Its all down to what you want from your car... IF you want a reliable car you buy a Jap Car, if you want a cheap runaround which is cheap to repair when it goes wrong ( which it will )then u buy a Shitroen/Poogeot Easy I had a mate who had a 106 and had nothing but trouble (saying that he had a clio aswell which was nothing but trouble and a MG ZR so its not just the French) Personally I doubt I will own anything of the sort, but there we are thats me. My Starlet has been faithful to me and never failed on me unless it was my fault so thats why im sticking to Jap/Toyota