Quote Originally Posted by petrified.rabbit View Post
my 09 has been great. it is the first year of the new engine. i agree with avguy's summation. any of them can be fine, regardless of the year if you are aware of the "quirks" like changing the timing belt on time, and replacing the thermostat housing..

04 also have a hub in drum one piece rear break that is expensive to do brakes on..
Many design changes and improvements came with the newer generation of Aveos starting in the model year 2009. One of them is that the timing belt is supposed to last 100K miles.

From everything I've read, I wouldn't want to own an Aveo that's earlier than '09. So far, in owning an '09 I've had virtually no problems with it.