I wonder if Mitsu will do targeted advertising about the Mirage in provinces with the highest gas prices. (BC, Quebec, ??)
I wonder if Mitsu will do targeted advertising about the Mirage in provinces with the highest gas prices. (BC, Quebec, ??)
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 62.4 mpg (US) ... 26.5 km/L ... 3.8 L/100 km ... 74.9 mpg (Imp)
Seems Australians are following North Americans in the switch from cars to SUV's & CUV's.
In the past 4 years, the small car segment there has dropped a lot, and the Mirage has absolutely cratered.
See thread: Mirage annual sales in Australia: 2014 - 2017
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 62.4 mpg (US) ... 26.5 km/L ... 3.8 L/100 km ... 74.9 mpg (Imp)
3106 Mirages sold last month. That's WELL above last year's monthly average, and the best month since March of 2017.
I wonder why... big fleet sale? Showroom traffic up because of the big marketing push for the Eclipse Cross? Gas prices hitting 2-year high renewing interest in fuel efficient cars?
The company as a whole had its best month since 2005.
Source: http://media.mitsubishicars.com/rele...p-21-7-percent
- Outlander Sport and Outlander both record their best March sales month ever
- Calendar year sales up 22.7 percent over 2017
GM sold 3300 Sparks.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 62.4 mpg (US) ... 26.5 km/L ... 3.8 L/100 km ... 74.9 mpg (Imp)
Best month ever and best fiscal year in the company's Canadian history. Of course, it was driven by SUV/CUV sales.
The press release mentions "substantial growth in showroom traffic last quarter".
Source: https://www.mitsubishi-motors-pr.ca/...subishi-motors
Mirage: 218 sales - slightly better than last year's monthly average.
Compared to Nissan, which sold 578 Micras.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 62.4 mpg (US) ... 26.5 km/L ... 3.8 L/100 km ... 74.9 mpg (Imp)
Interesting. Do you suppose the news of GM Daewoo has any impact on this?
Thread: GM may exit Korea = killing off the Spark?
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View my fuel log 2015 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 49.6 mpg (US) ... 21.1 km/L ... 4.7 L/100 km ... 59.5 mpg (Imp)
To the average car buyer? Not likely.
Maybe it would be on a fleet buyer's radar though. Although, GM would still support the car for warranty/service regardless of what happens in Korea this month, so it really just comes down to the deal.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 62.4 mpg (US) ... 26.5 km/L ... 3.8 L/100 km ... 74.9 mpg (Imp)
Last edited by Eggman; 04-03-2018 at 09:21 PM.
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View my fuel log 2015 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 49.6 mpg (US) ... 21.1 km/L ... 4.7 L/100 km ... 59.5 mpg (Imp)
inuvik (04-03-2018),Marklovski (04-03-2018),MetroMPG (04-03-2018)
On further reflection... it's gotta be fleet sales.
Last time the U.S. had a big spike in sales, it was on the retail (individual buyers) side -- that was back in the days of the huge rebates on 2015 models, 2 years ago. At that time there was a noticeable corresponding bump in traffic to the forum. (We actually haven't surpassed those numbers since.)
Looking at the traffic numbers for last month, it was completely normal. No traffic spike.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 62.4 mpg (US) ... 26.5 km/L ... 3.8 L/100 km ... 74.9 mpg (Imp)
Well, the company Fummins works at bought about 30 of them. I wonder how many Fumminses are out there we don't know about?
More likely they're going into rent-a-car fleets. I've seen plenty of references (and a few reviews like this one) of rental Mirages.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 62.4 mpg (US) ... 26.5 km/L ... 3.8 L/100 km ... 74.9 mpg (Imp)