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Just bumped an unbelievably beautiful looking Nissan GT-R (see below) that supposed to be coming in 4 different engine specs in 2016 version with hugely variable pricing (almost by 50%). All great. But I also read that this design is gonna be unchanged till 2020, is it true....? If I am not wrong this is the almost a same design since 2012 with minor facelift and adding few inches to the body length, then why Nissan have no plan to add new shape for 8 years for a flagship sports marquee.....?

You can barely fit Audi A3 in that budget for 5 year old model and that I assume it gonna come with 100k on the clock that will defeat your number one priority of being reliable. For smallest BMW 3 series you got to push for 6 years model, again not worth it in your scenario.

Please fin dmy suggestion below specifically suiting within your budget range: Hyundai Sonata - 2012 / 2013Hyundai Accent - 2013 / 2014Nissan Sunny - 2014Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla - 2013 may be 2014 (good deal).

Hi Joyce, welcome to the right place for such advise. Take what is relevant and leave what is not as sometime people get bit carried away on such opinionated thread here. In short none of the three brand you suggested for new car offer anything within your suggested range. You are better off with the little bit used car and your best bet is to go Japanese or Korean considering the budget and reliability is on your top priority.

VEHICLE2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z062015 Nissan GT-R NISMO2014 Porsche 911 Turbo SBASE PRICE$78,995$151,585$183,695PRICE AS TESTED$102,120$151,880$195,175ACCELERATION 0–30 MPH1.6 sec1.2 sec1.0 sec0–60 MPH3.3 sec2.9 sec2.5 sec0–100 MPH7.5 sec6.6 sec6.2 sec0–150 MPH17.9 sec15.8 sec14.9 sec¼-MILE @ MPH11.5 sec @ 12511.0 sec @ 12810.6 sec @ 130ROLLING START, 5–60 MPH4.0 sec3.8 sec3.4 secTOP GEAR, 30–50 MPH13.9 sec3.8 sec2.1 secTOP GEAR, 50–70 MPH10.8 sec3.0 sec2.3 secTOP SPEED185 mph (drag ltd)*191 mph (redline ltd)198 mph (drag ltd, mfr's claim)