What you guys think will be a good replacement for the Tour ? Looking for something under 20K new or used. Prefer to spend around 10-15K
So far I tried:
BMW 3 series - I am not impressed - (besides chicks attraction factor) I think it's a lesser car than Tour (I tried up to 330Xi, may be 2wd 330 will be better)
Mazda 6 - Nice but heavy. No secondaries
Mazda 3 - nice, light, cheap. But - 4cyl, No secondaries. I got a deal where I get a car for S-Plan pricing and 5000$ for my tour. Around 15K out of pocket for the swap.
Mazda RX8 - slow, expensive, high maintenance.
Volvo S40 - slow.
Honda - can't stand them.

What other cars should I look at ?

What I am looking for - 4 seats and 4 doors, Auto, Some warranty left. Something to drive to work everyday. 0-60 around 7 seconds.


Kirill 98.5 Silver Frost Contour SE Sport (powered by Duratec) traded for 01 Audi A6 2.7T in September 04. Some stuff for sale in classifiends: http://www.contour.org/classifieds/classifieds.php?t=1&c=1