Mister:
The answer is obvious. Get yourself a slightly used Acura 3.2 TL. It has leather, Bose speaker package with separate subwoofer, Xenon HID lights, heated seats, integrated audio antenna (much cooler than non integrated), driver side lumbar support, power seats, Sporshifting, 225 horses, v-6, Acura name brand and reliability, Acura resale value, fairly good Gas mileage. 0-60 at 6.7 seconds, and the list goes on. Did i mention all of these features were standard? The only option you can get is Navi for this car. I have this car and its awesome, I reccomend you consider it. Comptech, Mugen, Eibach, etc. have performance products for it. Check out Acura-Tl.com for more.
In my opinion, it is much better than 1.8 Turbo Jetta.. I mean Audi. They are nice as well, and chipped they can be fast but its too small for my taste. I prefer having a mid sized REAL luxury/sports sedan instead of a compact car. With Bodykit the car looks a lot better than an Audi in my opinion as well. This car is the best bang for the buck under 30k new. If you don't mind size, I think the Audi will be a good choice though as well. My previous car was a compact so for me, the extra comfort and ride and safety of the TL (w/o compromising performance) was a HUGE step up. Sometimes when i see so many of my fellow college students driving civics and integras i wonder why i have such a luxury car.