Mark the 2025 model year as the end of an era. The budget car era of new cars costing less than $20,000 ended with the discontinuation of the Nissan Versa, Kia Rio, and Mitsubishi Mirage. Fret not: the new era of budget cars are way better, and can be had for less than $25,000. We can site inflationary pressure, greedy corporations, tumultuous...