I've flown on of their 172SP aircraft for a few hours. I didn't pay any attention to the Archer - as far as I knew it wasn't new and I was very keen to fly the newest planes I could. I was only doing a limited number of hours so the cost per hour was less important to me.
The 172 is new relative to the 20+ year old aircraft most people fly most of the time, but it is a couple of years old and has done several hundred hours, so it doesn't smell like a new car or anything. The one I flew had a faulty "low fuel" warning sensor so the light flickered on or off. Unfortunately this didn't happen during my checkout, only during my first climb out from Long Beach, over the densely populated surrounds. Once I'd convinced myself that I knew the tanks were full I just ignored it.
As I recall the 172 had an AP disconnect on the yoke, but no electric trim. It was all BK avionics, including a 94 colour moving map GPS which I really like, certainly more than similar sized Garmin panel mount GPS units.