Help me choose between perfomance economy cars.?

Daily driver, first car, all seem about equal. Subaru WRX (5 door), Mazdaspeed3, Hyundai Genesis 2.0T, Honda Civic Si (4 door), Sentra SE-R Spec V or any other performance "economy" car. I think you get what I mean lol. I know Subaru interiors are crap and it seems like they are having a knock issue with highish milage. I like the 6spd with the Mazda Hyundai and Civic. Not sure if the Nissan has that but I don't really like Nissan due to experience with them. I like Subaru awd. Im leaning towards the Mazda because of experience, bang for buck, fwd (rather than rwd from hyundai), and practicality (I must drive through snow and carry at least 3 passengers with 2 bags each (for swimming and school lol) Opinions?