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10 Flat-Out Best Auto Steals
These deals on 2004 cars are so good you may feel a little guilty driving off the lot.

10 best steals among new cars
By Paul Bannister • Bankrate.com

Where there are wheels, there are deals, and some deals are steals.

Which are the 10 best cars for the money? To start, obviously, they're not the most expensive. And, they're not necessarily the cheapest. They are, by definition, the 10 best values for your hard-earned cash.

Here are the best steals on the new-car market today:


Most Fun Motor Car: Mini Cooper S
It's got an amazing fun-to-drive quotient. There are 163 horses hidden in a four-cylinder engine, matched to a six-speed manual gearbox in a crisp-handling car that's just supercharged, pure fun. The interior shines, with several color choices for door and dash, so it's customizable at the dealer at no extra cost. The fun mobile gets more points for the huge sunroof -- almost a convertible. Loaded with sport, leather and performance packages, it comes in more than $1,000 less than its nearest unloaded rival, the VW convertible turbo. Approximate price: $24,000

 

I am glad to see we are making a quick recovery
from the Consumer Reports thread.

This car is sure fun to drive. I think they should classify
mini's in a new 'pocket exotics' class. This way people won't
even think about carrying loads of groceries or boxes, etc.
I'd like to tell them 'get another car to do your groceries and
do other utilities...'

 

I use Alice to do my grocery shopping. The last trip included 16 12-packs of diet coke plus groceries for 2 people for a week. No problem.

 

I also saw in the UK magazine CAR that every model of the MINI got 5 (out of 5) stars in The Good, Bad, and Ugly section.