I had myself a 2013 dodge dart limited I had bought two years ago for $6500.
It was a black on beige, full leather, 6 way power driver seat, heated seats and steering wheel, nav, Bluetooth, sunroof, backup camera, 1.4L turbo with a 6 speed manual trans. Very comfy and sporty ride. Not the fastest honestly but on highway driving it was a good 25-30mpgs depending on how you drove it. Downside is it ran on 93.
I had the dealer do the timing belt service on it before I sold it and they did a few other odds and ends that only ran me 1200. So servicing it isn't crazy expensive. And I sold it with 155k miles.
But I loved that car still. Some good aftermarket support for it growing too.
And the darts have a very good safety rating as well