 You get alot of bang for your buck. At around 18,500$ after rebate, the Elantra value edition is baller. To me ,I think it feels more like a 23,000$ or 24,000$ car with everything they put in it.  It is a very quiet ride, even at high speeds (it's even pretty quiet at 100 mph I tried). And I get excellent gas mileage without driving an ugly car ,or being" that one prius guy" everybody knows. UPDATE 11/26/17 the car now has 13k miles, I'm still loving it. I have gotten close to 50 mpg on highway roadtrips (47.3 to be exact) . I put after market speakers in the car and the only thing missing is an autostarter which is easily obtainable(for around 350$).The only 2 things about the car I think could be improved are. #1 unless it is in sport mode ,the acceleration is somewhat disappointing on lower gears. And #2 some of the plastic in the interior gets scratched pretty easily with metal  high density objects. It looks very nice on the inside, but if you play with knives or something in the car,  it may not be great for long . One of my scratches was actually cause by me dropping my cell phone onto the cup holder . Like yeah that easy to scratch. But its a dope car . Buy it if you aren't afraid of plastic scratches.If you find it important to zip past people and kinda be that one guy, this probably isn't the car for you. Not saying you can't do that; but this isn't a great option for that.All in all if you want an pretty affordable car with nice gas mileage ,good handling and a luxurious feel to it, this is a great choice.Also I live in an area where it snows, I would give winter handling 3/5 not too great but not too bad.