Used 1978 Ford Fiesta (made in Germany). Ended up paying for this one 3 or 4 times over with all the bizarre repairs required. All those weird left handed metric European bolts, I guess.

New 1988 Chevy Sprint 4-door. Great car, started coming apart, so...
New 1990 Chevy Sprint 2-door. A monstrous, screaming 70 brutish horsepower! Got rid of this once we had kids since it was so tiring tearing the thing open with a can opener to get the baby seat in and out.
New 1999 Toyota Camry. Runs great, not bad mileage (4 cyl) and room for all! Only 120,000 kilometres on it, so far.