[Drivesthebeast]

You have a domestic car, put domestic speakers in it. JBL, Infinity, PowerAcoustik, etc. A lot depends on not just budget, but on music tastes, and also what means/format you are playing the music by. A lot of speakers will sound too soft for some kinds of music, others will sound too harsh or shrill for others. For good SQ and lots of bang for the buck, JBL GT/GTO series (mid-level) will sound fantastic, even running off a deck. My dad's car has JBL GTO 6.5" 3-ways in the doors, and GTO 5x7's in the rear deck of his Topaz, and they are being driven off a Blaupunkt Toronto HU, and he has a RS series 10" SAS Bazooka in the trunk. His system sounds awesome, and maybe cost about $1000 total, including taxes, materials, and labour.

I'd put JBL's or Infinity's in your car, or the higher model PowerAcoustik, mostly because they aren't what everyone else on here, or elsewhere has (like Pioneer, Audiobahn, Alpine, Sony Xplod, etc)...

L8tz