If its down to performance then there are only 3 cars.
1. Fiesta 1.6
2. NHX ZX Vtec
3. Verna CRDi
Now i am confused do you need a petrol car or diesel will do the job. Coz if you need performance in diesel it has to be verna. If in Petrol you can opt for either fiesta or NHC ZX Vtec. My prefrence would be 1.6 fiesta.
As per handling fiesta wins and fords are meant to handle well coz if they can't then no one will buy it
OR if you want to go for swift then i think as for performance you can get some idea what swift is capable if modded good.
http://carwale.com/Resources/Article...wiftTurbo.aspx
Cheers.