From Soccer Practice, To A Night On The Town, These Sedans Can Do It All.

When choosing a midsize family sedan or wagon there are 3 models for each budget that are at the top of their class. The Toyota Camry has dominated the mid size family sedan market for nearly twenty five years. Volkswagen offers the Passat as a gateway model to the luxury mid size family sedan and BMW offers the iconic 3 series as their premier luxury sedan.

The Toyota Camry has a long history of leading the way in reliability, safety and over all build. The Toyota Camry started its humble beginnings in 1980, from there it quickly climbed to the top of the pack and has been there for twenty five years. The Toyota Camry is a reliable car that won\'t let you down in any way. It retails for twenty to thirty thousand dollars but a used 1990 can be picked up for fourteen hundred dollars. With any other car you should be wary of a buying a car older then ten years but Toyota built the Camry to last. With a good manual this car can be fixed or repaired easily any time you have a problem.

The Volkswagen Passat has long been the favorite car of enthusiastic buyers with not enough credit or cash to buy a luxury sedan. The Passat is not your normal family sedan the engine has good power and the handling is what you would expect from German car. A front wheel drive car it is considered to be a good multi weather car for snow or rain as well. One of the draw backs is the reliability and ease of maintenance with the Passat. In the last 8 years the Passat has earned a little bit better reliability record but for anybody who has owned a 2000 or older has felt the pain of poor German engineering.

The BMW 330i a part of the iconic three series BMW is a reasonably priced for door sedan with a strong history of power safety and reliability. The 330i sold 400,000 cars in 2006 making it one of the best selling cars that year. The new BMW 330i comes with an impressive engine a three-stage intake manifold, a 3.0-liter engine in the 330i its engine makes 255 hp at 6600 rpm, with 220 lb-ft of torque at just 2750 rpm, up from 225 hp and 214 lb-ft in the outgoing 330i. But let us face it when we go to buy a luxury car it better have an impressive engine like that. As for the interior it is no Bentley and what I mean by that is the interior leaves you more feeling like you are in a stiff environment instead of a peaceful luxury car. The BMW 330i sells new for upwards of fifty thousand dollars making it well worth your while to look into the Mercedes E class before you buy one. One final note that should be added is the spotty reliability record. Most of the problems come from the manufacture and are covered in your warranty but who wants to spend fifty thousand dollars to have it in the shop in the first six months.

Over all your decision should be based on what your budget and need are. If you need a sturdy every day car to take the kids to school in on your way to work and then go out to dinner in the evening the Camry is the way to go. If you have a little extra change in your pocket then the Volkswagen Passat is worth a closer look. But if money is of no or little value to you then the BMW 330i has to be at least taken for a test drive.