What car would be the best option?

I'm 18, (female) and my parents need to figure out what car to get me for Christmas. I want to make the more responsible choice of them all. All would be 2015-2016 makes. My lasting choices are:
Honda Crosstour
Mini Cooper Clubman
KIA Optima
Jeep Wrangler Unlimited
Chevy Impala

My parents are also paying for my gas and insurance until I get out of college, so is there anything that would make insurance lower? Maybe a color or something?

None. How about Mazda 3 or 6?

Optima, Impala or Mini

Go with a sedan and whatever is a lower insurance cost out of those 3

From all you've listed it's either Kia Optima or Chevy Impala. Also take a look at new Honda Civic Si or Hyundai Genesis.

Personal choice

We're all having fun in the downward trend with the gas prices, but deep inside we all assume that eventually gas fees will rise. It never hurts to implement good habits that will keep on with you the rest can ever have and will always help save money, no matter everything that the gas prices can be.

We have put mutually some basic tips they'll, when implemented together, save you money without having to go to the gas station quite normally.

When you start car, only let it warm up for a couple a short time. I have seen many of us let their vehicle operated for 20 and sometimes close to 40 minutes before they would like to go. Needless to suggest, this is going to help you affect your fuel usage.

Give yourself plenty of room when taking out into traffic. This can assist you avoid hard acceleration which inturn used more fuel to get speed. When you do pull out, if possible try and steer clear of running your engine close to high rpm's when shifting because of the gears. Even with a computerized, giving it less gas allow the automatic to get rid of sooner, saving fuel.

Where possible maintain a steady tempo. Have you ever been behind someone traveling that is going 65 you second, then 58 next, then 70 the then? Avoid the up and down speeds and you will definitely save fuel.

When arriving for a stop sign as well as a red light, begin coasting to a stop at the time you can. Having your vehicle idle much more 100 feet before an end will save fuel.

To pass wait until you have got plenty of room so that you could gently accelerate and grow your speed gradually and not have to accelerate hard to understand the vehicle because in on-coming traffic.

If you make an effort to implement all these techniques when possible you certainly will reduce your fuel bills and develop good habits they'll pay off for the other parts of your driving time.

A dependable car, not a sporty one or a expensive. Lets face it if this is your first car it will wear out fast.

I'd scratch the Mini from the list. Not the most reliable car ever made. What would you expect from a sort of British car?

And unless you love off-roading, don't get the Jeep. It will be an ill-handling, rough riding, gas hog. It's a very uncivilized vehicle.

Ten years ago, I'd have told you to run far, far away from Kia, but they are vastly better than they used to be.

Honda is one of the world leaders when it comes to super-reliable cars that will last forever on just oil changes and happy thoughts. Hard to go wrong with that one.

GM is another company that has made huge improvements to the quality of its vehicles in the last fifteen years, and the new Impalas are drop-dead sexy rides. Of the ones you listed, it would be my favorite, although I'd never be able to afford one myself!

Now, I want to throw another vehicle out there for you consideration - the 2015 Mazda 3. I just bought one of these back in May, so I may be a bit biased, but for the price Mazda sells these things at, they come loaded to the gills with features, the 2.0 automatic is rated for 41mpg highway (and if you can tolerate driving at 65 mph, you can beat that number), Mazda makes very reliable cars, and the new ones are stunningly gorgeous since they quite putting that stupid smiley face on the front. At least test drive one before you dismiss it.

Finally, when it comes to insurance, color has little, if anything to do with your premiums. Your age, gender, driving record, and where you live will be the main factors. The one thing you can do to get your premiums down is to get a car with ever single safety feature the manufacturer offers. The less likely a car is to be in a wreck, or the more likely a driver is to escape with minor or no injuries, the less risk an insurer is taking and the lower your premiums will be. The insurance for my brand new Mazda 3 is actually cheaper than the insurance for the 2001 Jaguar S-Type I replaced it with. The Mazda is worth five time what the Jag is, but it has so many high tech safety features that it is far less likely to crash than the Jaguar.