...AND they don't make fun of the car for once.
https://jalopnik.com/dancing-is-how-...ing-1836923871
...AND they don't make fun of the car for once.
https://jalopnik.com/dancing-is-how-...ing-1836923871
Jalopnik, unlike most car sites, has never hated the Mirage. And they have wanted to see a "Mirage Cup" race for a long time now.
As an active racer, I love this idea.
I would 1000% support this!
For those that aren't familiar, there's the Micra Cup in Canada (or at least there was). There was also the Yaris cup, too. They already race Mirages in SE Asia: https://www.subcompactculture.com/20...mirage-in.html
I would so love to see Mitsubishi get back into racing like they used to, especially in the Mirage. But it doesn't seem many automakers go racing anymore in any official matter.
Kinda miss Jeremy on Top Gear. Anyways, the Mirage in the photo on the Jalopnik article is the R5 spec Mirage. So, Mitsubishi is not out of car racing yet. Here's the official Mirage R5 website:
http://www.mitsubishir5.com/
The R5 is made in Sweden, and has a turbo. Not quite the same as the Micra Cup in Quebec. I think those Cup cars are essentially stock Nissan Micra's.
Even better, check out the Facebook page to the R5:
https://www.facebook.com/MitsubishiR5Official?fref=ts
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 42.2 mpg (US) ... 17.9 km/L ... 5.6 L/100 km ... 50.7 mpg (Imp)
Call it the Ambulance Cup for all the roll-over accidents, being a tall- & narrow-bodied vehicle.
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View my fuel log 2015 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 49.6 mpg (US) ... 21.1 km/L ... 4.7 L/100 km ... 59.5 mpg (Imp)
At the risk of sounding like a grumpy old 41 year old, they certainly don't race like they used to! There seems to be far fewer factory-backed race teams in most series than there used to be. Heck, even in WRC: It's Citroen, Ford, Hyundai, and Toyota. No Mitsubishi, no Subaru, no Renault, no Audi/VW, etc. But so be it.
I think that the Mirage would be an ok race car, and not tipsy like I believe Eggman said above. It's just the electronic stability control does work in your car. So you have to go extreme to cause wheels to go bop. Not on my work's 80's forklift with a load. That thing will tip on a dime of the hand or foot.
Like the Mirage isn't a 1992 Geo Metro.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 42.2 mpg (US) ... 17.9 km/L ... 5.6 L/100 km ... 50.7 mpg (Imp)