buddy, i have drove baleno 1.6gti for 5 good years, and if i have to choose iwill choose baleno 1.6 all day, a treat to drive (if a good maintained car), i bought 1.6 baleno in 2008 was just 75k driven and still was smelling like new, i cant forget that smell till now..
just one and only one tip ; if you got a chance to buy baleno, any of them gli.p, 1.6gti or jxr, try to maintain it from a good mechanic, other wise you will end up with a mechanic all day long..
your decision