diff --git a/hy/contrib/hy_repr.hy b/hy/contrib/hy_repr.hy
index 195e271..c715839 100644
--- a/hy/contrib/hy_repr.hy
+++ b/hy/contrib/hy_repr.hy
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
       (or (is t HyKeyword) (and (is t str-type) (.startswith x HyKeyword.PREFIX)))
         (cut x 1)
       (in t [str-type HyString bytes-type HyBytes]) (do
-        (setv r (.lstrip (repr x) "ub"))
+        (setv r (.lstrip (base-repr x) "ub"))
         (+ (if (in t [bytes-type HyBytes]) "b" "") (if (.startswith "\"" r)
           ; If Python's built-in repr produced a double-quoted string, use
           ; that.
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@
           ; convert it.
           (+ "\"" (.replace (cut r 1 -1) "\"" "\\\"") "\""))))
       (and (not PY3) (is t int))
-        (.format "(int {})" (repr x))
+        (.format "(int {})" (base-repr x))
       (and (not PY3) (in t [long_type HyInteger]))
-        (.rstrip (repr x) "L")
+        (.rstrip (base-repr x) "L")
       (and (in t [float HyFloat]) (isnan x))
         "NaN"
       (and (in t [float HyFloat]) (= x Inf))
@@ -85,9 +85,18 @@
       (and (in t [float HyFloat]) (= x -Inf))
         "-Inf"
       (in t [complex HyComplex])
-        (.replace (.replace (.strip (repr x) "()") "inf" "Inf") "nan" "NaN")
+        (.replace (.replace (.strip (base-repr x) "()") "inf" "Inf") "nan" "NaN")
       (is t fraction)
         (.format "{}/{}" (f x.numerator q) (f x.denominator q))
       ; else
-        (repr x))))
+        (base-repr x))))
   (f obj False))
+
+(defn base-repr [x]
+  (unless (instance? HyObject x)
+    (return (repr x)))
+  ; Call (.repr x) using the first class of x that doesn't inherit from
+  ; HyObject.
+  (.__repr__
+    (next (genexpr t [t (. (type x) __mro__)] (not (issubclass t HyObject))))
+    x))
diff --git a/hy/models.py b/hy/models.py
index 574db49..9eb03d2 100644
--- a/hy/models.py
+++ b/hy/models.py
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ class HyObject(object):
 
         return self
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "%s(%s)" % (self.__class__.__name__, super(HyObject, self).__repr__())
+
 
 _wrappers = {}
 
@@ -59,6 +62,10 @@ def replace_hy_obj(obj, other):
                         % type(obj))
 
 
+def repr_indent(obj):
+    return repr(obj).replace('\n','\n  ')
+
+
 class HyString(HyObject, str_type):
     """
     Generic Hy String object. Helpful to store string literals from Hy
@@ -106,6 +113,9 @@ class HyKeyword(HyObject, str_type):
         obj = str_type.__new__(cls, value)
         return obj
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "HyKeyword(%s)" % (repr(self[1:]))
+
 
 def strip_digit_separators(number):
     return (number.replace("_", "").replace(",", "")
@@ -213,7 +223,12 @@ class HyList(HyObject, list):
         return ret
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return "[%s]" % (" ".join([repr(x) for x in self]))
+        if self:
+            return "%s([\n  %s])" % (
+                self.__class__.__name__,
+                ",\n  ".join([repr_indent(x) for x in self]))
+        else:
+            return self.__class__.__name__ + "()"
 
 _wrappers[list] = lambda l: HyList(wrap_value(x) for x in l)
 _wrappers[tuple] = lambda t: HyList(wrap_value(x) for x in t)
@@ -225,7 +240,16 @@ class HyDict(HyList):
     """
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return "{%s}" % (" ".join([repr(x) for x in self]))
+        if self:
+            pairs = []
+            for k, v in zip(self[::2],self[1::2]):
+                k, v = repr_indent(k), repr_indent(v)
+                pairs.append("%s, %s," % (k, v))
+            if len(self) % 2 == 1:
+                pairs.append("%s  # odd\n" % repr_indent(self[-1]))
+            return "HyDict([\n  %s])" % ("\n  ".join(pairs),)
+        else:
+            return "HyDict()"
 
     def keys(self):
         return self[0::2]
@@ -244,9 +268,6 @@ class HyExpression(HyList):
     Hy S-Expression. Basically just a list.
     """
 
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return "(%s)" % (" ".join([repr(x) for x in self]))
-
 _wrappers[HyExpression] = lambda e: HyExpression(wrap_value(x) for x in e)
 _wrappers[Fraction] = lambda e: HyExpression(
     [HySymbol("fraction"), wrap_value(e.numerator), wrap_value(e.denominator)])
@@ -257,9 +278,6 @@ class HySet(HyList):
     Hy set (just a representation of a set)
     """
 
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return "#{%s}" % (" ".join([repr(x) for x in self]))
-
 _wrappers[set] = lambda s: HySet(wrap_value(x) for x in s)
 
 
@@ -335,9 +353,9 @@ class HyCons(HyObject):
 
     def __repr__(self):
         if isinstance(self.cdr, self.__class__):
-            return "(%s %s)" % (repr(self.car), repr(self.cdr)[1:-1])
+            return "<HyCons (%s %s)>" % (repr(self.car), repr(self.cdr)[9:-2])
         else:
-            return "(%s . %s)" % (repr(self.car), repr(self.cdr))
+            return "<HyCons (%s . %s)>" % (repr(self.car), repr(self.cdr))
 
     def __eq__(self, other):
         return (