As a fellow Kiwi im just going to say im looking foward to seeing you on the news as the next bloke who wraps his car around a tree. Your obviously looking for a powerful car which means your going to (street) race it. Dont say you arent because otherwise there is no point in getting a high powered RWD.
Now what i said was harsh but dont you think we have a problem when every week a boy racer is on the news after either killing himself and his mates or some innocent people?
Anyway enough of my rant. Want my opinion? Get a corolla. Costs nothing to buy and nothing to run and gets you to work and back. Faily sure there a few RWD versions around although they might be Autos.
Just for the record my mates have Skylines, RX7s and one just got a new Blitzen. Most of them are idiots who probably wont make it to 30.