We've had Genia's little blue Nissan Sentra for right at 4 years now, and this week we once again discussed trading it in, if we could find a good deal. I spent Wednesday afternoon looking around at a few different things, and my easy favorite was the new Mazda Protege. Automobile Magazine ranked it #1 among 10 small cars. After test driving it, the new Saturn Ion, and the new Toyota Corolla (and owning a 2 year old Honda Civic), I have to agree. It looks great and it drives like a dream. I took Genia to the dealership and she immediately fell in love with a silver Protege5 (hatchback version) with leather interior. After a couple of days of haggling, we got the car at a fair price, and she's taking delivery this morning. Woo! Here are some pictures I found on the web of the car, since I haven't had time to take pictures of hers just yet.

This is a good shot of the exterior, from mileone.com