2013 Subaru Legacy with the 6 cylinder engine and five speed would be a good deal. I own this and although I spent about $4000 over the last two years it has been fine since then. Essentially, the suspension goes around 120,000 miles as did the master brake cylinder, but up to that point it was troublefree. Now has 135,000 and it has been fine after another 15,000 miles. The four cylinder is not such a good deal because the CVT transmission won't hold up.
2013 Toyota Camry would work. These things last 200,000 before major parts go on it. if you can find one in good condition it probably would be better than the Subaru.
Othes cars in that price range that year that could work include Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, and Mazda 3. All are smaller, but cost less to operate and get better gas mileage. All five cars I list here you can get at 10 years old for less than the $10,000 you list. As long as the car was taken care of, you can get about 200,000 out of all five of these models.
Do not get a luxury car as you will just spend a lot of money keeping it on the road! This includes BMW, Mercedes, Audi, and Genesis. If you can find a Lexus for less than $10,000 steer clear as they have about 200,000 which is when things go wrong. The good ones with less mileage cost between $15,000 to $20,000 which is outside your price range.
Best of luck.
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