One of the local Mitsubishi dealers had the 2014 lineup strategically placed around a local shopping mall. I saw a blue Mirage sitting outside of Macy's and it just had that "I like it" factor. I read up on it, and REALLY started to like it. I test drove a 2014 DE 5-speed and was sold. I wanted to wait a bit to pay off the car I had (2009 Ford POS, I mean Escape) and do some more research. I read through this forum and noticed that unlike the Spark, the Mirage wasn't an unreliable piece of doo doo. And unlike all the "professional" reviewers, Mirage owners seem to absolutely love them. I stopped at the same dealer (South Park Mitsubishi) that had the cars at the mall the year before, did my best Monty Hall/Wayne Brady, and drove home in a shiny new 2015 Black Mirage DE!
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View my fuel log 2015 Mirage DE 1.2 manual: 37.9 mpg (US) ... 16.1 km/L ... 6.2 L/100 km ... 45.5 mpg (Imp)