An easy to work on, reliable, with inexpensive parts available.....sports car?

Simple, Arial atom. By far easiest car to work on because of how it is built, and it is a honda engine(cheap). Not realy street legal, but if you find a used one; its cheap, its fast, its fun, and an all around great car.

here look.
http://www.arielatom.com/

a BMW Z4