After driving and looking at several vehicles and devouring reviews Karyl chose the Ford Fusion SE with the 1.5L eco boost engine in Sunset. Car will be here Wednesday. Tricked out with the options she considers important. Since it is her vehicle my opinion doesn't matter, but I would have chosen the same. You could flip a coin and choose a Mazda 6 or Camry, but this works for us. Those three are pretty close.
I have not paid more than invoice for any vehicle since 1997. This deal was $2300 under invoice. Don't really know if that is considered good or not, but I'm happy with the deal. Nothing like real world negotiation skills honed in West Michigan. I learned through baptism by fire so to speak.
Just hope she is as happy with this as the '93 Accord Limited Edition & 02 GTZ.