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It is sad but let's not kid ourselves, why would anyone pick up a Ford Focus (not the ST) or a Chevy Cruze over a Honda Civic or Corolla?

@@Realwessharpe true, but it was a very low cost car for the used market . Rental fleet then sell to those just need to get to where they have to go

@@RealwessharpeThe ford focus I would buy,but chevys recent cruz sucked ass. There’s literally nothing special about it at all. It could’ve been great.

Abandon the market by selling a million cars a year

Abandon the market by selling a million cars a year

Not to disparage your choice,but I payed the same amount for my Mazda 3sedan, if you look at it and drive it, I think you will understand. Good luck.

@@timothyjarvis4208 Mazda 3 was my first choice just in my area they were 3-4k more, or even more. Glad you got a good deal just was too expensive for me

@@timothyjarvis4208yeah could’ve gotten a Civic for that which is better quality, better reliability, I wouldn’t pay a penny over 20K for a Forte or Elantra

@@ammarisrar2005 my Mazda three cost 25 grand, as for the civic being a better car, well, spend some time behind the wheel of the Mazda 3 my friend, it's a premium experience easily the best in it's class

Same, I was gonna go for the hatch but this gen hatch kinda looks weird, like a squashed Mazda CX-30. Or Like a shoe, or an egg on wheels. The sedan looks good at almost any angle

@@Unsalted375 true the sedan looks better. also the hatch has really bad blind spots

The corolla couldn’t compete with the civic if they tried Honda always outclasses Toyota in every aspect. Hondas a class above Toyota and on part with the best from Hyundai kia Mazda

@@naveenthemachine on tech no they are not, and on styling no they are not. toyota and honda are more similar than honda outclassing toyota, but toyota offers a hybrid, honda doesn't. toyota offers awd and honda doesn't. u saying honda is on par with hyundai and kia is like saying that American companies reliability is on par with the japanese companies

@@huanronghu4432 Hondas offer hybrids with better regen braking and a mechanical AWD on the crv. And if you look at Hondas they’re more competitive with hyundai Kia Mazda. In rankings Honda is either top of the class or 2nd place. Toyotas almost always ranked dead last alongside infiniti and Nissan or a GM product

Indeed. I’d almost go with a Jetta and maybe even a sentra over a corolla nowadays

If your smartphone can connect to the car's speakers what more tech do you need? These stupid tablets sticking up from the dash are ridiculous and will be slow, outdated, or broken long before the car is wearing out

Thanks for the support! We love driving Mazdas too!

it is the jetta is so underrated, rides like an audi and has room. Steering is light and it gets 43mpg for me !!

Good point. Also Corolla will have huge markups (true here in Dallas) while Jetta can be bought with no markup so that makes Jetta more attractive.

@@braetonwilson4296 From the Rust Belt. The name is accurate. This is where cars have a hard life. The durability aspect of Japanese brands, specifically Toyota and Honda, becomes very relevant in choosing a car to daily drive on salt covered roads. You can't easily get a full 25 year lifespan out of most cars here. Also, everybody here knows the fact that having a breakdown in a blizzard is not just inconvenient but potentially dangerous in below freezing weather, so reliability is all that more essential. Since you're living in the South, I think some of the cheaper compact cars on the market could be a better choice.

dang that sounds rough! yeah especially considering how expensive corollas and civics are down here in dallas, I would much rather buy a cheaper Jetta.

Agree that it's underrated. Also, besides the Mazda3, it's the only non-CVT option on this list for people who hate CVTs. Unfortunately I have a feeling VW is going to discontinue the Jetta for the US market due to low sales numbers.

Civic is very attractive no doubt but Mazda 3 is the King to me. Why? Both Civic and Corolla have huge dealership markups here in Dallas Texas which make them expensive vehicles, even in base trim. On the other hand, you can buy a Mazda 3 for MSRP and no markup.

@@braetonwilson4296both Mazda and Honda has manual option which is appealing to me

yep, gotta save the manuals and both Mazda 3 and Civic are fun to drive too!

@@braetonwilson4296 True, but people will still buy them for their dependability.

Much appreciated!

I add the 2017 and today 2021 andifi don't step up for cx 70, I will go for mazda 3 Sport gt awd turbo . I Love mazda ❤ have a nice drive my friend zoom zoom

@@jxmar_ Honda did confirm it. It’s coming next year. They confirmed it on their newsroom page.

It’s possible to come at the Los Angeles Auto Show, if Honda decided like that of course. Similar to how Honda debuted the 2020 CR-V hybrid?

I can’t wait either. I would trade in my Accord Touring Hybrid in a heart beat. I miss my hatchback!

@@joecrash1232when is LA auto show?

@@verynickAt least for the public and after all the vehicles debut (North American and world’s debut), it starts a week before Thanksgiving and end on the weekend after Black Friday.

I would get the Gt-line if you need AWD, plus it's still well equipped at that price point. It ranks above avg in reliability but it's no Honda or Toyota.

Thank you! We made a list of mid-size sedans about a year ago and here's the link: (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hnVit7UnXuc.html). We will update once the new Sonata and Camry come out!

@@CarConfectionswhat will be a good car for a new driver

The brand as a whole scores avg to below avg in reliability in comparison to the Japanese brands.

I owned a 2017 Ioniq hybrid for 5 years before I totaled it last year. It was a great car with a comfortable ride for a compact with exceptional gas mileage and loads of storage. I bought a 2022 hybrid Elantra when I was in a pinch after my wreck last June (when you had to pay thousands over MSRP for a car and pray that you could buy one). It’s a comfortable car that drives well and is very roomy. The door cup holders are useless though, its gas mileage doesn’t touch the Ioniq Hybrid, and the bar separating the driver from the passenger is a daily frustration.. The hybrid Elantra has dual suspension while the normal Elantra doesn’t, so that contributes a lot to its driving dynamics. I’m not in love with its looks but it’s grown on me a little in the last year. But overall I’d say that I like the car and it’s better in some ways than the Ioniq, but I still miss my Ioniq. Oh, it also has great tech and safety features. Hyundai’s awesome warranty convinced me to take a chance on the brand (and I knew 1 person who had previously owned a Hyundai with all good things to say about it).

Though the newer models seem decent, I had a '18 Sonata which was a fucking lemon so I'm good off of Hyundais.

@@incogneter I had the same experience with both Ford and Chevy, but still loved my F-150 before the transmission went out.

No more Impreza sedan lol

That is the Hyundai IONIQ 5 we were testing out that week

@@CarConfections I had a feeling! What did you think of it?

@@laceyr.2642 it's great. We loved it!

Hyundai IONIQ 5

@@CarConfections Thanks appreciate the response, love the channel :)

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@@pierrebeausoleil5885 fake news?

even if i won the lottery, i would never drive a huge heavy high up boring to drive suv. I love small nimble light weight cars, so much fun to drive! I drive a Chevy Spark at the moment.

@@braetonwilson4296 my lottery win daily driver is a minivan.

​​@@braetonwilson4296Also because you could actually see what's right in front of you instead of having to rely on a screen in a SUV or a pickup truck. Then, if someone gets hit by a smaller car, it's gonna suck for everyone involved of course, but the impact in that case would go towards the legs, which would suck, but is less likely to be fatal. If that guy got hit by a SUV or pickup truck meanwhile, the impact would go towards the torso, which contains multiple vital organs. So there's a safety factor that makes smaller cars better.

Um no, majority of them don’t. 90% run like a clock! Even turbocharged ones last a long time.💪

@@gmanbaz - 90%? That's a pretty bold statement, seeing that a lot of people are recommending staying away from all Hondas with the 1.5 turbo engine. I wouldn't touch one with a 10 foot pole.

With Hyundai/kia,they give you alot of great safety features even with base models of their vehicles. For example: lane assist,steering assist,collision avoidance,blind spot detection,digital speedometer,great interior,etc. and like I said that’s even with their base models,which most car companies(mainly American) don’t give you those features standard. I just bought a 2023 Elantra brand new a week ago,and I have a friend that bought a 2024 base model of a Corolla. I had to question him if that was even a 2024. I love the higher trims corollas,but I also needed something a lot bigger as well. If it wasn’t for the redesigned Elantra,I wouldn’t have bought it. But I definitely do agree with you on the LEDs,it’s a shame Hyundai and Kia don’t put them on all their cars. But Hyundai finally put leds on all trim levels of the 2024 Elantras. I had 2020 Kia optima,and it not having full leds made it look ugly until I put full leds on it.

Doesn’t last very long before it gets expensive to maintain lol

@@gmanbaz take the prepaid maintenance and extended warranty

I own one. Lol

But you get longevity and reliability as a result of spending extra

I was bummed about no satellite radio also, and I have the mid-level 3, but since it’s got Apple car play, I just use my Sirius XM app. It’s an acceptable work around, for being able to drive a pretty amazing car. Mazda needs to change that though. ✌🏻✌🏻

What’s wrong with the Accord? Accord’s are fire!

@@gmanbaz their is a lot wrong with it that I can't even explain.

Corollas have huge dealer markups (true here in Dallas Texas) which makes it much less attractive to me. I would choose Mazda 3 because you can buy it with no markup.

@@braetonwilson4296 I’d go civic touring. But mazda3 is good too

@@braetonwilson4296 Unfortunately, in Canada, various Toyota and Honda dealerships are doing the same thing... you can even order the car as MSRP then get the call 8 months later that another car has come in that matches your specs for 3,000 to 5,000 more. It might even be your car for all you know but the way the allocation system works, we are screwed at the moment. The consumer is powerless here.

at least you have free health insurance, I pay high taxes and still have no health insurance here as an American. I went to the ER for a 3 hour visit this year and I'm paying off a 25k bill

@@braetonwilson4296 Ouch... I'm sorry to hear that. To be honest, I feel that free or at minimum, affordable health care is a far more important topic that Americans should be discussing, rather than dealership markup. My sympathy.

you are right, but they know that too. they did a video recently comparing the corolla and prius.

Impreza should’ve been in this

Same goes for Kia Niro and Niro hybrid fire recall 121,000 (August 6, 2023)

Hyundai and Kia recall nearly 92,000 cars for fire risks also. Due to electronic controller in the oil pumps. (August 4, 2023). 2023 Tuscon, Sonata, Elantra, and Kona and 2023-24 Palisade and 2023 soul and sportage and 2023-24 seltos

To tell you the truth, Nothing, and I mean NO thing, is perfect in this world. That’s universal. That includes Toyota, Hyundai, Volvo, Honda, Audi and any other brands of cars we know of. Everyone make mistake here and there. Hence, recalls exist for every brand, not just Toyota.

@@joecrash1232 No one is talking about Hyundai and KIA fake fire recalls toyota fanboy. Quit crying

@@joecrash1232 remember this is toyota's second fire recall this year, right? Lexus NX 450h+ and Toyota RAV4 prime had a fire recall. Also this is toyota RAV4's 3rd fire recall.

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