Originally Posted by
2of9
Was going to say, for nearly 3 times the price of the Mirage, it better! haha.
The thing is, if you compare the BASE Mirage and BASE Niro, yes, the Mirage starts at like $10 and the Niro at $25. But to get some BASIC/necessary for Canada ammenities on the Mirage (cruise, auto, alloys, bluetooth, heated seats) it really jumps up in price (or did when I bought mine).
The Niro comes standard with all of those, plus backup camera (mandatory by law here now) and heated steering wheel. Plus some really functional storage space.
As for fuel-economy, my mirage has always averaged about 5.3L/100km the way I drive it.
And the Niro has been averaging about 4.3L/100km (also the way I drive it: highway, 120km/h, longer trips).
So with a new Mirage GT coming in at $17K and the Niro at $25K, thats not an insurmountable difference to make up in fuel savings (gas is $1.30/L here) of almost $1,000/year (with the 70,000kms I drive per year).
A few other points:
Mitsubishi went broke, and is owned by Nissan, so no real shade to be thrown at lowly Kia/Hyundai
The Niro feels worlds better, and is much more comfortable, quieter, etc
We put on 15,000kms in the first 3 months we had it, and it has performed admirably
Dual clutch tranny as opposed to god-awful cvt
The one big disclaimer, though:
There is so much more to go wrong on a hybrid, as opposed to our reliable little 3 cylinder!
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 automatic: 36.9 mpg (US) ... 15.7 km/L ... 6.4 L/100 km ... 44.3 mpg (Imp)