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 am 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 am 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

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