My experience with this car has been overall very reliable. Considering I have already put well over 180,000 km. on mine and I have still had minimal repairs. I did have to replace to transmission once, which was very costly. But the would of been the only thing needing to be replace except for the battery once. Also taken into consideration the car has been in 5 accidents and repaired and it still in great condition. One thing I wish was that the seating was a little more comfortable, the style I chose was the vinyl covering and I just find the seats to be a little hard. But considering the car looks so tiny from the outside it is considerable spacious on the inside. I do wish I would have purchased the 4 door though, as it's a little difficult getting a car seat in and out of the back of a two door. But I love the style of the two door and I think it looks like a really sporty car on the exterior. I don't so much love the hatchback look on the back end of the car, but I love the way the car looks on the front. Overall, I definitely would recommend this car to anyone that is looking for a reliable vehicle that is great on gas.