Back when I was a lad, in the mid-1970’s, I had a dream job: shuttling sports and muscle cars between local dealerships. To this day, the most fun was in an MG-B. It was loud, rode hard, but it was the total raw sports car experience. (Admittedly, I was happy not to have to maintain one, though.)
The Caterham 7 (previously made by Lotus) is still that total raw sports car experience.
But in the last decade, they got too pricey for my liking.