This is what I think and its not much today....
1) If the average driver was to drive the cars around the track, I'm sure their lap times would be within seconds of each other.
2) If the above average driver was to drive these cars around the track, I'm sure their lap times would be within seconds of each other.
Until you track these cars against time, does any of this matter? Peoples lack of driving skill can/will kill any possibility of sporty in any of these cars! I could drive a mini-van around a track faster than my g/f in a Miata.
What one person thinks is sporty, another person may not. I think we've done the "What is sporty/luxury/fast/slow/good/reliable treads before".
So what % of cars under 40G are even RWD? Lexus IS, BMW 323, Mazda 8/MX-5, Mustang, then some used cars.
Then you have the AWD Subarus.
As far as the FWDs go I think its easily the TSX, Mazda 6,3 then the others.
I had a friend that owned a Civic drive my P5 once. Her complaints were, rough ride, darty steering, brakes grab too quick, stick shift feels too connected and doesn't rev really high. I found it funny to say the least.