Lil brother had the 1.6 16v and i loved that engine as it revved freely and sadly he crashed it.
My other brother has a 1.6 8v and it has been running with no issues and the last time (December 2018) i looked at the kilos, it has over 60 000km with no issues.
Some contractor that came to my place to sort out my geyser, they were driving one that had clocked 250 000km with no major issue to report.
So yes they are good and seem to be reliable as majority of security companies have them on fleet and we all know how those drivers drive.