Both Honda and Toyota are very reliable... I own a toyota and get great gas mileage, and its reliable... a honda is also equally reliable and civic has great gas mileage. And the recent models for both companies have been very attractive... I don't know what in the world the person who was talking about buying a "ford or a gm" was saying. I mean if you like it- by all means please go ahead... but I think its just stupidity to buy a car which you know is not reliable, and will probably break down in just a few years. Like he said "If you go to kalimati would you prefer to buy tarkari from "dhoti" or from a nepali kancha?" His words not mine ppl. Well to answer that I would simply buy from whoever has the better goods and not let his color or his race make a decision for me..