[Crazy Canuck]

As title says,

what car would you guys get ?
I'm looking for a family car (sedan) with the following goodies:

• leather
• dual-climate-zone
• heated seats
• HIDs
• sun-roof
• leather interior
• decent handling/power
• automatic (wife doesn't want manual)

I test drove the Subaru Legacy GT Limited edition and wasn't impressed.
Although the AWD was good, lighting sucked, and the triptronic was bloody slow to shift. I prefer the Volvo S60 AWD a lot more compared to that one.
Anyways, what would you get as a car and why ?
I'm thinking on SAAB 93-Aero (2.8V6Turbo: 250hp/258tq, 3175lbs) vs SAAB 9-5(2.8I4Turbo: 260hp/258tq, 3670lbs)... pretty much same price, power.
The 9-3Aero is lighter (~500lbs) but less goodies... so might be more fun to drive, but maybe have less value then the 9-5.
It's a car I want to keep for long (10+ yrs), and have no kids YET, but they might be in the picture very soon, hence the decision for a family oriented car (practical)... but I still want something decent to drive... much better than the 94 civic I have.

Anyways... waiting on input.

[Soma07]

[I usually use up cars until they're not worth much anymore so I've never had to worry about resale value. As for the Accord being a better car... maybe, maybe not. Nothing lasts forever! I just don't care about imports very little of the profit stays in the US. Thats why I'm crazy enough to buy American.

I'm sure that's true for you but most Americans trade in their cars for something newer alot more often. To them resale value is important. For example, the average price for a 2003 Ford Taurus in my area is ~$9600. Considering the car stickered for ~$22k that's over 50% depreciation in barely 3 years (granted with rebates and incentives it might not be quite so bad)

Even if you do keep the car for a while a 12yr old Honda will fetch at least 2-3 in decent condition while you'll practically be giving a way a domestic car of the same age/conditon.

I also try to buy American when I can but when it comes down to spending my money on a car I'm buying the best one I can afford regardless of where its made. If the Big 2.5 truely want to compete then they either need to make truely competative products or they need to price what they do have accordingly (which they can't afford to do). Continuing to buy their sub-par products will only encorage them to continue building them.