I'm a sucker for number 3. I was just on a trip and a ford focus ran a red light and totaled my Prius on the way home. Luckily my GF and the 3 kids were fine, all 7 airbags went off and I'm sure once the claims adjuster sees it, he is going to cut me a check. My GF wants me to get a bigger family car because we have 3 kids (only 1 is biologically mine). To be fair we aren't married and relationship is too new to commit to a bigger car, she pushing for me to get some sort of minivan.
I'm a big fan of toyota's, honda's mainly because they hold their value and it's better to wait on getting a japanese or korean car then most american cars these days.
My first car was a ford explorer that would stall out at stop lights unless you rev the engine. American cars are good learner/starter cars to figure out basic skills, like hooking up a OBD scanner to identify codes, changing a tire, changing oil and brakes, wipers etc etc. Of course challengers and mustangs still attract women aswell.