Need Car Advice. 2015 Nissan Sentra vs 2015 Kia Forte vs 2015 Ford Focus?

Need Car Advice. 2015 Nissan Sentra vs 2015 Kia Forte vs 2015 Ford Focus? - 1

Added (1). I'm really torn between these three cars 1) Ford is american, i'm looking to buy a foreign car. Ford would also be a stick shift, the others would be automatics.
2) Nissan Sentra has a CVT transmission, I'm still unsure exactly what this is so if someone could explain this in easy terms would you recommend this transmission
3) Kia Forte is what I'm leaning for overall, but I''m unsure if Kia's as cars are good, but I've read elsewhere to go with this specific Kia over the Nissan Sentra

I would go with the Sentra… Because i don't like Kia they're cheaply made and i wouldn't want to own a manual car if it wasn't a sports car. None of them will hold their resale value very well but the Sentra will probably do the best in that department.

You should also consider the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, and Mazda 3. They're around the same price range but they're better in my opinion.

A CVT is basically an automatic transmission without the gears. They tend to be more fuel efficient but quite irritating if you are accustomed to a manual or conventional automatic because the noise a CVT produces when you floor it sounds like a a slipping transmission. But it's a nuisance to some.