Would you buy a new Mitsubishi?

[Zee09]

I tried to get myself into one, but too much highway driving for me. Getting soft in my old age, kinda liking low NVH and the Mirage was not a quiet car. But I loved the idea! simple small car.

Also I don't think they came with cruise with a stick? Last week or two I've been trying to get myself to listen to audiobooks and sitting back to do the speed limit... and wishing my car had cruise control. [It does but it's currently broken due to an accident, will get fixed in a couple of weeks.] As much as I hate to think it, any new car I get has to have cruise, I've had that opinion for years. It's something I don't use often but know I would hate to not have for the times I want to use. Once I have a feature I find it hard to give up (I still miss having heated seats, and it's been 10 years since I had them).


Have to say, this thread has been tempting, but since doing audiobooks in my Corolla, I've noticed the tick upwards in mpg. 31 would sting a bit. Yes it's not a sedan, I know.

What is the range you're getting? Looks like a 14.5 gallon tank, so call it 12 on a fill-up? That's only 372 miles of range. I wish cars came with bigger tanks!

15.8 gallons

 

[Jarpin]

I had this in 2022....the LE is the sweet spot up north...heated seats standard....

A good friend of mine bought an almost fully loaded new RAV4 hybrid AWD and paid close to 45k for it. NO HEATED SEATS!

Corolla Cross is in the Outlander Sport class and you have to step up to the fully loaded XLE AWD (non hybrid) at over $31k MSRP to get that feature!

 

[Zee09]

Last week while buying my Accord the HR-V was decently discounted and 4.49% HFS rates....
Worth a look

 

[supton]

15.8 gallons

Nice, so 13 gallons? over 400 miles of range? not bad. I miss our Camry with a stick, that was 500 miles--and my diesel Jetta was over 700.

Took my Tundra on a long drive once. 16mpg and 20 gallons to fill up... that was annoying!

A good friend of mine bought an almost fully loaded new RAV4 hybrid AWD and paid close to 45k for it. NO HEATED SEATS!

Corolla Cross is in the Outlander Sport class and you have to step up to the fully loaded XLE AWD (non hybrid) at over $31k MSRP to get that feature!

Toyota knows where the barrel is. But they get away with it, so... enough people are content to play the game.

 

[Zee09]

Nice, so 13 gallons? over 400 miles of range? not bad. I miss our Camry with a stick, that was 500 miles--and my diesel Jetta was over 700.

Took my Tundra on a long drive once. 16mpg and 20 gallons to fill up... that was annoying!


Toyota knows where the barrel is. But they get away with it, so... enough people are content to play the game.

On rural back roads at 40 to 50 mph I have done trips like this around 14 miles including a drive in stop.
No start stop feature on the Sport.

 

[KCJeep]

A good friend of mine bought an almost fully loaded new RAV4 hybrid AWD and paid close to 45k for it. NO HEATED SEATS!

Corolla Cross is in the Outlander Sport class and you have to step up to the fully loaded XLE AWD (non hybrid) at over $31k MSRP to get that feature!

Toyota tax. Boggles my mind why people line up to pay it.

 

[supton]

Toyota tax. Boggles my mind why people line up to pay it.

I wouldn't say I line up, but I'll buy their stripper models. At least I used to. 10yr and 200k expectations with a min of fuss? They used to do that. Maybe the competition has finally caught up and they all do 200k now?

But not a loaded Toyota. Seems foolish. Too much money for things that will just break.

 

[Zee09]

Toyota tax. Boggles my mind why people line up to pay it.

Because they come in green

 

[KCJeep]

Because they come in green

That explains it then.

 

[IndyIan]

A good friend of mine bought an almost fully loaded new RAV4 hybrid AWD and paid close to 45k for it. NO HEATED SEATS!

Corolla Cross is in the Outlander Sport class and you have to step up to the fully loaded XLE AWD (non hybrid) at over $31k MSRP to get that feature!

You are in Texas... With cloth seats, I don't really care if they are heated or not, and I'm getting into them below freezing most mornings for 5 months of the year. But I do agree that Toyota putting something as cheap to implement as heated seats in only the very top trims is amazing, as their marketing dept must think they will still make more money on that, than they lose in sales to brands who put heated seats in a $20k car.

 

[Jarpin]

You are in Texas... With cloth seats, I don't really care if they are heated or not.

Well, my top of the line SEL has leather "seating surfaces". In winter at 38°F weather, that setup doesn't quickly warm up my lower back or big gluteus maximus like a standard non-heated cloth seat would. So yes, those seat heaters are a welcome addition even in the mild winters here, and even more so when I eventually move back to Kansas.

 

[Owen Lucas]

If the price is right, I'd buy it. Japanese made with a solid discount, go for it.

 

[Jarpin]

I test drove two, both at the same dealer. I didn’t commit because I’m out of town for a few days but I’m very strongly considering it when I get back.

Another update please! Did ya get it?

 

[Elkins45]

Another update please! Did ya get it?

Won’t be home until next Sunday.

 

[spk2000]

Will you drive the wheels off it or trade it at a certain point? They tend to lose value faster than other brands which if you trade often may be a consideration

 

[Elkins45]

Will you drive the wheels off it or trade it at a certain point? They tend to lose value faster than other brands which if you trade often may be a consideration

My intent is long-term ownership. I can only see trading if we grow to hate it or if it’s a lemon.

 

[tagman31]

I would, many times over. I went all out and bought a brand new Outlander PHEV. Free charging at work, the all electric range of 30 miles is plenty. The battery, hybrid system, engine, etc is all covered under the 10/100k warranty. The new Outlander is based on a stretched out Nissan rouge (they have been since ~2022), so it's a very modern vehicle inside, so you get all the nice interior parts of a new Nissan with a Mitsu power train (Nissan seats are hard to beat for a big fella like myself).

The only drawback I've found is the dealers are somewhat unfamiliar with the PHEV and it's quirks.

Only issue I've had is they built the car with the wrong climate control panel, my car was equipped with a windshield wiper heater but was missing the button. It was hard to get Mitsubishi corporate and the dealers to believe that it was wrong, but the service manager went to bat for me and ordered another climate panel with my vin. Sure enough, it showed up with the correct button. Mitsubishi didn't want to pay for it because they didn't tell him to do that yet, but backed down when talks of a buyback and a lawyer came up for selling a vehicle that didn't match the window sticker (which from my research in all this, could have been a big headache for Mitsubishi).


Aside from dealing with "large conglomerate corporate bureaucracy", I love the car and it drives nice, has a ton of power, and has averaged 30mpg so far. However hearing "you paid 45 grand for a Mitsubishi" has been annoying. That was sticker, but I got it for under 40 with all the incentives that come with a leftover

 

[Jarpin]

If there was any question about Mitsubishi's off road capabilities - Naysayers/doubters can read this .

 

[Elkins45]

If there was any question about Mitsubishi's off road capabilities - Naysayers/doubters can read this .

My preferred off-road vehicle these days is a Kubota L3800 or my Nissan Titan. I’m mostly looking for an AWD vehicle for driving in bad weather and road trips.

 

[Elkins45]

I drove my sport today 17 miles what a refreshing escape from my new Accord... The latest are far better than past models. At home on the country roads and interstates.

Mitsubishi says nothing about it but the engine has more hp and the cvt has been recalibrated for the better.

After the break in the 2.4 is a waste of money going to the top trim...

The LE is the sweet spot but I didn't like the seat material and went with the SE ....not much more but hard to find.

31 mpg combined this morning

Tell me about the 4WD button. When in 2WD mode does it truly lock out the rear wheels or is is on-demand? My assumption is that it is not, otherwise what is 4WD mode for? I think I understand 4 lock because my wife’s RAV has a button on the dash that locks the diff under 35mh.