golfnut
Full time employment: Posting here.
You can get a sport sedan that has plenty of zip...
I had a 2004 Acura TL with 6 speed.... very quick acceleration and has summer sport tires so it handled really well... top speed was 155 mph...
It was quicker and faster than my 87 Firebird Formula with a 5.7 liter engine... I think it topped out at 140 ish.... I think the Acura was also quicker in the 1/4 mile....
And it was a luxury car when I was not thrashing it around, which BTW is close to 99% of the time (that is not thrashing)....
I have the exact same car. Bought it new and still going strong (only 89.000 miles on it).