Mitsubishi Express Van Earns Australia's First-Ever Zero-Star Safety Rating
https://www.thedrive.com/news/39656/...-safety-rating
Mitsubishi Express Van Earns Australia's First-Ever Zero-Star Safety Rating
https://www.thedrive.com/news/39656/...-safety-rating
Last edited by MetroMPG; 03-10-2021 at 01:47 PM. Reason: (added more info to post)
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 44.4 mpg (US) ... 18.9 km/L ... 5.3 L/100 km ... 53.3 mpg (Imp)
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View my fuel log 2015 Mirage ES 1.2 automatic: 40.5 mpg (US) ... 17.2 km/L ... 5.8 L/100 km ... 48.6 mpg (Imp)
MetroMPG (03-10-2021)
If Mitsubishi survives the merger with Renault/Nissan, I will find that incredible. The fact that the new Outlander is a Rogue in disguise already makes me start to question it.
The 0 rating is a bit over done. I would take a good driver in that van over a bad driver in the safest rated cargo van.
Ummm....neither will a Mirage or any other vehicle I own!The real kicker for the van comes from its lack of active safety systems.
The vehicle has no automatic emergency braking, period.
It won't stop for pedestrians, stationary objects, other cars, anything.
I wonder what the Mirage's "safety rating" score is in Australia.
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View my fuel log 2015 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 52.2 mpg (US) ... 22.2 km/L ... 4.5 L/100 km ... 62.6 mpg (Imp)
If you read the article it did OKAY on the crash tests. They failed it for not having lane departure warning, automatic braking for everything, self driving, and who knows what else. Their test even wants a speed governor.
If this is the case give me the least safe car possible.
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View my fuel log 2019 Mirage ES 1.2 automatic: 38.8 mpg (US) ... 16.5 km/L ... 6.1 L/100 km ... 46.5 mpg (Imp)
That's what I thought! I'd rather have a good driver who doesn't own a cell phone in the seat!
Basing new vehicles on all these latest features is so stupid.
I still remember Doug DeMuro harping on the fact the Mirage manual door locks aren't colored (show red when they are unlocked). How stupid? Our 2016 Focus driver's education cars don't have manual door locks period. You can't manually lock up the car. It's power locks or nothing. I suppose you could lock the driver's door with the key, but if your battery was removed you couldn't lock up the rest of the car.
I've sort taken note of other car locks & realize it dumber to not have the manual locks as back up. Who cares if they are colored? I use my remote lock button & walk away. Harping on that when every Mirage has power locks in the States is so stupid. Then again, I don't think Doug DeMuro would be the brightest lightbulb in the room.