Mitsubishi Mirage in America: the decision to be taken by the Americans

There are chances that the Mitsubishi Mirage that has just been launched in Asia, may finally be available in Canada, the next year.

In Quebec, we are still the most faithful clientele at the place of this niche of small economic, while our neighboring Americans still do not love it.

Currently, this subcompact is produced Laem Chabang to the factory in Thailand. In many countries, it is named Colt.

A glimmer of hope

In America, the Japanese manufacturer is clearly a lack of small cars, while many Japanese manufacturers offer at least a range of economic cars.

Even the American manufacturers venture there with their Chevrolet Spark, Ford Fiesta and Fiat 500 at Chrysler.

Mitsubishi Mirage

With a length of 3710 mm, it presents a very close template that the Mazda2.

His body adopts the style of a very popular hatchback sedan has five much closer to that of the new Chevrolet Aveo and Toyota Yaris as the Ford Fiesta portieres.

At this time, the car is driven p'tite either by a three-cylinder engine 1.0-liter MIVEC four-cylinder or a 1.2-liter, coupling choice has a manual gearbox five speeds, and even has a CVT transmission.

According to data from the manufacturer, it presents an average fuel consumption of around 3.4 L/100 km with the 1.0 L engine and 4.5 L/100 km with the 1.2 liter engine.

After Thailand, Australia and Europe, the Mitsubishi Mirage could finally reach us during the year 2013.