What do you get when you combine famous Honda reliability and fuel efficiency, elegant European exterior styling, taut suspension, a smooth short-throw 6-speed manual transmission, and a luxurious leather interior loaded with automatic everything? You get a car that's fun to drive, responsive, and great value for the money compared with something like the BMW 3-series, which costs more, is smaller, and gives you less. There's an excellent reason this car has held its value; I've very much enjoyed mine for the last 8 years.

The stock car may not be quite as balanced in its handling as the German cars it aspires to compete with, but the handling is much improved with the optional A-Spec suspension kit and a stiffer after-market rear sway bar. My TSX has both of these modifications, and it has made the steering response amazing. No understeer. I've recently tested brand new sports sedans and still prefer the handling of my 2005 TSX. (However, this responsiveness comes at the expense of a somewhat harsher ride than some like. Most used TSX's will have the stock suspension, which somewhat more comfortable.)