For the past 23 years, we have purchased Chevy's and Toyota's. In our experience, both have been reliable, however the Chevy's get replaced more than the Toyota's. Why? GM keeps coming out with awesome redesigned models, whereas our "puddle jumping" low end Toyota's kind of keep the same shape.
The Toyota's are our second car, get great milage and reliability. Therefore we hang on to those at least 8-10 years.
As for the Chevy's, it has been fun over the years owning a Caprice( the land yacht style back in the late 80's) a sporty Malibu V6 LS , and now the HHR. We have been enjoying the ride!

PS The above mentioned Chevy's were very reliable, and we got our money's worth out of each and every one of them! I love my HHR, and we plan on trading in the Toyota for an additional HHR one day!

 

Loved my Buick Roadmasters had 2 VWs back in early 70s this HHR is pretty awesome wouldn't consider buying anything other than GM 09 HHR 58000 trouble free miles