With a curb weight of about 2600lbs and 200+hp kits soon to be on the market, the MINI Cooper S will be the king of true sport compacts in both handling and acceleration. Traction will be the biggest issue for the MINI on the drag strip. By the way, in your list you forgot to mention the truest of sport compacts, the Mazda Miata. That little bugger is, after the MINI Cooper, the next best handling car on the road under 30 large. Anyone care to folllow me through the off-ramp at 70?