I had one as a rental car while my truck was in the shop and I hated it. I hope this was just a fluke, but the car I had felt horribly underpowered and I think was suffering from some kind of transmission issue because it would lag and was jerky when shifting. I took it to LA that weekend and it had a hard time going up the Grapevine.
The suspension was awful. My Escort with worn struts was a smoother ride. Either it stuffers from a tiny fuel tank, but I it seemed as though sucked down fuel more than my Escort does.
As far as ergonomics, I found it hard to see out of. The cab was a nice set up, though. If I'd had the manual, the shifter would have been in the perfect position. The rest of the inside and trunk were spacious.
I wound up trading it in for another rental (Nissan Sentra) though because I got tired of having to really stomp on it to get it to go with any kind of sense of urgency.
Like I said though, it was just a rental car, and I think the car was either not maintained properly, or it was just a lemon in their fleet. It happens.
Best of luck in your car search