"USA imports" daily driver, whats good?

Those of you with "USA imports" (we will call them) for your daily drivers since a lot of them are actual built in USA. What do you have Honda, Toyota, hyundia, etc... Whats your experience as far as reliability, ease to work on.
I've always bought Chryslers/chevys. But lately have loss a lot of faith in them (especially Chrysler).
So I'm thinking of buying a used "USA import" something in the 8-12 thousand $ range. This vehicle would be our main car/ and needs to be wife friendly.
I'm thinking of a 4cylinder with a real automatic NO CVT transmissions. Probably an SUV type vehicle/ but that's open at this point. FWD or RWD is fine. 4 door or hatchback.
So what do you think of you "USA imports" ease to work on/ durability/ Have you had any major repairs that were expensive, or re-acuring ... I know this is an old car site...but we do live in the modern world. Thanks

I recommend you consider AWD, and Honda, Nissan, and Toyota all have good entries.

Subaru is always a good choice, too.