350Z. Your basic biggish engine, smallish chassis RWD sporty car that’s always been cheap as hell. And reliable.

Probably gonna have to be the original S60 2.4T and T5 - this particular shade is called Maya Gold. Is it green? Is it yellow? Sure as hell ain’t gold and the Mayans would be offended to have the name associated with them. 2003 and 2004 brought about the much more pleasant Ash Gold.

Bandaid yellow

There are exceptions.

It’s amazing how clean the lines are on the CRX. 25 years later it still looks great, like the NSX’s little brother that it is.

1994 BMW 840ci

I disapprove of your listicle.

Easy:

+1. Pretty much this. 350Z is going to be the best performance for the money. Everything else is going to either be beat to hell, someone else’s project car (aka NO!), or something from 30 years ago that looks cool, but can be beat off the line by a Scion xA.

2003 Nissan 350Z