I believe the mopar stage 1 and 2 mods bring up to about 280, factory installed, factory warranty. SOmeone can hopefully verify that, I'm no expert.
Fits thing first, doing 100 with 4 poeple in the car isnt fun, its stupid. It a fine way to kill your girl and 2 of your friends, while you live through it to stand trial for manslaughter and live with it on your concience for the rest of your miserable life
My car will do over 160, but you wont find me doing that alone, much less with other poeple in the car. But enough preaching.
Naturally I am biased and I will say pick up a 1g AWD for 2-3 grand, toss 2 grand at it and run 12s. Or do the 2g AWD for 6-7 grand, put 2grand in and run 12s. For the money you pay for a new car, you could run 10s, but naturally knowledge is more important than money here. IF you dont want to deal with AWD and its massive advantages, thats fine too. I would still say buy the DSM and put the money saved into mods. If you really want a new car, 4 door so you can kill some friends, and a warranty, go for the SRT4. Its no slouch. And being 2.4 as mentioned above, it should have lots of potential, once someone stops being a pussy and finds the breaking point of that motor.
Its up to you to decide, but if you ask me, they are all great choices.