Faults:

Severe seat wear on driver & passenger side.

Hmm. that's about it, really. Can't fault it bar the seats.

General Comments:

Stock suspension wallows when changing direction quickly.

Stock exhaust extremely restrictive even on stock engine - replacing with sports will give much better drivability and more torque.

Stock clutch slips with provocation, but will give years of reliable service, for up to 6PSI of turbo boost. If you want more boost & power, you need a new clutch (~$420)

Gearchange can be a little vague, synchros wear easily.

Headlights are OK for most situations, but could be a lot better. Installing decent driving lights is a great fix.

Seats have worn badly in 8 years of usage, metal bars rubbing through on shoulderblades. If you're a big bloke, you'll want to get extra padding in the seats or install sportier seats (MR2 Spider seats are fantastic)

All in all, an absolutely marvellous car with huge potential. A true turbo shopping trolley. Seats four comfortably, will zip and zoom about with ease, light and nimble, and fairly frugal on fuel (11.2L/100km when driven extremely hard around mountain roads, on a 214HP @ front wheels tune.

Faults:

Nothing has gone wrong with the car, relaced stuff like spark plugs, alternator belts and light bulbs every now and then.

Rubber in front of wind-screen and the back hatch has started deteriorating and water is leaking inside the car when it rains, but this is easy to fix. Some slight rust on the bottom of doors, also easy to fix.

General Comments:

Got the car as a daily ride and it just keeps on going no matter what. Its also a rear wheel drive which makes it fun to drive than todays cars. The 1.3 4k engine has lots of power, but it could do with a little improvement.

Recently I changed the engine with a 1.5L 5k engine I got off a Toyota LiteAce van and she goes as fast if not faster than todays fuel injected cars. Handles corners quite decently because of the short wheelbase. And with her new engine, Id give her a 9/10 in performance.

Very reliable and economical. Its more fun to ride her now than my other front drive cars.

Faults:

I had a problem with both rear wheel bearings. The cost to fix these were more expensive than other vehicles. This was at about 80,000 kms.

No other problems.

General Comments:

I have always preferred much bigger cars, but after driving this for awhile, I realised this was the perfect car for me.

It is a joy to have such a reliable, practical and economical car. Despite the rear wheel bearings stated above, there have been no other problems.

It impresses me time after time how this car starts up, and drives without a fuss. The batter lasted 6 years, despite driving the car for long distances almost every day of the year.

Faults:

The door handle broke on both the driver and passenger doors.

General Comments:

This car is very economical and reliable.

There have been no problem's with it since new, except for the broken door handles.

The car is very nimble and nippy around town.

Using the air-con, really drains a lot of power from the 1.3L engine.

The car is quite comfortable for sub 6 foot people, but back seat leg room is very limited.