My wife and I bought a new Torrent on Valentines day of this year for her to drive. Living in Alaska our 2 main concerns were winter driving and fuel economy. I liked the all wheel drive aspect the most. It handles very good on snow and ice! As far as fuel economy it has been pretty much what the sticker said it would be depending on how and who drives it. It seems to be a good vehicle for the money, we opted for less fluff and more brawn when choosing options. Only thing that has happened is one of the small stereo speakers in the drivers door has developed a vibration when you turn up the stereo. Other than that seems to be a pretty solid rig so far.