hmmm.... the good old immortal Nokia and Toyota.,Now thinking back, I have never had a Nokia or Toyota die on me. In fact, I am waiting for Nokia 9 to become available, the cameras look pretty promising, despite mixed initial reviews, most of the problems should go away with an OS update with further optimisation
Johnaudi wroteJust to be clear, what is your budget? And how long will you be staying in Lebanon?
Budget will be around $10k, will need the car for about 3 years.
Don't mind paying a bit more for routine maintenance for a German car that is rear wheel drive and fun to drive. I am just worried that something expensive may break (like BMW's VANOS valves) and cost a fortune to fix.
On the other end of the spectrum, I also don't mind a cheap and cheerful Japanese or Korean car that can just zip around the city and fulfill my occasional excursion needs. Like the Yaris, Cerato or Accent. Honda City also looks pretty good, and it does appear to be slightly better equipped than others. Although Cerato is a class bigger (but it seems severely stripped down in terms of standard equipment level).
In fact, I have some fond memories driving a rental 1.6L Accent around, quite a zippy car. It wasn't the best driver's car, but it had enough go and was cheap enough so that I didn't have to worry too much. But I think the Accent in Lebanon is only 1.4L?