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Originally Posted by anxiety
I looked into this car too. Really dig the design, especially the back end. Liked the front end from videos, seen it twice on the road from the front, not as good looking as on videos.
Car is even shorter than a CX3, must be really easy to park.
Low starting price at just 21k (including the auto trans), and the the base model has almost everything I need, I would just get that.
But I bet it could be a bit anemic to drive that small SUV with that 2.0L engine, but hey at least it's not turbocharged, so reliability down the line will be good.
2 things I did not like/worries me:
a) will the design still look good in say 5 to 10 years? Look at the Hyundai Veloster for example
b) not digging the black stuff on the paint above the wheel gaps. You call them the wheel arches?
I would get it only in black or some dark color to hide the black stuff, it looks quite hideous.
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a - in 5 years you can trade it in?
b - yah agreed. those make the car look cheap but if you get it in white it can be called "panda bear" 
There is a 1.6L Turbo.
I test drove the 2.0L yesterday and significant difference in acceleration in eco mode vs sport mode. BUT even in sport mode, it felt slightly less than CX3/5. I'm currently driving a Mazda 3 and HP wise it'll be equivalent but with much better fuel economy.
What do you mean by, since its not turbo'ed reliability will be good? Are turbo cars less reliable down the line?
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