In the market for a new car. Need help picking

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Originally Posted by ern-diz

Sounds like you mean this as a negative, right? Haven't driven one for myself, but from what I've gathered, the 2nd gen's offer a minimalist, visceral driving experience while the 3rd gen's are more refined, which some would also call boring. I'd like to experience it for myself.

I'm hurting for a Focus RS. It's well out of the price range we're talking about, but because of my interest in it, the Fiesta ST jumped out at me from your short list. I like that Ford was the only US auto maker not to take bailout money, I think they pack good tech/features in for the money and I like where the styling has gone across all their models. I think they look far better than Acuras, which I think have taken a dreadful downturn in styling. As much as I like the looks and performance of the Abarth I wouldn't go Fiat. Prius is probably your best bet economically speaking.

I meant it in a positive way. I love my 2016 SE but wish it was just smaller and handled better compared to an older Yaris. Cars today are just getting bigger, heavier and uglier. I hate it. Too much spaceship controls and pointless features I don't care about. I guess (hopefully) in a few years the 3rd gen Yaris will get some aftermarket support.

Originally Posted by brushforhire

I just got an 07 VW rabbit/golf and love it. Also I work for Mopar/fiat dealer and would not touch a Fiat with a 20 foot pole.

Yeah, it was a fun car to drive. I drove a mid 2000s (don't recall exact year) Rabbit and it was great. The newer ones are too. But I hate that the higher models cost too damn much. Might as well get another car like an WRX hatch. I assume you see a lot of fiats coming in for service? I've worked briefly at Toyota and believe me. I seen my fair share of pos Toyotas coming in. And I've owned dozens of Toyotas and prefer them ;)