Good, no. Fast? Yeah. 150bhp in something that weighs less than the ashtray in my Beetle...
And that's before it has been tuned.
I hate Novas, but I've always had a sneaking desire to own a pair of 2 door Novas. One carefully, tastefully done as a "Vauxhall Nova GSi2000" with leather and so forth, carefully inspired by a Carlton GSi3000.
The other with better running gear - perhaps a RWD conversion - and badged as a 1.0 Merit. Ideally painted metallic brown.
Richard