2017 Mirage confirmed new information

[cyclopathic]

The 4A92 is such a limited run motor that I really couldn't see it. That motor never even made it to the US so would just seem odd for it to finally make a debut now.

The 4B11 has the exhaust ports in the back also and is proven to drop right in, <cough> awd transmission and all. I'm crossing my fingers for the 4B11 which will mean instant turbo bolt ons and tuning options.

I suppose anything will be limited comparing to4B11. 4A92 is the main engine on Lancers in Asia and sold in EU. It has much better efficiency.

Agree 4B11 is much cheaper solution for US as it is already sold here

[Clessy]

Personally, I agree with you Cobrajet. Unfortunately, the sales numbers don't. If this model was so popular, it would be selling much better. I've been watching inventory at my local dealerships and they aren't moving much. Maybe it's just a local thing.

They sold roughly 1932 mirages this month. 225 of them are sold in San Antonio Texas almost every month.

[cyclopathic]

They sold roughly 1932 mirages this month. 225 of them are sold in San Antonio Texas almost every month.

Long ways from beating Versa, but still very good. It may actually take off if they fix suspension, rear, put 15" wheels and pretty up front end. TOC on Mirage should be less than on Versa, so if the fleet operators start buying them sales will explode. On paper Spark sells well, but the numbers inflated by fleet sales.

[live4redline]

I don't really understand where you guys are coming from. Your still going to have the same models we currently have now with pricing and mileage. The addition of a more powerful GT model just opens the market a bit and pushes the on paper numbers a little wider.

[Cobrajet]

New GT model
New 2.0 Motor option
ES, SE and, GT trims
New front styling
2 new color options of Sunrise Orange and Wine Red
Rocksford Fosgate option
15" rims based around the styling of the 2016 Outlander design
Apple Car play
Android Audio support
Complete new rear end suspension setup
Complete interior and engine compartment line for drastically lower road noise.


And for me I cant wait for order mine.

So the ES, which is now the top trim in the US and the base trim in Canada, is now going to be the base trim in the US with the middle trim being the SE, which has been the top trim in Canada since the car was introduced? And we get a new GT trim? And the DE presumably goes away?

Mitsubishi reeeeeallly needs to knock off the ES vs SE thing!

[25Plus]

Assumed the 2.0 liter motor would have exact double the power of the 1.0 liter motor (this means only 176 Nm and 142 PS), the car weighs 1000 kg and has the same aerodynamics, it would have a 0-100 km/h time of 7.7 seconds and reach 220 km/h. Therefore final drive should be changed to 3.5 (if you took the actual US-gearbox figures - gears 1-3 would be comparable to the Space Star 1.2 with european specification).

Just look at the diagrams attached.

[MetroMPG]

They sold roughly 1932 mirages this month. 225 of them are sold in San Antonio Texas almost every month.

Mitsu said 1348 Mirages sold for September.

A GT with more power and better suspension tuning would be a ridiculously good marketing move, even if they only sell a couple hundred a month.

[Cobrajet]

Mitsu said 1348 Mirages sold for September.

A GT with more power and better suspension tuning would be a ridiculously good marketing move, even if they only sell a couple hundred a month.

Very true. Especially if they will be using an off-the-shelf motor like the 4B11. Lend all the jaded auto journalists the gung-ho GT model to test, and maybe they will lay off criticizing the lesser versions a little.

But really all they needed to do was make it a little quieter, sharpen up the suspension, and give it a facelift. I just hope they didn't do too much.

[grsupercity]

There not going to shoot up the base price. The base price will stay about the same. It will just have a better suspension and the new Mitsubishi face. They will also be adding a new trim level with a larger engine. Nothing to freak about guys

[foama]

But really all they needed to do was make it a little quieter...

You know there is a good thread here about getting rid of the noise, and it doesn’t take much to do it.

See topic: " How to do some noise dampening "

The down side is, mine makes so little noise, sometimes I try to restart the running engine when the lights turn green, because I didn’t hear it was running!