Turbo Mirage sedan rumor (coming to North America?)

[grsupercity]

In the article it says they might bring the Attrage here, but with a turbo engine! Even the comments in the article seem to be in favor of it!

"US people might require more acceleration. So we are not sure if [the sedan] has marketability or not." If acceleration is a problem, Mitsubishi says it is exploring the use of a downsized turbocharged version of the engine.

Source: http://www.autoblog.com/2013/10/15/m...edan-us-video/

Mitsubishi North America manager of product planning Bryan Arnett says he would like to see a slightly edgier Mirage -- perhaps with tighter suspension and a few extra horsepower courtesy of a turbocharger

Source: http://mirageforum.com/forum/showthr...om-Mitsu-execs

[Daox]

It would be pretty cool to see the 1.0L come here with a small turbo putting out 100+ hp (130 like Ford's 1.0L ecoboost would be great). That would make for a very fun car.

[MetroMPG]

See also:

Thread: Mirage turbo 1.2L or 1.0L for the U.S.? Some recent chatter from Mitsu execs

[spacester]

a turbo for the bigger attrage.....

[Mikhail]

It seems that Thailand loves small sedans.

the Mitsubishi Attrage, the sedan version of the Mirage, which has its sole manufacturing plant in the world in Thailand, is off to a great start with just under 3,000 sales and 19.3% share. That’s already more than double the sales of the Mirage.

POS	Model	August	%
1	Suzuki Swift	4,001	26.3%
2	Nissan Almera	3,413	22.5%
3	Mitsubishi Attrage	2,928	19.3%
4	Honda Brio Amaze	1,986	13.1%
5	Mitsubishi Mirage	1,415	9.3%
6	Nissan Micra	1,073	7.1%
7	Honda Brio	373	2.5%

Thailand August 2013: Mitsubishi Attrage off to a great start

[Daox]

That is very cool. Glad to see it going well for Mitsu.

[Bretts]

Wish they could have moved this to the US for the 2014 model... hate to wait a year and find out it isnt happening! I love sedans, but with a car this small I might not be too upset getting the hatch.

[MetroMPG]

That's the key - I'm not sure why someone would go for the sedan in an A-segment sized car (well, Mirage sort of straddles A/B).

[MetroMPG]

At the Seattle Auto Show (going on now) a Mitsubishi rep gives a possible date for the sedan...

Mitsubishi is looking into a sedan version of this car for 2015

That would mean sedans arriving about a year from now.

Quote is from the 2:55 point in this video...

[Mikhail]

I believe the Sedans need to come sooner. Hatchbacks are OK, but Sedans are more practical in some other ways.

Why did this woman didn't like the color names? I voted for them.