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The car was designed to be maintained, for the most part, from the under belly.
I took off my top engine covers to peer into it and check the air filter when I first got the car—which everyone should do just to familiarize themselves... but I haven't opened it up since! It takes my mechanic, who does it all the time, less than 5 minutes to open the top half way, pop the cables off the top, lean it up, remove the rear speaker box, remove the carpet, and finally remove the heat shield. No tools are required.
The oil filler, dip stick and coolant filler are all accessable through the rear trunk.
Oil changes are so infrequent (15k on my 1997) that getting under the car isn't even done that often unless you have problems.
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