How bout a taurus......they're only old people cars if you let them be

. You can get 2 V6s the vulcan is a lil less powerful, but very reliable and easy to maintain; the duratec has more power (3.0 Duratec ATX taurus feels faster than my 2.5 Duratec ATX stique) and are pretty reliable to the best of my knowledge. Over time my family has had a ton of Taurus and Sable models all have been very reliable and had minimun problems. And I'm sure that if you look around here in SE mich you can find a very nice one for your price range. Just an ex., my sisters 2000 sable we bought like 1.5 yrs ago, it has leather/cloth seats, 6 disc changer, pwr pedals, 16" wheels, mach audio, and vulcan and it had about 35K on it when we bought it for $13500. So, ya, you can prolly find one with lots of options and fairly low miles for that price. Personally for looks i would go with a last gen sable LS, they look very classy and have lotsa goodies, then next a last gen taurus. Try to get one with a floor console and shifter if u do. They're roomy, big trunk....they're a lil larger than the tour all around, but if you're ok with that go for it. Good luck.