 'Does everything very well; truly great in several areas: driver/passenger comfort & cargo space w/compact exterior size, both low and hi-speed handling, ease of parking and maneuvering in heavy-traffic, braking distance, driver-visibility, fun-factor & winter-weather driveability (with 5-speed manual tranny), reliability, ease of service, and a long list of standard features. All that and an expectation of good long-term reliability for 19G including tax and title?I'm pretty happy.UPDATE:  In February 2015, I rear-ended an SUV that had suddenly stopped on a merge ramp.  'Totalled my poor baby, but it protected me.  No incursion of damage into the passenger compartment.  I'm very, very sorry to see this car go bye-bye; it was terrific.