MX5? - Fun to drive, quickish, rear wheel drive. all good. impractical as fúck.
Fiesta ST - not the quickest (but quicker than the MX5) but handles like a dream. Has rear seats and a boot.
Not driven the Peugeot Sport GTi but apparently that is good fun too.
The Fiat Arbarth 595 is fun too, but too small and noisy as fúck.