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The main reason used Honda's cost what they do is that they cost so little to own as hardly anything on them brakes unless it's from abuse or neglect, I have not found that to be the case with other small cars, I've known handfuls of people with Ford Escorts and they would all spend $500 to $1,000 more per year on repairs then I would on my Honda Civic of the same vintage and I would get 50mpg while they would get 35 to 40mpg, so to me the extra up front cost is well worth both the time and money saved in reduced repairs.
If I was in the market for a new used car, I'd either buy a first generation Honda Insight like Daox suggested (2001 to 2007) and figure that between the 70mpg it gets and the aluminum body that doesn't rust out, that you will own it long enough to pay for it's self in fuel savings alone, they seem to be selling for $3,000 to $6,000, otherwise check out the first generation Toyota Prius, I was shocked to see that they Kelly Blue Book value at $3,500.
Honda Civic VX's and Honda CRX HF's are nice, but they are getting really hard to find and sell fast or for a lot of money.
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