I had never heard of the Matrix before I purchased it but when I first saw it I kind of fell in love with it. I had also never considered a hatchback vehicle before. It made sense though, as I love to go camping and the hatchback provides a ton of space for all the necessary gear. The Matrix is fairly decent on gas mileage, handles fairly well in the snow, and in general is just a great car to drive. I’ve had minimal problems with it in the 6 years that I’ve owned it, and I bought it used and it’s coming up on 170,000 miles.

Overall, this vehicle was adequate. Being it's fourth owner left it shaky, and in need of repair; but it got from Point A to B, as a car should. And none of it's previous owners had complaints, so she had a pretty good run.