I remember those cars, my buddy had one of those in 1995 or 96. It was falling apart by then, everything on the whole car rattled. Build quality was crap it looked like. Seemed like a fun car, although not very quick or very nice to look at. Why it was falling apart I don't know, he never did any mods to it or anything like that.
Isn't that car a rebadged Geo Storm?
*EDIT: Found it, thanks Wikipedia!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geo_Storm
"The Geo Storm was a rebadged version of the sporty Isuzu Impulse minus some of that car's more expensive features. The Storm and the Impulse were sold in Japan as the Gemini Coupe[1]. The Storm lacked the Impulse's Lotus-tuned suspension as well as the Impulse's optional turbocharger and all-wheel drive drivetrain. Although they were essentially the same car, sales of the Storm were much stronger than those of the Impulse—indeed, the Storm sold better than most small GM cars of that era. Slow sales of the Isuzu version doomed the Storm as when the Isuzu Impulse was canceled, the Geo Storm derivative had nothing to be built from, meaning both cars were discontinued in 1993".
That would explain the build quality..