It is an average vehicle, certainly.
But having experienced one first hand (having test drove it for a prospective purchase for my sister) It's a competant, inoffensive, and modern looking vehicle, that is very keenly priced at the moment, not bad to drive (understeery and I thought the pillars were a bit chunky, wrecking the view out), but certainly not a horrific scenario.
And I fit in it, which is more than I can say for the Fiat Bravo I had the misfortune of folding myself into at the Motorshow.
There are more capable solutions out there (the Mazda3 being an example that comes to mind) but overall It's a recommendable vehicle. But it is an owners car, not a drivers car.