1997 Geo Prizm consumer reviews

The Geo Prizm isn't a bad car. If you are looking for a cheap and reliable way to get around town while getting decent gas milage, its perfect. For someone who doesn't care about what kind of car they drive, its perfect. Where the Prizm falls short is everything else. This car is NOT comfortable to ride in. The seats are hard on the back after an hour or two, and the cheap plastic parts rattle and buzz. On the highway, the interior noise is unbelievable, and the weak inline 4 makes acceleration a chore even on flat roads. The exterior is the classic 90's jellybean that every other cheap import had. In a dark parking lot, this car looks JUST like every other car. Pros: *Decent fuel economy, but nothing special by todays standards *Reliable: this car has ALWAYS started right up and required little maint. *Comfortable for SHORT drives *Inexpensive to buy Cons: *Cheap interior parts *VERY LITTLE comfort features (PW, PL, Cruise,) *Generic/boring design *Severely underpowered *Just a boring car to drive.

i have a red geo prizm and its great. good on gas and i average about 31 per gallon. i have 161150 miles on it since i got it when it was 145000. As long u keep serviceing it the car should 250000 thousand miles

I'm 14 and my boyfriend drives my car all the time. We drift sometimes in it. Very reliable car. Love it! <33

This is a great dependable basic car. It is nothing fancy, but has never let me down. If you need a cheap car that you can count on but don't care about power windows or having any creature comforts (at all) this is the best car around. Good gas milate too.

It's reliable to the extreme, but it's nothing fancy. If you're looking for a cheap reliable car, it's the best option. It's a toyota corolla, but sells for cheaper because a lot of people don't know that, and because people laugh at you when you tell them you have a geo. But you get to laugh at them when their ford or whatever breaks down and your geo never does. Nor does anything break.

I LOVED my Geo Prizm. I got 250,000 miles on it before I sold it. It got 33 mpg. It didn't need new front rods until 175,000 mi., and the transmission lasted until 240,000 mi. It was also a great deal because it didn't have a lot of bells and whistles to drive up the initial price; and, being generic-looking and non-sporty, the insurance companies also liked it, so I didn't have to hold two jobs just to pay insurance. I also had an 80's Chevy Nova hatchback (another Toyota Corolla in disguise) that was fabulous. I wish they would bring back a Geo/Chevy Prizm hatchback. That would be the BEST: safe, excellent mileage, lots of room, and nobody wants to steal it! I hope the car manufacturers are listening.....