The cost of a car is not what you pay for it up front but what you get for it afterwards, relative to its intial price.
The Subaru and Camry, neither of which i am a huge fan of, will save you thousands over your ownership run.
I drive a loaded, graphite coloured 2003 Honda Accord i4 EX-L and i am VERY pleased with it after 80,000kms(!!!), although T&T Honda is HORRIBLE to deal with. I don't know what is not to like about it. Beautiful interior and console, 5-speed auto, 600km's/tank, tons of smooth power, etc. Incidently, i am selling soon because i drive so much (probably to buy a newer Accord) but probably not soon enough for your needs...
But why not buy near new instead of new? I saved thousands buying my car with 20,000km's on it but still had a 'new' car...
Not to argue with your choices but the Accord, Maxima, Altima, Scion Xb, Matrix, Mazda 3 and Mazda 6 are all nicer and sportier then the cars you have listed. Why do you want such a boring car? (Coming from a frikkin Accord owner!)
Of your choices, the Camry is too boring and the Forester not reliable enough and both are too expensive. The Malibu sucks ass so that leaves the Pontiac G6 and new Sonata.
The G6 in loaded form is probably the coolest of the bunch, but it does nothing really well although nothing badly - it is horribly average.
So that leaves the new and improved Sonata. Hyundai is constantly pushing the envelope much like Honda/Toyota did years ago. There cars are more reliable each year (Near the top now) and the new Sonata is a big improvement looks wise. The only thing missing is that highend engine technology Honda, Toyota, and Subaru have....
Hope that helps....
Claeren.
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