first off,
whoever said that honda's have no torque should really start looking up the factory numbers.
Everything being equal, here's how I would decide. You're going to get bored with the car eventually. Everyone does, you'll start working on it. Add a cool air intake, new injectors et et. This is where the honda shines.
You can pound out more horsepower and more torque for less money then any other kind of car right now with possibly two exceptions, WRX and the Evo.
Look to the rally and road racing circuits, WRX, EVO and S2000's are the vast majority of the placers. You'd think there was a reason why huh?
