Key strengths: Reliable starter, hardy
Areas for improvement: Noisy cabin
This is the kind of car that you buy not because you need a car to drive around, but because you just felt in love with it. It's not comfortable, it doesn't go fast, but it always start and destroy any wall of snow.
The cabin is very noisy and it is hard to ear the passenger in the back.
I never put more than 200$ a year to repair mainly the brake pads or a oil check-up. That's probably why the motor explode, but having pay 2500$ and having it for 5 years I guess this is what you call a good deal. The running costs for Triumph Spitfire 1.3 Manual are low
Safety: 60
Equipment: 57
Reliability: 81
Driving: 67
Comfort: 64
Design: 67