If we consider the FE, comfort, reliability and price.
- I heard the Corolla isn't reliable as they were.
- Civic are a bit pricey (2000$ or 3000$ higher).
- I don't know someone that drives or didn't hear good nor bad things for the Cobalt. Scared 'bout Chevrolet's quality
So my choices would go for a Sentra or Focus. But which one?
The differences I see clearly is the styling and the transmissions.