one of my g/f's friends has a 2013 dx? model.. it's not a bad car. the interior is pretty nice. I like the radio/ice set up. it rides pretty nice. It's slow by sports car acceleration, but its no worse off than, say, a 2.5 Altima....
it's just not sporty AT ALL. Perhaps, it's not supposed to be.
I'm sure the Si is significantly better in this department.. but it's that lack that keeps so many people like me from even considering it.
I WANT TO BUY a new car in the ~25-30k price range.
I continue to own my current car because there's just nothing in that price range that is:
- fun to drive (speculative)
- has proper seats that hold me and can be adjusted how I like (bottom aiming with the butt down, knees up, proper lateral and lumbar (rare to find.. honestly the genesis seat bottom is not as tilt-able as much as I would like it to be....)
- has enough power and brakes to satisfy me (a challenge, given)
- has the proper space I want (which rules out the brz/370z/other 2 seaters and stuff)
- looks good (speculative)
- decent 25-ish fuel mileage with real world driving (I get about 23 real world out of the genesis)
-homelink/Bluetooth/autodim rear view/hid's required.
I was hoping the CLA wasn't going to be such a pos. I was really considering that for a while. Then I saw the back. :/ Then I saw the problems. Then I saw it's not RWD. then I saw they are making an AMG model for 45k. and that's the car i'd want, but it's 20 grand too much.