Looking to buy a car. Which cars falls in this category?

Camry V6.

Legacy H6.

Since reliability was in original post, I ruled out AWD car. Otherwise a G37X would be possibly suitable too.

'13 Accord is a good choice. Get that. Nice looking car.

Genesis

Since the buyer doesn't seem to be a car enthusiast, I'd say a 4 cylinder camry with a V6 badge on it.

I'd say either;

Toyota Camry
Honda Accord

If you plan on keeping the Accord for some time, the V6 that Honda makes all use timing belts so you'll have a hefty bill sometime down the road.

zakregent wrote: ↑ If you plan on keeping the Accord for some time, the V6 that Honda makes all use timing belts so you'll have a hefty bill sometime down the road.

I wouldn't dismiss the 4-cylinder Accord - definitely enough power to get around - might be able to get a newer model/less issues and maintenance down the road with it.
Subaru Legacy is a good choice too.

Well, since these are very broad criteria to work within, I suggest one of the following, in varying levels of seriousness.

- Fiero with a GM 3800 swap
- V6 Mustang
- Certified Pre-Owned Malibu, Impala, Altima, Fusion, etc.
- Any of the dozens of domestic, Japanese, Korean generic crossover/mallrat CUVs.

Yeah I know but OP was looking for a V6 variant.

Honda Accord. It has a smooth ride quality and nice exterior/interior.

2012-2013 v6 Camry or a 2011-2012 Lexus ES

Chevy Impala. Those things are very reliable.

2008-2014 Cadillac CTS has v6 engine, uses regular gas, offered in either fun RWD or steady AWD, with a lot of luxury options.

The Ford fusion in addition the Camry and Accord suggestions.
V6 Altima and Maxima as well but the VQ and CVT have known issues.

V6 Mazda6 (same as above Fusion). Both cheap but not without issues. Gotta find a well taken care of one, and weed out all the ghetto ones.

Maxima for sure if you can find one with a manual transmission. VQ engines are pigs on gas though, at least in AWD/RWD applications. GM V8's are even more efficient...there's GM half tons getting as good of fuel economy as a VQ equipped car. I'm getting about 350km a tank in my 94 5.0L Mustang and it uses regular gas, same as people I know with Infiniti G's or Nissan Z's - but those might even be using premium on those high strung ones.

But that's beside the point. Plenty of solid V6 FWD cars out there. I'd personally avoid GM/Buick V6 unless it's a supercharged 3800 with the HD transmissions, or whatever solid 3100, 3400, or 3800 that don't have junk plastic gasket intake manifold issues, and transmissions made of glass.

I picked up a $500 '93 Camry V6 with nearly 400,000 on it that I'm confident I could get to 500,000 problem free. It still has jam to it too.

Accords tend to ask too much...I notice a bubble going on with the used Accord market. Late 90's to 2007 or so Honda had some terrible automatic transmissions mated to their V6's, something to avoid, but for $15k you should be able to get the newer gen ones with better transmissions - still something to make sure of.

Thanks for all the replies! I will definitely look into this recommendations.

Why V6 specifically? Just wondering.

I've driven v4 cars, and then have driven more powerful cars...and I feel v6 would be the best midpoint for daily driver thats not that slow