It's a 2007 Suzuki Forenza. 2.0L engine, 4 cylinders, Gets 22 miles to the gallon city driving and 31 miles to the gallon on the highway. That translates to about 9 km/liter in the city and 13 km/liter on the highway. That's not bad :-). It got a 7.9 consumer rating (highest is 10) at Edmunds.com and consistently higher than 3 stars (out of 5) on all categories (value, reliability, quality, performance, styling, and comfort) based on 119 ratings on Kelley Blue Book.

No, it's not new--it's got about 22K miles on it :-). Steve and I are perfectly okay with getting a pre-owned car, so long as it got checked out and we get the extended warranty so that it's protected :-).

It's got front and side air bags, AC/Heater, power locks, power mirrors, power steering, power windows, CD Player-AM/FM Stereo, automatic transmission, rear window defroster, cruise control (which will come in handy for long trips :-)), and a car alarm with keyless remote. We got it for $11,600 (P507,442) at CarMax.

I honestly didn't expect the experience to be as easy as it was. It was like opening a bank account (well it took longer than that, but it was as easy as that).

In case you wanted to see more of what this model looks like, here are some stock photos: