Originally Posted by
Cobrajet
The automotive intelligentsia can't understand why this car is selling despite the fact they have been mocking it for three years, so they all assume it must be because Mitsubishi is mindlessly throwing loans and keys at people.
That part I understand, after being dragged into BEV discussions on more than one occasion. In a case with BEVs from my point of view car, motorcycle or vehicle in general is something you can get in/on and ride into sunset. Something like Nissan Leaf with 70mi range (my daily commute is over 100mi) which would be next to impossible to drive across the country does not qualify as a "car" on my books.
Likely they have a similar perception of what car is and isn't, and thus something like Mirage does not fit into it? The sticking point is likely the 3cyl (it is a motorcycle?) and the price point car is build to. I don't think any of other car they reviewed is less than 20k, at least recently.
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View my fuel log 2015 Mirage DE 1.2 manual: 46.4 mpg (US) ... 19.7 km/L ... 5.1 L/100 km ... 55.7 mpg (Imp)