Factory Sleepers

[willizm]

335i sedan. With full bolt ons and Tune you are looking at about 400whp/400wtq in an unassuming package that can be dd year round.. Gives alot of muscle cars and sports cars a run for their money.

 

[walt460]

"Yes" to the three that Kay Jay posted, and the early SHO Taurus, add the 2001-2004 F150 Lightnings, plus the 2003-2004 Terminator Cobras, the 1989 Pontiac Trans-Am with the 3.8L Buick turbo and you got a pretty good start on a list of Factory Sleepers.

 

[TonzKnock-G]

what in the world

 

[walt460]

what in the world

You do no think the cars/trucks listed were factory sleepers?

 

[Mr_Roboto]

If debadged a Lightning sure, but a Termi? Common now, it is considered only one of THE most legendary performance machines of the early 2000s if not the whole decade. For as great as the new stangs are these sure as hell where the foundation of that.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

The ol' 3 year thread bump eh?

 

[cacicgtp7]

You do no think the cars/trucks listed were factory sleepers?

It was you bumping a thread from 2011

 

[walt460]

OK, tread was old, sorry. But I like SLEEPERS, always have.

And yeah, Roboto, Terminators should not be considered a factory sleeper. They were faster than they looked, but word spread very quickly about their capabilities. I was thinking... in a sea of Mustangs on the roads, they could easily hide.

 

[boogeyman]

87-88 thunderbird turbocoupe 190hp turbo 4 with a 5 speed faster than a same year mustang and handled worlds better with mild mods gave fits to f body`s and most other factory v 8 cars of its time

 

[torquelover]

For you older guys on here, this was a sledgehammer back when the faster cars kids had were the 3.8L Taurus, the 3.0L Mitsu-powered Acclaim, an auto T-Bird TC, and various 305 powered GM F and G bodies:

Infiniti Q45

A beast for it's day, especially on the highway. No one knew what it was.

A couple friends had these two and cleaned house:

Dodge Spirit R/T

Ford Taurus SHO

 

[Mike K]

This:

2008 BMW 535i white pearl

If you are a car enthusiast and you still don't have an E60 535 it's because you're dumb.

 

[Xfirez51]

Just a C4?



With this in it

 

[raresvt]

For you older guys on here, this was a sledgehammer back when the faster cars kids had were the 3.8L Taurus, the 3.0L Mitsu-powered Acclaim, an auto T-Bird TC, and various 305 powered GM F and G bodies:






A couple friends had these two and cleaned house:



Dodge Spirit R/T

Def a sleeper..badass sedan

 

[Dasfinc]

Wow, back from the dead

Ecoboost Flex
Chevrolet PPV
Turbo Optima
Volvos current crop of turbo offerings

All spring to mind