My wife and I got an '02 LX last fall. Great little car. Handles like a dream. I kinda wish we got the ES because of the 4 wheel discs and bigger wheels, but the LX was a better deal for us at the time (14k fully loaded MTX and Dplan) Anyway I would highly recomend the Mazda, I haven't driven the Sentra but according to the articles I've read it's much more refined then the Sentra or Focus. Now it is lacking in the horsepower dept, but the thing handles like it's on rails, (much better then my tour anyway)
