Teenagers / Classic Cars ??

my first car was an 86 dodge lancer turbo and of course i hopped it up would burn the tires going into 2nd gear but i bought it for 150 bucks fixed it and drove it for 3 years untill i bought my wrangler but a jeep cherokee would be almost perfect not horrable mpg and there built like tanks with all the modern airbags belts ext