in my words yes they are i have a 03 its the same body style and it has close to 100,000 miles on it and it runs like a charm still i change the oil and rotate my tires every 3,000 miles its only a 4 cylinder but if you are looking for something to get you from a to b then this is not a bad car all the maintence on the car is easy to take car of and its never given me any huge problems that i couldent fix myself