I'm going to be turning 16 in a few months and my parents have agreed to by me a car. They said I can get a 2007 or earlier and it has to have pretty good crash ratings. Personally, I'm focused on the looks of the car, and gas mileage is important too. Performance and after market stuff and all that isn't too important.

I'm looking for automatic transmission with 4 or 5 seats. Two or four door, doesn't matter.

I like the Mazda 3, but I want to check out some other cars similar to that in design/size/style. I've looked at the Toyota Corolla S and it isn't too bad.

Any other suggestions of cars I could look in to? If you need any more info feel free to ask.

EDIT: forgot to say the budget is about $15,000 max.

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True I was thinking it would probably be more useful for the information and advice available on there, even if it's not possible to make a purchase.

What about the Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart? I really like the looks of it and how it resembles the Evo. I'm having trouble finding what kind of transmission it has available. I'm guessing it comes with manual and I read somewhere about it coming in automatic but another place said it was semi-auto. I'm not opposed to getting a semi-auto, but I'm just trying to find out what it has.

Do any of the other lancer models have semi-auto transmission?

EDIT: Same goes for the OZ Rally edition

you've got a nice budget for a first car so I'd go to autotrader, cars, or edmunds.com and set your budget. this should give you plenty of choices for cars.

personaly I dont like Mazda, their nice and sporty but I dont like the way they look. Mitsubishi isn't bad and the newer lancers look nice, and from what I can tell through searching around the lancer comes with a manuel and a "semi-auto" which is a clutchless manuel. I dont know if it comesin a full auto though and Google was no help :eek7:

yeah on most of the car sites i've looked at it says either automatic or manual, but on may reviews i've read it say semi auto. I've looked on cars.com and autotrader.com and i think i'm gonna go with the OZ Rally if I can

manual mazda3 .... or a miata xD

you know you want a miata!
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2004-2005 VW Jetta 1.8T, 180hp and 30 mpg fully loaded for way under your budget. Or, if you can find a deal, get the '06+ with the 2.0T and you're getting just over 200hp and the new body style. Also the Vibe GT/Matrix XRS is a decent little car.