Nissan 350Z or Mitsubishi lancer Evo 9  

the lancer is pretty fast and wayyyyy easier to mod to make much faster, expect to spend over 10k more if you want the z to have and significant horsepower gains. the lancer you could probably double the hp with a few thousand. But if going on looks alone imo the z takes all, the lancer is and always will be a boxy 4 door sedan. I was looking at the wrx a while back but ended up getting the z just because of the looks and really i am not the type to go around trying to race little kids in their civics, not to say the z is slow, just it is kind of stuck around that speed till you go forced induction.