civic
Despite the criticism the Civic is actually a very well made and reliable car. The Civic type R has a V-tec cam profile tuned for high performance giving it awesome acceleration.

Very cheap and easy to mod due to abundant aftermarket parts. Some go overboard and rice them up with no engine improvements and this is why all these guys are so angry. Despite this they can be made to beat any stock domestic car fairly cheaply.
That 2003 civic R looks nice and stock.