| Model year | 1999 |
| Year of manufacture | 1999 |
| First year of ownership | 2012 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2012 |
| Engine and transmission | 1.3 petrol Manual |
| Performance marks | 7 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 10 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 5 / 10 |
| Dealer Service marks | 10 / 10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 10 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) |
8.4 / 10
|
| Distance when acquired | 551000 kilometres |
| Most recent distance | 560172 kilometres |
Summary:
Slow but reliable
Faults:
Nothing.
General Comments:
Bought this off an old guy that did 100,000 Kms in it each year. Regularly serviced, has had a cam belt every year, water pump, spark plugs, etc, etc, etc, and she's still going.
You remove the rocker cover and it looks like new, amazing. Still on its first clutch too.
Seriously, if you want a reliable car that keeps going, there yah go.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 13th May, 2012
| Model year | 1997 |
| Year of manufacture | 1997 |
| First year of ownership | 2011 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2011 |
| Engine and transmission | 1.3 petrol Automatic |
| Performance marks | 9 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 9 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 8 / 10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 8 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) |
8.5 / 10
|
| Distance when acquired | 45000 kilometres |
| Most recent distance | 46000 kilometres |
| Previous car | Ford Escort |
Summary:
Excellence
Faults:
Nothing yet.
General Comments:
Very smooth on bumpy rough roads.
Zippy little car.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 5th May, 2011
| Model year | 1997 |
| Year of manufacture | 1997 |
| First year of ownership | 2001 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2008 |
| Engine and transmission | 1.3 petrol Automatic |
| Performance marks | 4 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 9 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 6 / 10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 9 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) |
7.0 / 10
|
| Distance when acquired | 30000 kilometres |
| Most recent distance | 130000 kilometres |
| Previous car | SAAB 900 |
Summary:
Fantastic cheap city car - not exactly suited to highway though
Faults:
Something needed replacing in the suspension in 2005. (cost $500USD, apparently common in Japanese imported cars).
Recall for ignition (but wasn't actually faulty)
General Comments:
Excellent cheap city car. Doesn't handle that well at 100kph, jumps around a bit.
I've achieved 6.0l/100km in the city, driving carefully.
The seats have a horrid design, but are surprising supportive and comfortable, even on long trips.
Heater and Aircon amazing, simple to use too.
Loud on open road.
Small engine does well, but isn't fast, and up hills with anyone in the car it suffers.
3 gear automatic very simplixtic, gives good pick up from 70-105kph though (then almost stops accelerating).
Brilliant to park, do U Turns, great visability, huge front window.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 16th April, 2008
| Year of manufacture | 1999 |
| First year of ownership | 1999 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2001 |
| Engine and transmission | 1.4 petrol Manual |
| Performance marks | 7 / 10 |
| Reliability marks | 7 / 10 |
| Comfort marks | 5 / 10 |
| Dealer Service marks | 5 / 10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 4 / 10 |
| Overall marks (average of all marks) |
5.6 / 10
|
| Distance when acquired | 0 kilometres |
| Most recent distance | 100000 kilometres |
| Previous car | Fiat Uno |
Summary:
Good value speed/money, but not comfort
Faults:
The suspensions don't last long, after some 60.000kms you start to feel ALL the holes in the road.
It doesn't brake very well, even with ABS, crashed it once because of that. The front brake discs had to be replaced, luckily they were in the warranty.
Cheap quality interior, lots of noises from everywhere.
General Comments:
It responds very well to the throttle! For such a small car it really kicks! You can easily ride at high speeds on the highway, but you will then find out where it's getting all its power. The fuel indicator is one of the fastest things on the car!
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 30th November, 2001