Well, when it comes to new cars I tend to go for the rice burners. I have a Toyota Tacoma and its a great little pick up truck. I've had it for two years, bought it with 89K miles, and now theres about 106K miles, and I have not had one problem with it. I know pretty soon stuff will start going out with all the miles. As for now it runs great.
But my first car was a 98 Hyundai Sonata. It was free. Biggest POS I have ever driven.
My mom has Mercury Cougar. About 20K less miles than I have on my truck and she's already had to put a new transmition in it.
BUT I also own a 1968 Ford Mustang Coupe. I effin LOVE it. 302 V8, 5.0L. Somethings always going wrong with it. The previous owners would order crap from China for it, and those parts are going out. They have on it a radiator fan for a Honda. My brother was telling me that even on a Honda they have a seperate fan for the ac. Its like half the size as it needs. I havent put the right one on it yet because its winter so theres no rush.