Just bought the wife for Christmas, a Saturn Sky, my wife refuses to drive a standard shift, they have a very smooth 5 speed auto, and the redline is 0-60 in about 5.5. secs....the car is nicely appointed with leather, upgraded stereo, the top is pretty easy to put up or down and the lines I think are very nice...the price of the car is very respectable compareed to the above Mercedes, which is about the same size and well more $$$$$ ...the cars are now readily available at dealers since the big push last year to buy them has tapered off a little...