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There's tons of information on here about oil and oil changes in the stickies... If you're planning on doing oil changes yourself over the long haul it's worth it to get a Fumoto oil drain valve.
Beyond that, you should use 0W20 full synthetic oil from whatever your preferred brand is if you're primarily daily driving and you live anywhere where the average temperature in the summer doesn't exceed 100F. If you're in a hotter climate or you beat on the car a lot, you could consider running 5W30 instead.
Any brand of oil will do as long as its full synthetic. In the US, Mobil 1 is a good option since it's easily available at a reasonable cost (Costco has 6 quarts for $27 right now). The engine fill is 5.7 quarts, but I find it's closer to 5.5, with my oil cooler installed it's basically bang on at 6 quarts. Give it 5.5 and then take a dipstick reading after letting it settle for a bit and it'll let you know if you need to add more. Oil filter is the same deal. The OEM oil filter is pretty good, but you can also use any of the quality brands of filters without any issue. I was previously using OEM filters and Mobil 1 and I've switch to AMSOil w/ AMSOil filter, I honestly can't tell much difference even on my used oil analysis.
Even though this car is "slow" and is inexpensive, it's still a sports car, a performance vehicle, as such it has different tolerances than a vehicle designed for typical consumer usage. You need to be regularly doing maintenance checks on the car so you can find, identify, and correct any possible problems before they happen. This includes things like correctly checking your oil level, checking your coolant level, and checking your tire pressure. I do all of these things every single time I fill up with gas. It takes 5 minutes at most, and lets me keep track of whether I'm burning any oil, evaporation loss of coolant (woo Texas), and maintaining even tire pressure with changes in temperature, humidity, and road conditions.
If you don't yet, you should be doing these things. I recommend you keep a tire pressure gauge, a tire tread depth gauge, a small flashlight (useful for checking coolant levels and checking brake pad wear through the wheel if you have open back calipers), and a roll of paper towels or a stack of napkins in your glove box. We're talking an investment of 5 minutes when you fill up gas and maybe $20 in "tools". It's shocking to me how few people do this sort of basic stuff.
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