I have no issued with this car, which is unusual from past experiences with new vehicles. No dealer fix ups to have taken care of at first oil change.
Great value, has features not usually found on less expensive cars. Auto transmission, air, MP3/CD player AM FM, power steering, power brakes and I installed the one thing it was missing a Cruise Control. Now it is the optimum in low cost transportation.
Actually, that honor belongs to the Honda Civic.
I do not think that Honda is the leader in small cars anylonger. There are so many great small cars that have nearly the same build quality, more power, more standard options and better warranty for thousands less. Example, Ford Focus, Hyundai Elantra and mazda3. A base civic starts at about 13K and comes loaded with... seats and a steering wheel. A new elantra comes with a/c, cruise power everything, tach front and side airbags and, oh yeah, 140 hp versus the civic 115hp and you can get this for about 11k with a manual. I know a couple people who bought these Hyundais and after driving them and my girlfriends tinny civic, hands down, honda is way to outdated and overpriced. Most people never look at reliability reports or read car magazines to determine which cars to look at, they just buy toyota and honda because everyone else drives them so they must be good.
The Aveo is an excellent car for the price. My 2004 has 22k miles on it, and hasn't been an ounce of trouble. I would recommend this car to anyone looking for decent low cost reliable basic transportation.
I had a 2004 Honda Civic, Worst car I will ever hope to own.
There are many things the aveo has that civic doesn't.
Plus my civic had horrible gas mileage nothing near what was stated on the sticker.
Hi there. I agree with the previous comment about gas mileage and the Honda Civic. I like the Civic a lot, but the gas mileage is indeed horrible!!!
Stick with the Aveo, especially if you are on a tight budget.
"I do not think that Honda is the leader in small cars anylonger. THere are so many great small cars that have nearly the same build quality, more power, more standard options and better warranty for thousands less. Example, Ford Focus, Hyundai Elantra and mazda3."
Nearly the same build quality and the same build quality are two different things. Honda's engineers are probably the best on the planet. Sure, cars like the Aveo and Accent are narrowing the gap, but so far, it hasn't kept cars like the Civic and Accord from being the best selling vehicles in their class. And, as an owner of a 2000 Ford Focus, I'd like to point out the Civic is light years ahead.
Also keep in mind that the Accent and the Aveo don't really compete with the Civic which is now a class up with the introduction of the Fit in America (Jazz elsewhere). And in a recent Car and Driver shootout the Fit beat six other competitors including the Dodge Caliber which came in nearly last.
The Focus is a piece of crap (at least in America) and is a disgrace to the US auto industry.
"Also keep in mind that the Accent and the Aveo don't really compete with the Civic which is now a class up with the introduction of the Fit in America (Jazz elsewhere). And in a recent Car and Driver shootout the Fit beat six other competitors including the Dodge Caliber which came is nearly last.
The Focus is a piece of crap (at least in America) and is a disgrace to the US auto industry."
Nice post. I bought the May issue of Car and Driver, but I haven't had the chance to read it yet. It doesn't bode well for the Caliber to come up so short. Isn't the Caliber supposed to be Dodge's new "world car" and replacement for the now defunct Neon? Doesn't bode well at all. As for your Focus comment: Makes me wince a bit, but hey, you speak the absolute truth. I'll just have to live with my purchase.
Yup, driving my roommate to the dealers 10 times in two years and having to come pick him up when the Focus simply died in the parking lot was enough.
As for the Caliber, yes one of the magazines said it is going to be sold in something like 58 countries.
Best quote is from the May 2006 issue of Automobile Magazine:
"the Caliber is beefy, extroverted, and innovative - yet kind of cheap beneath the surface - a very American approach"
Bet people will be able to simply cut and paste the Neon reviews and substitute the word "Caliber".
If people ARE going to buy the Caliber, I recommend they stay away from the first model year.
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