Got an ST200 a few months back, its WAY better than I thought it would be... its easy enough to hustle down a back road and refined enough to load up with people and stuff and head off down the dual carriageway. Plus, the noise of the V6 is brilliant.. got a K&N Panel Filter with Resonator Removed and its throaty as fook!!
Did around 450 miles in it driving to a wedding in Englandshire the other weekend, mixture of Motorway, Dual Carriageway and Fast A-Road stuff... managed to get 400 miles out of a tank with a wee bit left over according to the computer. That wasn't hanging around either, took just over 2hrs 30min to get from Middlesborough to Edinburgh on the way home.
I also considered a GTi-6 (amongst other cars) but after being bitten badly when I bought a 205GTi a few years back.. I'm always a bit reluctant to go for anything older and french.
Cheers,
Grant