Forget that Mitsu crap. Buy her an Acura TSX. Very sexy looking car which girls absolutely love. It retails for under $27K. Comes with kick-arse sound system, stability control, leather, xenons, garage opener, sunroof and does 500 highway miles on a tank of gas. . For another $2K you can add a NAV system with voice command. Unlike other Honda engines this one has a timing chain. Tune-ups won't be needed for 110K miles. Service intervals are at every 10K miles. Nor is it a rocket ship. So she won't be tempted to play a speed demon, or anyhting. Mitsu products have been getting more pathetic with each passing year. I also heard that amongst imports they now enjoy the worst depreciation this side of Kia.