After owning four Honda Civics, I bought a Saturn SC2. It was one of the super yellow ones with the black interior and cool rims. I liked it - especially at first. But after awhile the interior starts to feel very, very cheap. They're not THAT inexpensive to buy, so I was pretty disappointed by the interior. (Flimsy seats, the control panel is lit by a light shining against it instead of being truly back lit - just small things like that. But they add up.)
It got good mileage and was reliable - for the time I had it. I only had it for a year or two. I got hit in it and it just wasn't quite the same after that. (When I got rear-ended, both seats broke completely away and I was looking up through the moon-roof. And there wasn't even anyone in the other seat. It just broke.)
I went back and bought another Civic. Those things are super reliable and get better gas mileage. Plus they don't cheap out on the interior.
So I guess I liked the Saturn, but not enough to stick with it.
. My Dh the Honda Lover even likes it. I have never had any Mfr. problems. One thing I will say is I had A ford forus as a rental car and HATED IT I was impatiently waiting to get my Saturn back. I found the focus to be very backwards in a lot of things, The way the windows cranked, the ignation, the unlocking method of the door, the fact that there was only an outside lock on drivers door. 
) and love it. My mechanic hates Saturns, b/c he says their hard to work on, but he doesn't see it often. Plus it's paid for!
I've had it since last August and haven't seen another car like it on the road since I bought it (even when I take it to Orlando!) It's a real conversation starter, and I love being unique!
