Get a Saturn SC2 or Saturn SL2. They're reliable and not horribly slow. Pretty slow, but not the slowest thing on the road. Gets good fuel economy also.
Or you can get a SC1/SL1 which have a single cam engine so they get better fuel economy but are really slow. The transmission ratios aren't as close, and the engine only makes 100HP. But it does have it's peak of 110lb/ft of torque all the way down at 2400rpm.