No hatin' on the Cordia. Its finally a topic I know something about since I've owned two of them in my life.
Cordia's do have a cult following in Austrailia. The 1.8L 4-banger is not the best engine by any means. But gearheads in Austrailia do swap in the 4G63 all the time. With a car only weighing 2400, a 4G63 can really make it move.
I sold my 88 Cordia turbo a couple of years ago. I had rebuilt the engine, but it still needed some other TLC, and I just lost the motivation to keep going with it. I bought by Spyder and needed the garage space, so the Cordia went up for sale.
The Cordias aren't a beutiful machine, but I love them. And as you can see, the Cordia was my fastest car:
http://mn3s.org/cordia/all-four3.jpg 
later,
Curt