Ok - I would start by flying the following;
Vans RV7
Vans RV10
Robin DR400 180
Cirrus sr22
Diamond DA40
For sure you will not like all of them and that will shorten the list. The first two are home built but are very fast, there are many flying and will probably have very powerful uncertified EFIS tec. The others are all CofA and are all much higher performance than the typical 172.
Rod1