My mom's 1997 accord was still going like brand new this summer until I totaled it. Whoops! Now she has a 2003 accord and loves it too. We're pretty much a honda family. My brother had an 84 accord that also ran great, until he totaled it. My mom also had an 87 accord that was handed down to me when I turned 16. It had 328,000 miles on the speedo when the automatic tranny dropped on it. I sold it to a friend for a dollar in quarters, and he got the tranny fixed. He drove it to about 400,000 miles, and then his brother totaled it.
Lesson: Accords are great cars that will last forever, AS LONG AS YOU DON'T TOTAL THEM!
p.s. Any honda would make a great car, she could maybe try a 4 door civic as well, they are fairly roomy and get good gas mileage. I had a 93 civic that had 200,000 miles on it, and now I have a Civic Del Sol. Also a four door acura Integra would be a good deal. My brother just bought a 96 and it is nice.