If your looking for a newer older car, look in the phone book under car rentals for ads like ugly duckling, take a turkey etc that rent 2 or 3 yr old cars cheap. That will allow you to try the feel of different rigs for a few days to see if it matches. It also allows you to see and feel what the new cars would be like in a few years. A 3 yrold hyundai will let you know what the new one will act and rattle like fairly quickly.
thanx,
bill