I will probably need a new car soon, (mine is 10 years old and several things under the "hood" are made of plastic and are starting to perish) - and I can conclusively report that after hours of research, everything available on the Australian market right now (Petrol, Diesel, Electric, PHEV, Pedal Powered, or some other bizzare propulsion device) is absolute and utter trash, or as we refer to them "a shit box".
That includes "lightly used" vehicles, as well as new ones.
There's only one car that really tickles my fancy.
i30 N: Sedan.
Yep years is a good amount of time, they're not actually made to last that long these days.
You know, I was told by Toyota that they consider the warranty period the life of the car. Crazy right?
I've not driven the i30N but have seen them and they look ok. One of my mates is a dealership tech at a Hyundai dealer and he's convinced the Hyundai product is pretty good. The dealership transitioned from Holden to Hyundai for obvious reasons and he didn't previously like the latter. He's now an advocate after working on them.