We selected this car as my wife's primary vehicle. She selected it because of the perceived quality of the tech within the car (Ford Sync system by Microsoft). What a crock! The tech system is barely functional, the GPS is not able to locate our home so it's very hard to use the navigation system. This is not limited to our car as we (after we purchased and updated the maps), tried to locate our home on six other sync system enabled Fords. The fuel injection is also a piece of crap. At low speeds the car shakes as it's not getting sufficient fuel to idle property. The service people say it's the computer system in the car which is used to my wife's driving, not mine. Yeah right...

This car drives really well. I have packed it full, literally trunk and back seat so high that I can't even see out my rear view mirror. And then driven it through switchbacks through the mountains with high wind gusts, past huge trucks with a wind draw underneath their trucks. And this car, damn it holds the road even with these conditions and going 65mph. It's awesome. I've gone through 100 degree+ with the A/C and radio on and it hasn't overheated. It always starts right away and whenever I need an oil/filter change every 5,000 miles, the little orange "maintenance required" light comes on about 250 before I need to go in to the shop. This car is the perfect height and as someone who stands at 5'10," that's saying a lot for a compact, 4-door car. Oh did I mention the turn radius? I can be on a narrow one-way street and only have to do a 2-point turn to make a U-turn. Smallest turning radius of any car out there.