

How comfortable is the Mitsubishi Mirage? Settling on any other colour will cost you several hundred dollars. But for suburban driving, the CVT makes much easier work of things.
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Opting for the top-shelf Mirage LS means you miss out on the chance to team the little engine with the five-speed manual gearbox and make the most of the limited urge it provides at highway speeds.

A CVT transmission – which feels much like any automatic – is available at extra cost. The least costly Mirage, the ES, comes standard with a five-speed manual transmission.

You can expect to use significantly more than that in the real world, however, and especially in conditions that demand a lot from the engine – such as high speeds and hills. The official fuel consumption figure is 4.6 litres/100km, which makes the engine a sipper in anybody’s language. It’s a small - 1.2 litre - three-cylinder engine which keeps costs and fuel consumption to a minimum. Mitsubishi has made this an easy one to answer: there’s only one engine fitted to the Mirage hatch and sedan. Which engine uses least fuel, and why wouldn't I choose it?
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Air-conditioning, central locking, power windows front and rear (with auto up and down on the driver’s window), and power-adjustable mirrors.
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Android Auto/Apple CarPlay and Blutooth connectivity.7.0-inch touchscreen with reversing camera display.The Mirage drives its front wheels, and is classed as a micro car. Mitsubishi ceased to sell the sedan about December 2016.) (The Mirage was also sold in sedan form, and the sedan was a significantly bigger car than the hatchback.

A low first gear makes it easy to get going from rest, but in slow traffic you wish you could hold it for longer. In the manual model, the big gap between first gear and second. How noisy the engine is, and at highway speeds how much tyre roar intrudes into the cabin. The Mirage is bigger inside than it looks, performance is plenty for driving around town, and the tiny engine does not need much fuel. Mitsubishi’s last remaining passenger car in Australia is all about getting your motoring dollar further while being easy to drive and park.
