If you hunt down a 3 door LR Zetec, from 2002-2004 Sont did a number of project cars with custome interiors, there may be some help out there on those. They're a solid car and would provide a solid base, especially in 3 door.
The performance options would be turbo at around $5,000 for best performance, or otherwise a new intake, full set of headers, exhaust, high-flow cat and a tune. That'll liberate about 120-130kw and will do you very nicely.
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2012 Mazda3 MPS 
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