I've had this car for 6 years and it has served it's purpose by pulling my 17' boat in and out of several boat launches. So for towing capacity it was very good. However the trucks biggest downfall is it's fuel economy which is really poor. My 50 Liter tank only gets me me about 400 Km. Which works out to about 20 Km/L. I've had to change the brakes twice, the front tires twice even though I use another set of winter tires for 5 months and the alternator. I'll be switching cars soon and will have to convinced by reliable sources that the new 2013 Ford Escape has much better fuel economy for me to buy another one. Might switch to the 2013 Toyota Rav 4