I Finally Understand why NOBODY wants a Mitsubishi Mirage
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 พ.ค. 2024
- Join @MortyReviews as he drives the new Mitsubishi Mirage
Price (MSRP) 💲: Starting around $16,000 USD
Powertrain ⚙️: 1.2-liter inline-3 engine 78 hp and 74 lb-ft of torque
Transmission 🕹: Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT)
0-60 MPH 🚦: Approximately 12.8 seconds
Top Speed 💥: Around 105 mph
MPG ⛽️: Approximately 36 mpg city / 43 mpg highway
Curb Weight ⚖️: Approximately 2,095 pounds to 2,117 pounds - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
Bruh, it is an economy car. You gonna complain that a new F250 sucks on the slalom course or that a new Corvette can't haul any hay bales? 😂
Wasting your breath on an extremist. Dude won't live past 35.
Ironically, a 1980-1990s Corvette (think C4-C5 ) probably could haul a hay bale
And he riding solo should have taken 3 more adults up a hill I have one 😅😅😅😅😅
I owned a 2015 Mitsubishi Mirage with over 300,000 miles, and it’s very popular here in Southeast Asia. It’s not fast or particularly attractive, but it's reliable and sufficient for those needing a dependable vehicle to get from point A to point B without issues. The gas mileage is excellent. While it might not appeal to car enthusiasts, it's ideal for ordinary people who want a straightforward, functional car. I don't understand why it gets so much criticism in the US or other Western countries.
I mean the smallest we have is a Chevy Spark 90hp and ur telling me u managed to make something worse 😂
It all due to different car cultures and needs/wants. Car Manufacturers know this, which is why many different regions have different specific cars to meet certain expectations and requirements.
For instance, as you said in Southeast Asia, the needs is mostly to go to point A to point B without issues while being cheap. Many people there arent as concern for Safety and features and are willing to sacrifice things such as performance. Some localised cars that arent available in the global market are: Kia Carens, Hyundai Stargazer and Honda BRV. All these have a common theme of using a very small engine (around 100 hp) to carry 7 people, same goes to the Toyota Wigo and the Mitsubihshi Mirage/Attrage to meet the lower standards and lower income of Southeast Asian countries. In places like America, these cars would never sell well due to the low power. In the eyes of Americans, having high HP, feature-rich tech and stature is more important than having the best economy from a 1.2L. (I mean just look how big and massive American cars are compared to European cars)
then there's some people that are very cool (and crazy!) and turbo their mirages over there
@@stradmon Chevy Spark in the US and Canada is 98 hp
US tends to drive at higher speeds posted on the roadways and we drive for longer times then most.
Better than walking or riding a scooter. Quite popular in Europe and Asia, where some cars have less than 60 HP. Not really for US market.
different people different needs. this fits those who just want a car without busting the bank or owing huge loans. lower your expectations and it can be a good car for anyone
That car is made for small streets on a bigger sized complex cities. No highway driving. That kind of cars are quite common on here in Europe.
True but remember in the states half our driving is on the highway and we all have trucks this thing is just not the kinda car anyone would want and if you add snow like in Canada this car doesn’t make sense
@@TheCRAisHere yet the fact remains that we hardly have any affordable new cars in the USA. It's just this Mirage and the Nissan Versa. Even the Kia Rio, Hyundai Accent etc. have been discontinued. A new base Corolla LE here in Dallas is around 26k including the forced pre-installed packages and markup. A base Civic LX is 26-28k. Prices have become ridiculously high!
@@TheCRAisHere 2 Wheel drive isn't un-common in the snow areas, and speed wise, you can cruise at 80 MPH on the interstate, or faster, and still get 40 MPG. Heck, even with roof racks with a bike on top you can go 80 MPH.
I drive mine anywhere but the city, 21,000 miles in 8 months. I do joy rides, it's fun driving all over for me. I drive in the hills, the mountains, all the way up to 8,500 feet above sea level, into the deserts, and highways. I do it all. I just try to stay out of the city.
Drove my old mirage 3800 miles across country didn’t let me down once
It’s for someone who wants new and not wanting to spend more or a used car then pay shitload for repairs. Bro, it’s a purpose for certain people.
I got a 2024 Mitsubishi Mirage ES, put 21,000 miles on it in 8 months. Great car! The more I drive it, the more I like it. I am on vacation not in the Mirage, and I miss it. Wish I could have taken it on the trip.
Side note, 4:47 any car sounds strained when floored.. Unless it's an EV.
7:20 The screen has a brightness adjustment. And if you have the daytime running lights on, the screen is in dim mode. But you can manually adjust it with a button on the left side of the screen. Or if you want even more adjustment, you can do so inside the settings in the screen.
Things to note, the SE trim level has heated seats, push button start, lane keep warning. Also the base model comes with the cargo cover, but your rental doesn't.
I find the car fun to drive around all over. I got 52 US MPG over the span of 21,000 miles, which is amazing. I don't find the car to lack power, and I don't just drive this, I also drive things like V8 Cadillacs, and V6 Nissan Frontier's. But I don't drive fast, I drive eco-minded. So power is the least of my worry. As long as it can go 90 KPH, 55 MPH down the highway, I'm happy. This car can cruise at 80 MPH if you wanted to.
In southeast asia, there is a car called a Toyota aygo /perodua axia and trust me the mitsubishi mirage is waaaaaaaay better than that car. So its practically a midrange car over here and a camry is luxury sedan
Hey, at least you got amenities like an arm rest, four power windows (could be cranky-windy in the back), some chrome bits and multifuncion steering wheel!
Actually the arm rest is something you have to buy separately.
@@PRL1290 Yes, and no. Higher trim levels, BE, SE, Ralliart have it standard. But ES, and LE don't have it standard.
It actuallly has 78hp.
This is basically a Kei car. Perfect for in-city get around.
Id love to have one as a work car. Theyre perfect imo, not overly complicated, great on gas, somewhat stylish imo. I love mitsubishis. The galants, eclipses, 3000gt, i even like the outlanders before they became rebadged rogues. But even then there vehicles are all very competitively priced for what you get. I know i can get a good 150k miles out a Mitsubishi if not more.
0-60mph is in 11 seconds, yes it's bad compare to modern standards but someone who drove all his life older compact cars won't notice the difference. A base Civic or Corolla from 2000 does the same in 10 seconds. In Europe or Asia there are many slower cars on the road.
*Back in the early 90s when the Chevy Sprint/Pontiac Firefly/Geo Metro all had the 1.3L dinky engines, I said, this is BS!! Nothing should come in this small of a displacement. They won't last.*
*Ford had the Ford Fiesta, Festiva, and Aspire that also had micro displacement engines. And there was also the Suzuki Swift.*
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@@carhoarder602 The engines do tend to last though. Just change the oil every 3,000, or 4,000 miles, you can expect 300,000 miles (or more) out of the engine.
It's just basic motoring A-to-B vehicle. I drive alternately '13 Toyota Yaris Hybrid, '18 Honda Jazz 1.3 CVT and '21 Space Star 5-speed manual. Of course Mitsubishi is the worst in comfort but... the most fun & pleasent to drive! :O Reminds me the little dog, very joyful because of walk with me. And it scores 56-58 mpg every run, when complex Yaris Hybrid doing 64-66 mpg same path. Yaris & Jazz doesn't make me smile.
No ac sport mode and early pedal to metal to merge on freeway
What do you mean? It gets me a to b. Alot of young people (my peers) in my community dont value that. Something cheap is worth it.
I will reference Samuel L Jackson from Die Hard 3, "It's a Yugo! It's built for economy, not speed.". Change the Yugo to a Mirage.
This car is acceptable for what it is. It's a subcompact made for fuel economy. Easy to park, cheap to fuel, and nobody wants to steal it. What more do you need?
I actually tried finding one two years ago whe shopping for a used car. For my needs, this was a perfect second car for daily commutes.
Perfect for Toronto traffic. See you at the next traffic light! HP doesn't reallly matter in those conditions.
I personally like these types of cars and wish they made more of them. You know it's small when your 4 and 7 year old kids complain a Hyundai Accent sedan is too small. Imagine with this car. This is a 2 person car.
Thanks for the review.
I love my mirage. Gets me where I want to go. Great gas mileage and you can pack a surprising amount in it. The screen is very bright- maybe you didn’t set the brightness. Also, crumple zones and side curtain airbags.
I agree! I've hauled 14 vacuums in the car, had space left. As well as a pretty large TV. Gets 52 MPG with my light foot, all I need. (:
I've driven a 90 ford festiva, a '94 subaru justy, and couple saturn chevy aveo. I doubt a mirage would be worse, however I'll never touch one with the stupid CVT
For that price i would rather have a small crossover like the Toyota Raize
I love mine.
If they offered an up model version (SE-R with like 105HP) or something then maybe but with a 1.2 it should have a manual. That's with no passengers or cargo load. put 2 kids and an adult in it and it won't make it up a hill. My wife drives a lancer, a few years ago she tried to trade it in for a new one... this is what they were offering to replace her car with.... ummm, no. She said it felt like a Half of the lancer.
u can find video of this car doing 100mph on the autobahn. its all u need in a car.
Beats walking, taking the bus or cycling.
CVT* not CVT transmission
You should have got it with a manual transmission. Many ppl neglect servicing the CVT's until they fail and buy another car. Manual transmissions last longer.
The manual uses more fuel though, and revs the engine much higher. 3,000 RPM gets you 60 MPH in 5th in the manual.
The CVT's can last a long time, but you're right, nearly no one services them. My friend went through 3 CVT's in his Nissan Sentra, he says they are junk.. But he also Never changed the fluid on any of the transmissions. And the engine is burning oil, he does 10,000-15,000 mile oil changes.
@@extralock1045 that's pretty hard on the engine to do oil changes at 10 to 15k. I remember leasing a Hyundai sonata and it would run like crap closer to 7500 on the first oil change and again after the second. But I didn't care at the time bc it was a friggin lease.
It does exactly what an economy car is supposed to do
It's shaped like an egg. I have the Sedan version
I finally understand why you feel that way; you really want a corvette but could only afford a Mirage? So thats why you hate its rather slow acceleration? Tell you what, I bought a new 23 Mirage hatchback and love it, since my needs are transportation only, its acceleration, while not world beating is good enough when you use the drive sport mode and hold your revs to 4,000 rpm, thats its torque peak, so keeping it at 4,000 you will see better acceleration, and I use it on freeways everyday, it merges just fine used this way and once you hit 65 mph just use the cruise control and watch the gas mileage climb! These cars typically go over 200K (miles) and come with 10 yrs/100,000 mile warranty, so they know the car will make it, and they do! My fill ups come in at $20, and oil changes only need 3 quarts. Its easy to work on these things and once you live within its design limits there is really no other car like it. Im guessing you were just renting it here, but in actually owning them you come to discover just how practical and dependable they really are. But then again, you still really want that Corvette, dont you!
You know me too well ,hopefully I’ll get that corvette and one day fingers crossed
@@POV_Driving You would actually be better advised to buy 2 new mirages rather than the 1 corvette! The corvette will get you in trouble, be very unreliable after a couple years of abuse, give you high insurance and registration costs, a pig on gas, and attract law enforcement attention. All that and the type of woman who will dirty deal you since they will be jealous of your car and pretend to like you for your car. Now about 2 mirages? Always have a back up, if you could afford the corvette 2 mirages will come to $36k, both brand new with that great warranty. Low cost to run and register, wont get you in trouble since your acceleration will be kinda boring (good!) much better reliability and mileage and even if you drove naked and were making love to teddy bears the cops would ignore you sitting in your mirage! Then again Ive always thought the guys who wanted a corvette were dickless wonders and confused their masculinity with some car brand since they were usually compensating for their inability to have a woman and thought the corvette would make up for it. Last positive thing for the Mirage is the car stamps you as practical, frugal and realistic, since most Mirage owners already know with the traffic we already have to suffer in makes a fast car useless in bumper to bumper traffic, where as even the base Mirage comes with cruise control and A/C, power windows and a radio, with seats that are comfortable. A problematic woman would see a mirage as wimpy and so acts as a filter for you, getting rid of divorce prone bitches right off, and a good girl, a decent one will like the car since its cute and easy to maneuver in traffic and comes loaded with features anyone stuck in traffic would want. So again the Mirage filters the women for you and her reaction to it tells you everything you need to know about her. Quite the ride, eh?
I find sport mode very useless for speeding up, you can do the same thing in drive? But going downhill it's useful, I use it for engine braking. (:
I agree, the Mitsubishi Mirage is the sensible option, the option that will fit 91% of the people who drive. But 99% of the 91% of people will end up making excuses on why they need a huge SUV like the Cadillac Escalade, or Chevy Suburban, or Ford F150.
I got the Mirage, and drive it all over, awesome car!
One thing to note, I am across the country right now, drove my moms Ford Maverick (pickup truck) she won't ride in the Mirage because it's "too small", although the interior dimensions are nearly identical. Either way, I miss the Mirage, and the truck is pretty useless. The back seats are full of stuff because the bed is un-secure, and the cover leaks.. But in the Mirage you just fold the back seats down, sure, you don't have back seats in both cases, but you have a larger loading area like so, that has climate control, and is more secure, and won't get wet when it rains.
Plus the Mirage is more refined in a way. The Maverick seems to have tech glitches in several ways, parking brake won't turn off right away, need to wait for the car to fully start. The screen lags badly, the doors are also very scratchy. One good thing I can say about it is it's quieter.
@@extralock1045
Glad to see you are another ally out there, spreading Mirage mayhem! Thats right, acceleration and looks are fun, but so is 55mpg! Anyway, try this experiment, since you are an owner with your mirage. Find a hill, make a big, and in drive accelerate up it. Make it at least a half mile going up. Now do it again this time in sport mode, and keep the tach at 4,000 rpm, because thats its torque peak, and see how fast this time to the top. Compare results.
@@gkauto1959 but if you put your foot all the way down its going to be the same speed. In drive you just have to push the pedal down further
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If you just need a commuter car around the town/city, this thing is great. For long, hilly highway driving , maybe not so great. Its 4 km's to my work. I can't get over 40km/hour anyway. This car works.
@4:42 That is why a grandpa transmission, an automatic, is not the way to go with this slow poke.
The CVT keeps the engine in it's peak power band though? The automatic, or manual don't do that, they change RPM all the time, and tend to not stay where the engine makes the most power, around 5,500 RPM.
0-100 in 2 Business Days *Holidays not included*
It's a Kia race car huh...
Hush 🤣
Buying this NEW is a joke. You can get a camry for the price
The downsides of the Camry are few. The Camry warranty is lower, the Camry is bigger, so it's harder in small spaces. The Camry also uses more fuel.
Even used wise, the Camry (a modern one) is as much as a new Mitsubishi, and the Mitsubishi has a 100,000 mile powertrain warranty. And to add to that, the Mitsubishi is also quite reliable if you change the fluids and don't do 10,000 mile oil changes, and 100,000 mile CVT oil changes.
But at the end of the day, yes, the Camry will last longer before needing a larger repair.
When a person of your age group can't understand how to get someplace without racing everything to the redline. Does your generation ever have a single peaceful moment where you aren't trying rip your own brain out of your skull? It's an economy car, made for gas mileage, not made for people who need to be on psychiatric mediation for impulse control.
So you’ve never been young and dumb huh
A car like this is made for the more mature audience who also has a family car, or a sports car, or both, who would simply like a little light driving to the city or town, have no worry about parking, and not worry about if someone will ding your car wherever you park unlike if you were driving a sports car. I also drive a 2021 i10 with 84hp but it feels just care free to drive and lighter than a Miata, the supra gr 3.0 I also drive and their are more things to worry about, even other cars younger gen is driving wanting to race you
The manuals are a little faster but Mitsubishi hates anything logical and discontinued the manual.