Faults:

Head gasket failure due to badly repaired cooling ventilator connector. It would have been worse without the warning signal.

Exhaust pipe replacement due to corrosion on a joint.

Alcantara wear-outs on front seats due to its age.

High tire consumption :-)

General Comments:

I like the car a lot. My previous cars (Toyota Carina, Corolla) were crap compared to this one.

Has 205 horses, runs up the hills as hell. Still if not pushed feels quite balanced, smooth.

Infrared key is little bit outdated.

Auto-darkening internal mirror is a great idea, all cars should have it.

Apparently the body of the car would last forever, absolutely no sign of corrosion.

Faults:

When I purchased that car, the turbo charger was in a poor condition, but the price was good.

Two weeks after, I purchased a new turbo in E-Bay from the US and assembled it by my self and now the car is just perfect.

General Comments:

Generally it's a great car, less sportive then my old 1993 thema turbo, but 1000 times more quality.

Not everyday car, most of the people here in Israel own Mazda, so I can fined my car easy in the parking...

Love it and have a long term plans to improve the handling and the power availability.

Highly Recommended!!!

Faults:

The clutch was replaced at 85000 km.

Generally the car is very reliable.

General Comments:

Very good car, fast, comfortable, a very serious competitor to BMW 5 series, but the brand is less well known than AUDI, BMW etc, and because of that the prices of second hand cars are very cheap for a car of this standard.