I purchased this vehicle in 2010 for one of my daughters and paid it off quickly (by 2012). However, shortly around 2013, my daughter could not afford to keep making payments to me, so we "swapped cars" - and I ended up with this one! It's a great little car with many nice features: sunroof, cruise, CD player, "zippy" and it's a hatchback for easy storage for travel. I would have expected this car to get more mpg, though.