I'm just curious why there's such a fascination with this car. I have zero Mitsubishi hate because I owned a '97 Mirage ( when it was a Japanese-built compact ) that was probably the best car I ever owned, especially in terms of overall reliability...I would know because I've been advised by more than one person that the more proprietary Mitsu parts network will rape you.
That being said, I would spend very little time looking at the current Mirage if I could get something like the new Rio for 8-9% more ( according to market avg. pricing in my area ). The Rio is a far superior vehicle on several fronts and unless the Mirage can be had for 10K, I just don't understand the fascination. Well, unless it's the loss leader, cheapest car sold argument...even then, I'm showing an average market price of 12.7K for the Mirage in my area. Not considerably cheaper than others in the segment and there doesn't seem to be much deep discounting.
If you're fascinated by the Mirage, I don't understand why you wouldn't be fascinated by the Chevy Spark...which is another 'better' vehicle. If a car that was voted "The Worst New Car Sold" is Mitsubishi's savior, then my guess is that the fork might already be halfway in Mitsu unless there are enough locales where they can be had for 10K.
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Originally Posted By: fdcg27
Not sure what you mean by almost as cheap or more substantial.
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When I think of Mitsubishi I think about the 3000GT,Eclipse,Starion,etc. That made some crazy awesome cars in the 80s and 90s!! Where did they go wrong?
Originally Posted By: Vuflanovsky
I'm just curious why there's such a fascination with this car. I have zero Mitsubishi hate because I owned a '97 Mirage ( when it was a Japanese-built compact ) that was probably the best car I ever owned, especially in terms of overall reliability...I would know because I've been advised by more than one person that the more proprietary Mitsu parts network will rape you.
That being said, I would spend very little time looking at the current Mirage if I could get something like the new Rio for 8-9% more ( according to market avg. pricing in my area ). The Rio is a far superior vehicle on several fronts and unless the Mirage can be had for 10K, I just don't understand the fascination. Well, unless it's the loss leader, cheapest car sold argument...even then, I'm showing an average market price of 12.7K for the Mirage in my area. Not considerably cheaper than others in the segment and there doesn't seem to be much deep discounting.
If you're fascinated by the Mirage, I don't understand why you wouldn't be fascinated by the Chevy Spark...which is another 'better' vehicle. If a car that was voted "The Worst New Car Sold" is Mitsubishi's savior, then my guess is that the fork might already be halfway in Mitsu unless there are enough locales where they can be had for 10K.
Originally Posted By: Vuflanovsky
I'm just curious why there's such a fascination with this car. I have zero Mitsubishi hate because I owned a '97 Mirage ( when it was a Japanese-built compact ) that was probably the best car I ever owned, especially in terms of overall reliability...I would know because I've been advised by more than one person that the more proprietary Mitsu parts network will rape you.
That being said, I would spend very little time looking at the current Mirage if I could get something like the new Rio for 8-9% more ( according to market avg. pricing in my area ). The Rio is a far superior vehicle on several fronts and unless the Mirage can be had for 10K, I just don't understand the fascination. Well, unless it's the loss leader, cheapest car sold argument...even then, I'm showing an average market price of 12.7K for the Mirage in my area. Not considerably cheaper than others in the segment and there doesn't seem to be much deep discounting.
If you're fascinated by the Mirage, I don't understand why you wouldn't be fascinated by the Chevy Spark...which is another 'better' vehicle. If a car that was voted "The Worst New Car Sold" is Mitsubishi's savior, then my guess is that the fork might already be halfway in Mitsu unless there are enough locales where they can be had for 10K.
Mitsubishi's in general are very reliable vehicles, and have a good rep in that area, so the Mirage should be no different.
Mitsubishi-made econo cars have been around for a long time, and are remembered fondly by may - Dodge Colt, anyone? Twin-stick?
That is where a lot of the 'interest' comes from, IMO.
The Mirage is always sitting 2nd or 3rd in it's sales sector in NZ. The Chev Spark is just a Suzuki...maybe it wouldn't sell so well badged with it's real manufacturer.
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The G4 is a pretty sweet little car!
https://www.mitsubishicars.com/mirage-g4/2018#vehicle-hero-area
Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm
The G4 is a pretty sweet little car!
https://www.mitsubishicars.com/mirage-g4/2018#vehicle-hero-area
Looks like the G4 and Mirage are the only cars they make for the U.S. So only five models total, two cars and three cross-overs. Their credit subsidiary gives out loans to pretty much anyone. So getting financing with them is super easy. Which helps them move cars. Same thing with Nissan credit services. BMW is also like this for their employees. This also includes dealership employees that have been there at least a year. Corporate employees are eligible right away and includes a generous discount on leases.
They want all BMWs in their corporate parking lots. If non-BMWs park there you'll keep getting flyers on your windshield about the great offers available.
Originally Posted By: addyguy
Mitsubishi-made econo cars have been around for a long time, and are remembered fondly by may - Dodge Colt, anyone? Twin-stick?
That is where a lot of the 'interest' comes from, IMO.
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The fascination with this car is similar with other econoboxen.
A certain level of auto buyer can't understand why anyone would buy one, and they are further dumbfounded when the owners are happy and don't find a million faults owning one.
This one is of particular interest because of its super low price and high economy.
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I think this is the first vehicle I've owned that has rollers incorporated into the cam lobes. It gives a whole new meaning to the term "roller cam". LOL. 
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The Mirage gets the highest non-hybrid fuel economy in the market, it's also the best selling car in its segment.
In the US there is demand for Geo metro type of cars that is really not being filled by anyone else.
The Mirage is safe, lightweight, manual, simple to work on and many times heavily discounted.
It's much cheaper to own a brand new Mirage than many used cars.
Nice! Sounds like it has been good basic transportation.
One brake job is pretty good. The dealer I work at used to have Mitsubishi, and we had one Mirage owner who burned through front pads like crazy. She was very overweight, as was her daughter, and I think she probably rested her foot on the pedal. Anyway, my boss was at the point of just giving her a set of brake pads when she came in to get her out of there, and on one of those visits she brought her teenage son. She said "I don't know why this car goes through brakes like this" and without missing a beat her son said "well it's carrying about a thousand pounds all the time". She swung around and yelled "BOY, IT AIN'T CARRYING A THOUSAND POUNDS!" It was hard to keep a straight face after that.
