I am looking to buy one of the above cars. Does anyone have any suggestion on which one to go for. I fancy the Type R personally as it appears best for reliability, performance and sheer fun factor, however I do like the styling and interior of the celica 190. The Focus is by far the cheapest, has the best handling (so I am led to believe), is the easiest to locate and I would suspect the easiest and cheapest to repair. The Focus and Celica wont touch the Type R on performance (0-60 = 7.9, 7.4, 6.4 respectively), however a car is much more than straight line speed. I have heard that you really have to thrash the nuts of the Civic to get it to do anything due to a lack of torque. I believe that this may also be the case for the Toyota as well. I still cannot make my mind up and would appreciate any comments people may have regarding these three (especially if you have owned or driven one yourself).Cheers