 This car has a lot more torque than
other small cars in the same price range
- and that's what makes it a very fun
car to drive.  The manual transmission
is a bit notchy, the interior materials
arean't of the highest quality, and the
red-colored instrument panel is tough to
see sometimes....  But you need to
remember that this is baiscally a cheap
economy car with a big engine dropped in
it. If you take it for what it is, it's
a great car. I've been averaging 28 mpg
with mostly highway driving - not great
for a small car, but there is a lot more
bottom end on this engine than on a
Civic or Corolla engine, so you are
trading mpg for torque.