Mark the 2025 model year as the end of an era. The budget car era of new cars costing less than $20,000 nearly ended with the discontinuation of the Kia Rio, Mitsubishi Mirage, and the rumored end of the Nissan Versa. Nissan announced on Sept. 20 that the Versa would carry on for at least one more year. The new era of budget cars are way better…
