Absolutely agree. Was helping the GF some 12 years ago or so go car shopping because she was tired of her 4 door Civic. There was an 4 door SVT on the lot. 34,000 miles. Talked them down a bit. I hooned it a bit on the TD. She didn't know how to drive Stick. Showed her how to drive stick on the test drive with the salesman. We walked away. They called us and dropped a huge chunk off the price. She got it for about $12k plus they took $3k for her civic.SVT Focus.....proper car, man. I see one every once in a while and still drool over it to this day.
Wish I had gotten that car for myself, it was fantastic. I still want one, it is on my list for play cars when I can get one.