Mine got stolen on the back of a tray truck, that was the only problem I had with mine
Seriously though they share components with the same era Mazda 323 - engines are very reliable, we had a Mazda 323 we put 427,000km on it until it spat it clutch that we abused the hell out of, at one point it went 150,000km without an oil change.
It survived me learning to drive in it and later bashing the crap out of it on dirt roads across the mountains until the clutch going finally put it out of its misery.