with all the comments, what hav u decided? I think personally if your salary is not more than 3k, better dont think of drivin a sport car unless your family can contribute in maintaining your car. loan interest for a more than 10 year old car will b very costly. how much are you willing to fork out every month?
another thing..back to the choice, Fiat coupe and also FTO is a good choice in term of look. Performance wise, a turbo fiat coupe version is an absolute choice. In stock standard, not many cars can compete with it on the road. for your budget you can get either a 97 turbo coupe 5 speeder (70k and below) or 2000 plus edition coupe 6 speeder (80k and above). In term of reliability, it depends on how you drive it, no one will expect that servicing an italian car can be cheaper than japanese car. Many ppl have the wrong assumption that continental car is costly in term of maintenance. but for regular service, it is cheap! 2nd parts are easily available but some could be relatively hard to find. New parts will be costly and take a long time before your car can get a replacement.
turbocharger car can certainly give a good performance, but there's a price to pay. fuel consumption will be certainly higher than NA car. FTO is not that powerful but is a trade-off for a cheaper maintenance.