Love Civics, I drove mine for 17 years- it wouldn’t die. Moved complete drum set in it for years. Finally sold to a young guy who had asked about because he loved 5 speeds.

I have an A-Spec AWD and agree it’s a great car. I had a 2023 MDX before it and honestly, in many ways the ZDX feels more solid than the MDX did. I think a lot of the flack it gets is that people assume GM still builds bad cars. I know there are folks experiencing issues out there, but I’ve had mine for seven months…

I was also thinking EV. I’ve seen used Bolts and even Bolt EUVs in the sub $20k range. If they qualify, there is a 20% up to $4k tax thing for buying a sub $25k EV used. That drops the price of a $19k used EV to $15k.

This is a case of CIATA (Civic is always the answer).

a Honda Fit is the only real answer here...

A new Mazda 5 with their current styling and interiors would rock. Just gotta give those sliding doors some power.

How about a small minivan?

Honda Fit

He didn’t ask for financial advice. Before you go around suggesting all those things, remember that $1200 is life changing in a third world country. You can give that to someone and change their life, what is stopping you?

I second the Blackwing.

How about a Jeep Renegade? Making it BOF could turn it into the American version of the Jimny. Small, fairly light, nimble off road, and most importantly, cheap! Everything a Wrangler used to be.

X3. Not that I want one, but just to see how much complexity and maintenance burden BMW could build into a full frame.

1: It’s a Hyundai, and Hyundai resale value has never been great.

a quick look on cars.com shows at least one EV6 under $20k.  It’s even an AWD mid level Wind model with 320hp and 282 miles of EPA range.  I’d go for that one...

Well this one has the unfortunate reality of being both a Korean make and an EV. That’s a double whammy for depreciation because it’s bad on Hyundai, Genesis and Kia models.

If you cover 90% of the car there’s a slight 993 back end to it

Already ahead of you… hysteria purple metallic C8 Z06. Although everyone keeps saying “it looks dark blue”. Haha.

More cars need to be offered in purple. 

As you can see, I’ve done this properly. The LC500 will be a decent sell in the next 20 or so years. It’s looks I feel will only get better with time, with Lexus reliability and a V8 all cobbled together in a nice ride quality, how could it not lose?

Obvious choices?  CTR, M2, Blackwings, LC500, Supra