Well... My thoughts are an R31 Skyline... Non turbo one..
rear wheel drive, you can make them loko nice, they hardly ever break down, Not too much power for a first car...
My first Car was an R30, Learnt to drift in it, Plenty of fun.. Then I bought a 2 Tonne Pimp machine ... ha, I even drifted that once... but that was a tad scarey....
Early skylines are good, Or early Toyotas.. Cause they are cheap, and if you thrash them they won't break to quick or go too fast for you to handle...
And if you crash in a gutter, they can be fixed.. Just don't hit a tree, Your spinal cord can't be fixed...
Advice, practise in the rain on a closed off or safe road if you want to learn drift....