>>>>Wound up buying a Chevrolet Aveo (made by Daewoo in Korea with a Chevy name sticker) and a Kia Spectra 5. Both get better than 30MPG and I can fit in them. Bonus was that both were very inexpensive!
>>>>
>>>>This weekend we are trading in the Aveo for a Toyota Prius. It doe not have the headroom I need but my wife will make good use of close to 50MPG.
>>>
>>>These small cheap fake (that's irony) Chevrolet's are selling at there too. I know big Chevrolet's from my child years. All of korean Chevrolet's are really bad cars. I prefer japan or european (expecially german) cars. You would be choose Toyota Yaris/Auris or Volkswagen Polo/Golf for your wife.
>>>
>>Koreans sell quality stuff in USA. Maybe, it is different in Turkey. I will consider Korean car when time comes to replace my Corolla.
>>In regard to size/power, one should remember seasonal/road conditions. I would not use Corolla if I had to drive in rural, upstate NY in winter.
>
>I don't believe in that Chevrolet Aveo different at USA with Turkey. That's a bad car really. Is american Aveo different than that: http://www.chevrolet.com.tr/aveo-hatchback/aveo-hatchback-index.html
>
>Hyundai is better than Chevrolet as a korean but Japan cars everytime better than koreans. I remember when I was at Taiwan I saw a banner "Made in Japan Sony". They were preferring Made in Japan Sony instead of Made in Taiwan Sony.
>
>If you look a car for use winter maybe you have to look for Subaru.

Once my family spent a year in upstate and we considered Subaru, but settled on RAV4. In regard to Korean brands, I actually meant Hyundai cars; though I am not a big expert.