2014 Mitsubishi Mirage drive

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Mitsubishi’s new three-cylinder Mirage a ode to low-cost motoring

Quebec Que. – This is a car for folks generally don’t read car It is amongst the three least new cars you can buy in North America but 74 horsepower. It’s smaller even a typical subcompact

There’s little flair on the front, inside or out, for the choice of a funky pink-ish paint job that screams confidence in one’s feminine

If you’re still with us, the 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage holds at least some interest for you. Perhaps because it has become the first vehicle in Canada to offer than two seats for a generation at since the departure of the Suzuki from the ‘90s. Or perhaps intrigued over Mitsubishi’s that it is now “Canada’s most efficient, gasoline-powered subcompact,” would be true if Toyota’s Prius c wasn’t also by gasoline.

Going back to the basics of econocars, with low key

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though the names are the same, decided to go a different route their American counterparts equipping the Mirage with or available features. Mitsu has pared down the convenience and options list compared to the offering, with the result that Canadian Mirages at $12,498, or about $500 than their American When does that happen?

That’s not quite as low as the ’14 Spark’s $11,995 starting but the Mitsu’s $12,498 price is low to at least approach the $12k Versa sedan and Spark for costly new car on the market, even these prices relate to basic vehicles that air conditioning and automatic transmissions.

Want those two niceties in Spark or Mirage? Then looking at about 15 grand in one – $14,895 for the Spark LS and $15,398 for the Mirage SE. At that the Mirage also adds heated seats and power windows to its standard front windows and door locks, a $500 convenience package on stereo and cruise controls to the wheel, Bluetooth, and a USB adapter in the

By modern new car standards, these to a bare minimum of features, so want to tick all of the option to ensure your funds go Bluetooth convenience rather traffic fines.

Comforting simplicity will be too simple for

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Throw in the $1,450 freight and PDI charge, and a Mirage comes to $18,548, or with the manual five-speed That $1,450 freight is a far cry from the US$795 charged in the U.S. so you can kiss that price advantage goodbye – Alaskans and Hawaiians are only US$920 in dealer transportation

Mitsubishi Canada product manager Don Ulmer said pre-delivery procedure is much extensive than in the U.S. going into detail on how. To be fair, Mitsu is far the only company doing it, as the Mirage’s freight charges are in with most rivals, Nissan’s equally new 2014 Note charging $1,567 in and pre-delivery charges.

Unfortunately, despite the standard spoiler that contributes to aerodynamics and therefore fuel it’s not. The tiny never grow larger 14-inches in diameter, or wider an anorexic 165 mm across, both contributing to a look that please feed me, so I can fill up wheel wells.