@☠Grя, etc.: Resale value is due primarily to consumer perception (and secondarily to rental fleets, which also lower the public's opinion - look at this gutless base model, etc.). As for repairs, I'd be just as confident in this as I would any other new midsize car (more so than a Chrysler, mind).
@Elhigh: From my experience, that would be the Subaru Impreza. There ain't NO frills on those things, at least the more base-model ones I've driven. Can't speak to the WRX, but the lower models... I'm not even sure they bothered with sound deadening material.
The 1995-97 Contour SE and the 1998-2000 SVT models were seriously good drivers (for being front-engine, front-drive, if we must be pedantic). I just hope that Ford finds an opportunity to put some more power in a manual transmission model, even if it's a limited edition.
@Jeb_Hoge: Amen, brother. The only thing wrong with my '97 Mystique is the endlessly-vibrating Box of -5 Power bolted behind the engine. Handles wonderfully for what it is.
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What's that, you say? That would cost Ford five, ten, or fifteen thousand dollars over the life of each car???
I rest my case for buying a Japanese car.
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And I gotta admit... I quite liked it.
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