I prefer to buy cars like this that can serve as many purposes as possible: daily driver, commuter, family car, cargo capacity, safe (good crash test results), amazing multimedia interface, amazing backup camera. Horsepower is lower than some competitors in exchange for better gas mileage than the competitors. It's my daily driver bc it gets about 25mpg city and 33mph highway. The All Wheel Drive makes it perfect for curvy roads in wet or icy pavement. The back seats fold down flat which makes the cargo area capable of accommodating furniture itms, large boxes, or a space for your large dog and crate. My trim is the Premium. All 4 seats are comfortable enough to endure a long road trip for your family. My model has heated cloth seats in front. The backup camera is the clearest, HD, sharpest wide-angle camera I've seen on a car. Even though I don't have parking assist sensors, the camera has the parking assist display so you can predict the car's trajectory when you just turn the wheel. The MultiMedia System has so many great features, including: sync your phone via bluetooth or USB to receive calls, texts, read texts aloud, and send texts with voice-to-text; either through bluetooth, USB, or Aux, you can play music and use the interface to change tracks; you can turn off the display, set the brightness, turn on auto brightness to adjust as the ambient light changes, set your "welcome lights" - to have your headlights stay on for a customizeable period after you turn off, exit, and lock the car; turn on and off the 1-touch turn signal; set the clock to sync with your phone. It comes with ApplePlay, (the interface works with Android as well). Another feature I'm really happy with are the 6 cup holders - 1 in each door and 2 between the front seats.
This car might not be for you if you want a race car or if you need to tow a trailer often. With only 150hp and about 140 ft-lbs of torque, it feels a little weak. It could be fitted with aftermarket upgrades at the sacrifice of gas mileage. Towing is possible, but it won't be ideal due to slow acceleration. Mine does not have a Navigation package, so I use my phone for nav. The dashboard is relatively flat, with a perfectly flat surface above the stereo. The cubby below the stereo is also deep, wide, and flat. The air vents are right at hand placement, but might not be ideal for vent-mounted phone holders. A surprising feature is the front seats have a cloth/suede strip that you can prop up to catch things from falling between the center console and the seat. It's not far back enough to save items that fall out of your pockets, but it's good for crumbs mostly. Maybe a coin would be saved, but the flap isn't secure in the up posituon, so it'll fall with too much weight. Velcro could be applied to fix that. Or you can buy aftermarket products to fill that seat gap.
Being all-wheel drive, towing the car must be done with all 4 wheels on the ground, or all 4 wheels off the ground (on a flatbed truck). There is a tow hook by the spare tire that fits into a socket in either the front or rear bumper. Mine has heated side mirrors which are great for cold frosty mornings. I wish it had blind spot monitors, but these can be purchased aftermarket. It also lacks a sunglasses cubby, but there are cheap aftermarket ways to fix that.
I'm very pleased to have bought this car used for a very reasonable price. It's functional, stylish, and fun!
