Tom Skerritt
Footballguy
My son turns 16 in a few weeks. I am handing down my 2013 vehicle to him, and therefore I am in the market for a replacement. I am certainly open to buying used, but I tend to feel safer going with new. My main concern is fuel efficiency. I have about a 100-120 mile (mostly 70-75 mph highway driving) round-trip commute each day. This will primarily be a commuter car, but I'm sure that there will be times that it will need to carry a family of four. I think that I can comfortably afford a $30K sedan, but I just don't think it is necessary. I have been looking at vehicles in the $15-25K range.
Cars that have been considered:
Honda Civic
Honda Insight Hybrid
Hyundai Elantra
Ford Focus
Subaru Imprezza
Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid (test drove a used one of these, and briefly attempted to negotiate a deal but walked away)
VW Jetta
Am I missing anything? And what are your thoughts?
Cars that have been considered:
Honda Civic
Honda Insight Hybrid
Hyundai Elantra
Ford Focus
Subaru Imprezza
Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid (test drove a used one of these, and briefly attempted to negotiate a deal but walked away)
VW Jetta
Am I missing anything? And what are your thoughts?