Colbalt SS or ______ ?

[Boyd]

Gas prices are beyond ridiculous and show no sign of coming down any time soon. With that said, I'm fortunate enough to have a company car (Toyota Rav4) and a gas card. My employer gives us a choice of driving a company vehicle, or taking a car allowance (gas is still paid for by employer). My car allowance is $550/month (taxes are deducted from that, so I'd be netting about $375/mo) and it will soon be time to get another vehicle.

Once upon a time, I was actually thinking about getting a new Camaro or Challenger and letting my employer foot the bill, but because of gas prices, they recently changed the fuel economy requirements. Whereas there was once no minimum fuel economy standard - I must now select a vehicle that gets a city/highway average of 25mpg to be eligible for the "full" allowance. So my next vehicle choice will be limited to these criteria:

1. Must average 25mpg.
2. Cost less than $25k. (or as close as possible)
3. 2 Door coupe
4. Performance oriented.

So far, all I can think of is the Cobalt SS. 260hp, costs less than $23k, and gets 22 city/30hwy.

What else is out there?