[rpoz-29]

My wife is currently driving an '06 Sonata. It has been a great car. We bought it new maintained it well, has almost 160,000 miles on it and still runs great. I just started thinking about a new car for her. I've considered another Hyundai, but like the looks of the Chevy Impala, and Equinox. Anyone have any experience with either of them? She's on the road without me from time to time going to see the grandkids, and I've begun to worry about the Hyundai on the road so much.

[slowTA]

To jump on the Buick bandwagon, we just picked up 2011 turbo Regal with a manual transmission. I'm still not sure why you have to pick between a manual trans and AWD... is it really that hard to give us both?

It has a nice ride, the 220 turbocharged horses are fun, and it shifts great. The downside so far just seem to be with the age of this one with 100k miles. Lots of previous owner scratches and other signs of a rough life. Including 4 bent wheels, that were only noticeable over 60ish.

Finding parts will prove to be a bit of a challenge, rockauto shows some annoying repair stuff as out of stock... power steering pressure line, turbo rebuild kit, flywheel, and some other off the wall things.

Also, you won't find much performance suspension stuff (but basic replacements are ok). So that can keep your wallet happy, I guess.