In your situation, you should buy a used about 4-6 year old under $10,000 easy resale small to mid size car, if you buy through a dealer, can be finance it, even private sale, you still can go to your bank to finance, just pay higher interest rate, or get 2-4 year new car lease ( if you do not like to have headache and spend a litte more money).
either new, such as Tuscon, Vibe, Focus,Spectr5, pay 3yrs or 5yrs low-Int
Civic and Corolla also good but narrow space
or very old car below 4k - 5K, if u can drive it for 2--3 yrs, u gain