Out of the cars you have listed I would say Focus ST, I have one and love it, nice inside (ST3 - not keen on the garish interior of the 2's) nice to drive, granted its not the best on fuel (I average about 25 according to the computer although its barely used to every time I do drive it its somewhat spirited!) and they aren't the fastest out the box but I think there Is lots of potential relatively cheaply.

I used to have an Evo VI which was 380 bhp and although it drove awesome and was ridiculously quick, it used to use fuel like it had a hole in the bottom of the tank! also it wasn't nice to try and drive it normally, just wanted to be peddled everywhere and im under no doubt that if I had had it for much longer or used it as a daily I would have been banned or in prison!! cant comment on how a standard one is in comparison.

Scooby - had a 04 plate wagon and loved the drive of that too, felt faster than the focus for having around the same power but seemed very plasticy inside, do like the look of hawkeye ones though.

golf R32, nice cars but for me the mk4's look too dated now in comparison to the rest of the cars on your list.

Sorry to be in the BMW brigade but if it was my money id be looking for a 535D msport touring with the 19" spiders, economical, fast enough as standard and fairly rapid with a remap and look very classy but understated imo