Edit: Unless she wants something new? I wasn't sure. If new, then, the Ford Pinto is a sporty and well-proven design.
They stopped selling the Pinto outside Latin America in the 90's. I'm sure they'd want something newer than that.
The Current Pinto Atom they sell in South America is just a crappier Ford Ka, with less sound-proofing,and a crappier drivetrain, but it does have a much more powerful, dehumidifying AC system than the Ka.
It's better than the Fiesta-based Pinto Sedan/Station Wagon and Pinto 4 (OOC:OTL's Fusion/EcoSport), but not something I'd ever want to import stateside. Even to California, Florida, or the other CARB-FES (CARB Fuel Economy Standards) states (which usually also have size and displacement based vehicle taxes, although Florida's are the most severe.)
Also, just as a reminder, California, Florida and Nevada are the only states that allow the operation of self-driving cars in the US.
(OOC: This is true IRL as well, with California being the third state to do so.)
Honda and Google Labs will be leasing a few hundred self-driving CR-Zs for two years in those states for two years of large scale testing starting in 2013.
Volkswagen Commercial might join in with a few hundred leased Transporters, Caddies and Deliveries.
We might see about getting a self-driving Delivery 8.200 for work, since it's a possible low risk option, and would be an improvement over the shitty Isuzu Elf twins (Class 5/6 trucks) we have now (The F-series we have OTOH can stay, although it's getting a bit long in the tooth) but it'd still be much more compact than the F-650s and Topkicks that we'd normally consider.