yep, once you drive the car you can easily see why, the car is more updated than my 99 accord, freaking semi-digital a/c controls (i LOVE it, cause i have full digital and manual is boring, this is half and half) car is solid as a freaking rock, LOTS of room in the engine bay, easy to work on, an engine that can easily go over 200K and some, and on, and on........ just very well made, hands down