Risk Everything and Buy This Turbocharged, 360-Horsepower Volkswagen Beetle ‘Yellowbird’

And by cheaper, we mean in the form of a Volkswagen Beetle. One Race Cars Direct seller built a Bug which they call an homage to the Yellowbird, and as any half-decent tribute does, this salute thereto goes beyond just a coat of paint and a set of real Ruf wheels. Rather than one of the anemic flat-fours that originally powered this Type 1 Beetle, the seller tells us that they crammed in the engine from a four-cylinder Porsche 914, not to mention a pretty big turbocharger along with it.

They claim to have "invested" €120,000 ($133,000) into this power plant to make it produce 360 horsepower, which probably won't impress you until you consider the fact that a stock Type 1 weighs less than a ton, and that this car likely ways little if any more. In all likelihood, it has a power-to-weight ratio of approximately 350 horsepower per ton, putting it in the neighborhood of cars like the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat.

Unlike the Hellcat, though, there's not much of an argument to be made for this car being a performance bargain; its seller asks €79,000 (over $87,000) for the car. With that kind of money, you could either pick up a discounted Hellcat Redeye for almost $8,000 off sticker and have $25,000 left over to spend on tires, or make your down payment on a 2019 Ruf GT.

But don't let us tell you what to do. If you’d rather end up in a ditch without the protection of modern safety, then that’s your call.