 Purchased EX 5 door auto new.  Have 64K mile on it, and it has never seen a repair shop.  Oil changes and one set of tires are only maintenance expense so far.  Mileage is as expected, 29-31 in normal driving, 70/30 city/highway.  Did get over 41 mpg one time when I held it at 60 on an interstate trip.  Normally get 33-35 on the highway.  Best features are the seating comfort, both front and rear, outward visibility, cargo capacity, reliability, and economy of operation.  Worst features are the navigation and backup camera implementation.  Navigation commands sound like broken, computer-generated English, making it difficult to understand which road to turn on at times.  Backup camera has a design flaw, IMHO, where it takes 7-8 seconds for anything to appear on the screen after starting the car.  So I start the car, immediately shift into reverse to back out of a parking space, then wait for 6-7 seconds for the image to appear.  Kind of negates the purpose of having the camera.  But, even with these 2 nits, the Forte is a very nice car.