I concur with the second point. Years ago, I hired an Alfa Brera for a week of touring around Devon. I've never had so many random people come up and talk to me about a car (
"It's gorgeous" and "Does it break down lots?"). The rear seats and boot were negligible and it's a definite "heart over head" type of car.
I'm no architect but I bought a 6 year old Saab; I owned it for 5 years and it gave me 120k miles trouble-free - the only outlay was usual running costs. Unlike most Saabs, this one was the lesser-known Hirsch engine mapping, giving just shy of 300bhp from its V6. A bit of a "sleeper" and a great way to annoy Porsche Boxster drivers....