Besides pioneering new technology, the X body has many strong points which made it successful. These include:
-Great gas mileage:
4 cyl: 23 city 33 highway
V6: 21 city 30 highway
(early models; TCC overdrive transmission, TBI 4 cylinders, and manual
transmission models were better than this)
-Great size- A small exterior with lots of interior room.
-Great styling- speaks for itself
-Extremely comfortable
-Low polluting
-2 extremely durable, smooth running engines
-Smooth automatic transmission
-Great a/c
-Durable electrical system (in general)
-Transverse engine mounting for space savings under the hood.