I agree that it's very very hard to find a decent manual transmission 'affordable family car'. By affordable, I myself think of 6-9k and used, because I'm attending school right now and don't have too much money to spend. I also like to stick to domestics, so Ford or GM. I can't think of a mid-size sedan with over 200hp, manual, and being Ford or GM, and also in the cheapo price range. Too bad GTPs aren't manuals.
