When my poor Beetle was taken off the road by a bad diagnosis of the VW dealer, I had to get to work, so I went out and bought a 2005 Honda Civic.

It is a very simple car, with a price to boot. It cost about $12,600, and it is made in the USA! (Horray for that, I’m not adding to the US trade deficit)

I love it so far, and although they redesigned the Civic for 2006, I still recommend Honda as we have had just about ZERO trouble with both of ours. (and the one issue we had, was taken care of very professionally by Honda themselves)