a combination of both.
There are sacrifices, of course. Sportscars aren't cheap, they usually have only two seats, and they're not built for luggage. But the best sports cars can still provide plenty of comfort, luxury equipment and everyday usability. Plenty of them are reasonably cheap to run, too... reasonably. Tempted? Here’s our guide to the best of what’s available. Skip to: Mazda MX-5 Alpine A110 Porsche 718 Boxster Porsche 911 Carrera BMW Z4 Toyota Supra Caterham Seven BMW M2 Lotus Emira Toyota GR86 MG Cyberster

It's sold over a million globally, making it the world’s most popular two-seat sports car. Available as a fabric-roofed convertible or with a folding hardtop (badged 'RF'), and with a 2.0-litre or 1.5-litre engine, there's a good amount of choice. Regardless, though, it's a very entertaining drive... assuming you're shorter than six-foot tall; big lads and lasses might struggle with the teensy cabin
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It astounded all the critics when it was launched, with its blend of light and perfectly distributed weight, meaning that you can feel the car pivot around your hips when skipping from corner to corner. The revival of a great badge with exemplary racing heritage and engineering know-how.
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One of the best-loved German sports cars ever gets the “718” badge in its latest iteration. Less power than the 911 but with the engine in the middle, it will dance beautifully to the tune of your right foot. Some miss the six-cylinder engine, but the remaining four-cylinder does a very nice job. The Cayman, a hard-top version of the Boxster, is equally desirable.
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There’s absolutely nothing like a 911. A classic for a reason. Its rear-engine, rear-drive configuration feels a little unusual at first, but it makes for a truly unique driving experience. That and the 3.0-litre, twin-turbo engine with its distinctive sound and staggering performance. It’s VERY expensive now, though – any new one will cost you six figures – but, somehow, it still feels worth it. Even a ‘basic’ one.
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Sleek, sharp and fast. Don’t bother with the 3.0-litre, six-cylinder engine, save your money and stick with the entry-level 2.0-litre job for an airy, eager throttle response that suits the small, light nature of this svelte sports car. Rear-wheel-drive BMW handling equals satisfaction in spades.
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See above, because BMW and Toyota teamed up for the Supra/Z4. Toyota has taken the straight-six engine, and a large amount of stuff under the skin of the Z4, and put it into a slightly more spacious package in the Supra, with some crazy Japanese styling. Plus you get that badge, which is so embedded in Japanese car culture.
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Caterham does loads of versions of the Seven, from the sub-£30K '170' model to the 420R Race Package. Dozens have come and gone over the decades, too, but the fundamentals are always the same: lightweight, rear-wheel drive, open-top driving thrills of the purest type. Whichever you choose, you’ll get a raw, ‘backside on the ground’ driving experience that’s incredible fun and unlike anything else.
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How about something with a 3.0-litre 6-cylinder turbo petrol engine developing 460 horsepower and driving the rear wheels? Also with a manual gearbox? Albeit, the auto is a £1200 option because 90 per cent of M2s sold last time around were specced with automatics. BMW’s M Division had to fight with the accounts department to even make it available. That’s how committed it was to making this a ‘proper’ sports car. It’ll be the last one like this before everything goes electric, too. Make the most of it while you can.
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The Emira will be the last petrol-powered sports car from Lotus. Sob. Thankfully, the genre is going out with a bang. The Emira is a bit special, everything a modern Lotus should be. You can have it with either a Mercedes-AMG 2.0-litre turbo engine or a 3.5-litre V6, and you can choose a manual gearbox if you like. And with prices starting at £60,000 – for something mid-engined, and that looks and drives like this – it’s actually pretty good value.
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Toyota didn’t really have to make the GR86. It could have gone out with the mega GT86 before turning its attention to something electric. Thankfully, we get one more back-to-basics, petrol-powered rear-wheel drive sports car – a car that’s more about handling fun than raw speed. Because it’s relatively simple it’s really keenly priced (£32,000), although that’s almost academic now because the UK allocation sold out immediately. Toyota may decide to bring a few more to the UK, but If you want one now, there are plenty of low-mileage and virtually new examples available on Auto Trader.
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The most surprising thing about the MG Cyberster isn’t its mad butterfly doors (although they are genuinely amazing), or its super modern interior. It’s the fact that it exists at all. MG has very successfully rebranded itself as a maker of sensible, spacious and well-priced family runabouts, basically. Nobody saw the Cyberster coming. Yet here we are, a ‘proper’ MG roadster for the electric age. IT’s not the sharpest ting to drive, but it’s quick, comfy and very cool.
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