Bought a new Subaru Impreza Hatchback in the end of Dec 2012. As of now, almost 30k miles on it and no issues with the car. We live in the northeast and the car is great for all seasons - crazy snow, rain, ice, summer (with the sun roof etc.). However, as a 6'3" tall individual, I find the car is not as spacious as I initially had hoped.

I purchased my car second hand to give my older son a safe car to drive in Montana winters. He drove it in Montana for three years, and the only problems he ever had with it occurred when the car got run into while parked on the street. He drove the car hundreds of miles over snowy roads to ski areas and never got stuck--I felt very secure knowing that he had a good car in the snow, and that with snow tires, he could handle almost anything. I gave him the car as a college graduation present. In his current job and location, he doesn't need a car, and my vehicle was getting old, so I purchased it from him. I have driven it for a year here in Massachusetts, and I am as pleased to have it as I was for him to have it. It gets good gas mileage, and is good in the snow here too. I have driven it to New Hampshire and Maine and all over New England--it continues to please me. I hope it lasts me many more years and miles.