Actually pretty sturdy little critters. You should have seen my nephew's when they pulled it off the hydro pole he wrapped it around. He didn't have a scratch. ANd his had 300,00km on it and was getting pretty rusty. It's the only car my brother ever gets for his 3 kids. Oldest 2 each on their second ones, youngest daughter on her first (actually second too, but it was because her dad had hers and another one - put them up for sale, whichever one sold first went - and it was the wagon she was driving, so she got the sedan) Son put his wagon sideways into a post about 6 feet in the air, and older daughter got her hatchback rear ended - so now son has an XR2? (whatever they call the little Escort coupe) and daughter has a sedan.