I love this car. It gets better than the EPA rated gas mileage, usually around 40mpg on the highway and 34-36 in town. It's extremely comfortable and roomy for me, and I'm 6'3"; it doesn't feel like a small car at all. The seat material is very soft, and comfortable on long drives even with my hip replacements. I constantly get compliments on how nice it looks, no tacky/gaudy chrome trim. The audio is great. The trunk is huge, and has been great on road trips with the family, in fact being easier to fit everything than the full size luxury sedan I had before it. In 2 years I've had zero maintenance issues, it's as reliable as they get as long as you keep your fluids and simple things up to date. It accelerates when you need it to and handles great, very easy steering. The heater gets it warm quick in the snow, and the air is ice cold in the summer. There's not a single thing I can think of not to like about it. The so called professional car critics really missed the mark on this one. Maybe it looks a little plain, but I'm so tired of cars with gaudy fake chrome trim in places it doesn't belong and all that... it still looks more sleek and aerodynamic than most cars made a few years before it, so it's not that plain. The interior definitely doesn't look or feel cheap either... seems like the pro critics all got together and decided to hate on this car for no real good reason.