JasonC8301
Flashlight Enthusiast
I would throw my opinion into the mix and say try a Mazda 3.
The Hyundai's are nice (drove around a 07 Sonata for a little bit) but the sheet metal I have noticed on some of them are on the thinner side.
Besides all this throwing around of what owns who and who owns what is really just another distraction. Buy what YOU want and not what other people say about the business HQ side of the picture.
Also pay attention to the country of origin and place of assembly/maunfacture on the sticker. Reading some of them has surprised me. Japanese/Korean branded cars built in the USA, American branded cars built in Mexico...I am not going to get into a lengthy research post about how that came to be but when I had a 06 Jeep Cherokee 5.7 Hemi rental for a week the fit and finish sucked, but damn that car was fast (along with terrible thirst for gas 4 mpg city, 10 on the highway, well some of it had to do with my lead foot, lol.)
The Hyundai's are nice (drove around a 07 Sonata for a little bit) but the sheet metal I have noticed on some of them are on the thinner side.
Besides all this throwing around of what owns who and who owns what is really just another distraction. Buy what YOU want and not what other people say about the business HQ side of the picture.
Also pay attention to the country of origin and place of assembly/maunfacture on the sticker. Reading some of them has surprised me. Japanese/Korean branded cars built in the USA, American branded cars built in Mexico...I am not going to get into a lengthy research post about how that came to be but when I had a 06 Jeep Cherokee 5.7 Hemi rental for a week the fit and finish sucked, but damn that car was fast (along with terrible thirst for gas 4 mpg city, 10 on the highway, well some of it had to do with my lead foot, lol.)