The Pontiac is built in Korea. My friends have bought their high school kids the Honda Fit, Scion xD, Nissan Versa, and Toyota Yaris. All are great little city cars but I’m uncertain about their highway capabilities. Quite frankly, compared to my Italian girlfriend’s Fiat Cinquecento (500), the aforementioned Japanese cars seem like mid-size sedans.
That aside, it gets over 33 MPG on the highway and is a lot of car for the money.
To be fair to GM, I have heard good things about the Chevrolet Cobalt as well.