Thats a pretty cool article. A few years ago I had a friend that worked at a Chevy dealer. On one of my trips by the dealership they had an Chevy Metro 3 cylinder hatchback sitting in the front of the dealership where they usually had the latest Corvette. I asked my friend what was up. He said they had taken it on trade from the original owner who bought it from the dealership. It had over 500k on it. The owner had never had any mechanical work done and just kept up on all maintenance and fluid changes. It just shows even the worst of cars can last with good maintenance.
We have an 08 GMC envoy with the 4.2l it has 280,000 miles. Interior still looks new, runs great had a new transmission at 170k. The cooler cracked and allowed anti freeze into the transmission. Other than that it has been problem free.