to me its not just being fast its also being reliable. when i used to help fix cars on the side there were alot of neons more than anything else. even when old people owned them too.
also on a side note my moms 93 mitsubishi expo with only 35,000 miles, needed to be checked cause one day it just stopped running. turns out the headgasket was leaking and also it burned all the valves. so we had to get the valves changed and remill the head, and now it needs a new computer. WTF??