I'm not sure if this even applies but as an Aveo owner, and granted I bought a base model for commuting purposes, I'm extremely happy with mine. Now at 115K I've put very little money into the car in its 6yrs of ownership. Sure I've replaced tires, brakes, and belts, both serpentine, and timing, and done my oil changes regularly. Just recently at 114K I had to do wheel bearings on the left side and a right side lower ball joint but the car has been wonderful. I paid $9K brand new for mine in July 2004. I often wonder if most of the bashing is done because those who are bashing are also beating on their cars. I'm at a point now where I drive the Aveo 95% of the time and the 02 Suburban, 85 Mercedes diesel sit parked unused. My Suburban sits so much that it only has 70K on the odometer. My 85 Mercedes is a 300SD Turbo-diesel and thats my fun car. That has 282K on it.