No one makes a stronger, longer lasting and more reliable 4-cylinder engine than Honda, period (IMO) I do too much long distance traveling to take my chances with a less than stellar engine. More powererful 4-bangers from other manufacturers are great, but if I'm stuck on the side of the highway in the middle of the night 1,000+ miles away from home... those extra few horses aren't going to sh!+ for me. I buy Hondas for their utterly reliable engines. Good friend of mine had to have the oil sludged engine rebuilt in his 97 Camry @ just over 100k miles, among various other problems (such as blown struts by 50k miles) So he gets 2-3 more mpg than I do or his car is a little quicker? My 96 Accord gave me 180,000 miles of faithful service and is still going strong for the current owner with well over 200k miles.