My top 10 affordable dream cars!

RX8, Impreza Bugeye STI, RX7 FC

Man of culture

Jaguar XJS- you can get examples as low as $3000 but they will have reliability issues.
Subaru WRX STI-very reliable and you can get some moderately low examples
Lotus Elise- Reliability depends on the year, and some can go pretty low, as low as 10-15 grand.

1. Eclipse 2G GSX
2. Eclipse 1G GSX
3. RX-7 FC
4. AE86 Levin Sedan
5. CRX Del Sol
6. Supra MK3
7. Golf MK3
8. E36
9. Celica 6th gen
10. 2CV
    (Bonus: Twizy. Also affordable as in under 4K, with the only exception being the Twizy which is around 6-8K)

Gotta day the 300zx is very nice tuner car