Hi, I’m a new grad and looking for my first car. I am fine with certified pre owned cars. I prefer smaller cars and want good city mpg as I will be driving it in rush hour often. Not an ev or plug in hybrid as I will be living in an apartment. I would prefer a car with more tech (driving features like lane assist, park assist, etc.). I don’t care about the media system.
Some cars I am considering right now are the Toyota Corolla and Prius hybrid models. I am also considering a Kia Niro, but heard that insurance doesn’t cover some years of Kia and Hyundai cars because of a manufacturing security issue?
Prius Hybrid is a solid choice - good quality, great value. If you can live with it’s design and ride, it will save you lots of money over many years. Even if you don’t find yourself liking it in a year or two you can get good money selling it for something else.
Corolla is so boring honestly. But again, solid economical choice.
KIA has security issue with lower end trims without push start button. Unfortunately, that also increases the risk of some junkie asshole breaking in the car just to check if it has push start or not.
I’d also check Mazda 3 or CX-30. They have same great quality, but nicer drive than Toyotas. You’ll also get a bit cheaper maintanance, but less fuel efficiency.
Honda Civic. I’ve had 3 over the past 25 years. Rock solid reliable.
Thanks for the suggestion
Yw. Never go wrong with a Civic.
A good plug-in hybrid should just work like a regular hybrid, with the additional feature that you can charge it if you have the opportunity and use it purely electric (though probably slightly heavier if the battery is bigger so it has more electric range, and the additional charging hardware). I would consider one if it’s not significantly worse than your other options.
True but plug in hybrids tend to be more than $30k. The cheapest is the Prius Prime at $32k. Even used manufacturer certified one tends to be over $30k after all is said and done.
WRX is what you want!
Thanks for the suggestion
At sub 30K you might be able to grab a used 2019 Accord Hybrid EX. Albeit not a small car. Personally I find it a much nicer ride than any of Toyota’s offerings. Mileage isn’t as good but still worth a gander.
Thanks for the suggestion
Renault Clio E-tech Hybrid, have a 2023 model myself and it’s great. Smaller but not too small, Really good mileage and has the tech you’re looking for - lane assist, park assist etc.
Think they’re around 25-26K from new at the moment.
Unfortunately they don’t seem to be sold in the US.
Ahh, hadn’t even considered the country difference, my bad!
No problem, don’t worry about it. It was my fault for not specifying the country in the post.
