I am seriously impressed with the current crop of compact/economy sedans... they only outdated or "bad" ones I can think of are the wares from Mitsubishi and Toyota. (I don't care how many times you uglify your Corolla, Toyota, there's no hiding the fact it's still essentially the same car from 10-15 years ago... same with the Camry)
...even "failures" in the marketplace like the Dart are damn impressive. (and the Dart is still handsome... apart from the wall-eyed nature of its front fascia)