Both of my best friends owns 2 different years of Neon. The neon it self it's like plastics, can't take too much beating and you can not drive about 80 MPH, because the the whole car will shake.
The car is too thin, by that mean is that during in winter, if you have 4 great speakers installed in your car, then all of the ice will freez on them and cause them to get rusty.
Even though they are such a powerful car, but it has to taken to shops and get check ups every 2 times a year.. If you are lucky, you would only take them once a year, if you are unlucky like my 2 friends, then you have to at least take them to a shop at least twice or more just to get things fixed and repaired.
No, I would never buy any neon, because neon is like the lowest class of Plymouth and It can't take any hard beaten. You can take my words for it, but try it out, buy a neon, then you will know what I'm talking about.