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Originally Posted by J-Chow
Perhaps consider kia / hyundai. They've come a long way in terms of build and quality. You get most features when compared to similar trims and models .
Check out the Elantra GT, sport, veloster, kia soul turbo, forte.
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To add onto this, and an unpopular opinion since most ppl recommend Japanese or German, I would say give Elantra sedan a look.
I know you want a fully loaded one, but that's pretty hard, pretty much any compact sedan will run you more than 30k OTD if not close to 30k.
A civic hatch will run north of 30k easily. If you take a look at Hyundai's website below, you can see you can get pretty deep discount for the 2018 sedan (The 2019 Elantra just debuted a few days ago, so you can probably get even big discount than what the website says)
You can get the very base model with manual no a/c for $15k OTD for a brand new car, that's pretty much unheard of in the compact competition for a brand new car but you need a fully loaded one.
Or you can get the mid trim (GL auto) for $21k OTD, pretty good deal if you ask me.
https://www.hyundaicanada.com/en/sho...e/2018-elantra
Compared to a Mazda 3 or Civic, it's at least $5k cheaper, maybe $8k to $10 cheaper for a comparable trim level. Yeah the japanese have better resale and will probably run longer without problems, but are their cars worth $5k - $10k than a Elantra?
Personally, it just feels ridiculous to have to spend close to or even more than 30 grand for a brand new compact car these days, a bit more than 20 grand is all I can accept, and there isn't a lot of companies where you can choose from