Toyota Corolla. I am a Software Engineer and make a good salary but am frugal when spending money on cars since I know they are not assets and only depreciate over time.
Same except I bought an old Toyota Yaris for £2000 cash. It's cheap to maintain and is super reliable. The missus would like a Mercedes G wagon though.
+1 for Toyota hybrid. It's relatively inexpensive vs my income and satisfies all the non-functional requirements I care about (safe, reliable, low emissions etc...).
Wasn't a Toyota, but I got burned with Honda's similar car, the Insight hybrid. The engine leaked oil, taken in to the shop multiple times until it died just under 90k miles. Many people had similar stories online.
It was new tech at the time, so hiccups happen. But I'm sticking with gas cars until there's a longer track record of reliability in hybrids or electric.