I bought this car brand new from the lot and it has served me well . It continues to perform well and drives like a new car. I have kept a regular maintenance schedule changing the oil every 5000 km or 3 months. It is a smooth ride and gets gas mileage. This is my 3rd Suzuki, my last one being the Swift which I ran up to 400,000 km. before I gave it away. The manual transmission in my opinion is much better than the automatic. If driven both, and prefer the manual hands down. I can't say enough about this car.