For practical uses: Any Subaru. They're marvelous. Specially the All-wheel drive ones. I have a front wheel drive one at the moment. I also like Hondas, Toyotas, Nissans, and Mazdas. Banzai!!!

For classic looks: The great cars of the mid to late 30's! They were gorgeous looking vehicles. The Duesenbergs, Mercedes, Cord, Lincoln, Packard, you name it. Those were the height of aesthetic car design.

For more recent good looks: Jaguar XK sports cars, early MG sports cars, Triumph sports cars, old Mercedes SL's, and the like...from the 50's and 60's.

Bobert - You oughta call up Bruce Springsteen and compare notes! The guy is nuts on cars. He wrote some 500 or so songs. 479 of them are about girls and cars...or cars and girls...or girls in cars...or just cars...

"Baby, you can drive my car...
Beep! Beep! ummm... Beep! Beep! Yeah!" (Beatles)