Car choice?

Tier 1:
Mazda MX-5-good acceleration, top speed, handling
Nissan Silvia S15-same acceleration as mx-5, lower top speed, but better handling

Tier 2:
Ford Escort:average top speed, very good acceleration and good handling(you must use blue suspension)
Lotus Elise:average top speed, average acceleration, excellent handling(car with best handling I guess)
Nissan Skyline (R32,R34):heavy(good for team escape), everything else is average, so if you want team escape car, pick this one.

if i were you of course you have 35k starting money ill choose mazdaspeed3 in tier 1 and the mazda rx7 in tier 2 i agree with the skyline it has a very heavy handling i thinks all 4wds have bad handling... if one time youre planning to buy a tier 3 car ill choose a corvette z06 for you... gallardo?? nah very hard to handle!

Tier 1 -> Silvia
Tier 2 -> Ford Escort

well, in tier one i used my corola, i LOVE the corola in this game.
It might be the slowest pick, but it makes up for it in the handling. it handels great.
I was able to win from tier 2 subaru's and evo's with it. Also in team escape i always finished first in my little corola (except if another team member decided to ram me -.-)

So for tier 1: Toyota Corola

I made al the money to buy my 2 tier 2 cars with my corola. It took long but, when i got around level 20, and got some good experience playing the game, the money just came flowing in. In just a few hours work i was able to buy my first tier 2 car. The ford escort.
It's a bit like the corola handling wise, it handles very and. And it is fast. So a great improvement. Very good car, way better tehn the evo, subaru, rx7. So it's worth the price.
Then i got to the point where i felt like buying another tier 2 car. I went for the el camino bleu jug edition. Now that thing is a total beast!
it's fast. Really fast. and it has some more plus points. The handeling is surprisingly good. it doesn't feel like other muscle cars in the game. It handles WAY better then the tier 1 and 2 dodge chargers. Even better then some regular tier 2 cars. And, it rams through everything. In team escape you can head on hit a rhino, it will stop you, but the rhino is gone. You can also drive straight into a roadblock, and if properly hit, it'll slow you down only a little bit.

So for tier 2:

Choise 1 (great price for an even better car): Chevrolet El Camino Bleu Jug.
Choise 2 (also a great car, yet more expensive and in my opinion less good then the el camino) Ford Escort

Now i have nt been able to drive any tier 3 car yet, this is what i'm working on right now. Make the money for a tier 3 car. So i cant help you in that aspect yet.

Hope i helped

Tier 1: I would suggest the Volkswagen Scirocco, mainly because it comes with solid parts already and is pretty cheap. But, if you have better parts or so, I'd go with the MazdaSpeed 3. The mazda has relatively good speed and great handling.
Tier 2: I'd have to go with the Lotus, and with the option of buying sport street parts from the shop, it makes it alot better.
Tier 3: This is where it gets a bit more expensive, I'd suggest either a Murcielargo Lamborghini, or a Ford GT. They both look awesome and the speed/acceleration/handling is quite good. (just if you were curious)


p.s. Stay away from the muscle cars, their acceleration is awesome but the handling is rubbish.