2008 Ford 500
Still looks like an old Passat on steroids, if you ask me... but its hard to argue it isn't a decent choice. Especially when it is showing to have the same ballpark # of days in the shop as the new Honda Civic (see truedelta.com). And that is WITH the CVT in there. Get rid of that troublemaker.... :)
(BTW, if you don't agree with the steroids comment, wait until you see them side-by-side - the Five Hundred dwarfs the Passat.)
Still think it's a pretty handsome (if somewhat bland) looking car. Could do without that great big chrome grill, but that goes for several Nissans, the new Jetta, and some others, too.