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2015 Mitsubishi Mirage ES w/ Navigation
Kevin McKenzie, 08/01/2015
2015 Mitsubishi Mirage ES 4dr Hatchback (1.2L 3cyl CVT)
13 of 13 people found this review helpful
I bought my 2015 Mirage ES with Navigation about 2 weeks ago and had to make a 3 hour drive back home from the dealer on I-495 (belt way) and had no issues going 75mph and keeping up with traffic. I averaged 50mpg on the drive back. The ride is amazingly smooth for such a small car!!! I love the Navigation and Back Up Camera that I got as the $900.00 option package and it also has the $695.00 Sport Appearance Package which really makes it look sharp. My co-worker purchase a 2015 ES with Navigation back in November 2014 and 5,000 miles later not one issue we both love our Mirage's!!! I got mine in Starlight Silver and my co-workers is Infared. The Interior is really spacious and the trunk is very roomy!!! I had my choice of many cars and I knew hands down this was the car for me and I couldnt be happier. All of the negative reviews this car has is just plain stupid. It is full of features, power windows, locks, mirrors, push button start, navigation, back up camera, cd, dvd, automatic climate control, fog lights, fast key with keyless start, button access, ABS, Hill Hold Assist, TC, Stability Control and much much more!!! You cant go wrong with any Mirage!!!!
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After one month with a 2015 Mirage CVT
Dane, 09/29/2016
2015 Mitsubishi Mirage DE 4dr Hatchback (1.2L 3cyl CVT)
13 of 13 people found this review helpful
I started looking for small cars with great gas mileage when my 14 year old Hyundai Sonata hit 180,000 miles and I knew I was going to start facing some significant repair costs. I liked the Chevy Spark but it was almost impossible to find one in the $8,500 or less range that hadn't been used as a rental. I liked the Honda Fit and the Toyota Yaris, but anything in that price range seemed to always have at least 50,000 miles on it. I Briefly looked at a Smart Fortwo with less than 10,000 miles on it, but just couldn't bring myself to take that kind of size hit. I saw a 2015 "Sapphire blue" Mitsubishi Mirage with 14,000 miles on it. After a test drive and a little dickering I got it out the door at $8750. Here are my thoughts after 30 days with the Mirage. Is it as loud, slow, and unresponsive as the professional reviewers have labeled it? No. It's louder, slower, and less responsive than my old Sonata was, but it also gets almost exactly twice the miles per gallon. The key to owning the Mirage is all in expectations. If you're expecting a car that gets 45 mpg while still being able to do a 9 second quarter, handle like it's on rails and haul you and 4 other people around at 75 mph in the quiet comfort of a Mercedes 500 series, I'm thinking you may have a long search for your next car. My Mirage has had no trouble getting on highway entrance ramps at 35 mph, then accelerating to 65 by the end of the ramp in order to merge with traffic. Does it accelerate like my 6 cylinder Hyundai? No, but I've never had to put my foot to the floor to get it up to speed like some reviewers claim either. I do occasionally find myself checking to make sure all my windows are completely up when I'm doing 65-70 because there's a bit more wind noise than I'm used to, but it's not like it's loud enough to affect a conversation, or listening to the stereo. And of course the bottom line for me is that I'm getting 45 mpg consistently in real world driving with this car, which saves me almost 1/3 of my monthly car payment in gas over what I was spending with the Sonata. Now if I can get 185,000 miles of trouble-free driving on the Mirage like I did on the Sonata, I'll be more than thrilled with my purchase. One side note- the CVT transmission does take a little getting used to. The absolute key to this transmission is keeping your right foot steady. Slow, steady increases in accelerator pressure lets the CVT rev the engine up smoothly and relatively quickly, and then drop down the same way. Hitting the accelerator hard gives you the "rubber band effect" where your engine revs but you don't accelerate for a second, then suddenly catch up. The CVT also has an odd habit of "clunking" slightly when you come to a complete stop before the car settles into a fairly smooth idle. My opinion of the 2015 Mirage after 30 days is that this company did an amazing job engineering a car to get 45 mpg while still letting a person drive normally, in reasonable comfort.
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Professional Reviewers??
My Kermit, 02/15/2016
2015 Mitsubishi Mirage DE 4dr Hatchback (1.2L 3cyl 5M)
11 of 11 people found this review helpful
I too read the professional reviews then on youtube I decided to view MOTORWEEK's review of this car as they have been honestly reviewing cars for over 30 years as they too had qualms about this car which totally changed when the review was complete! This is one awesome little car! I really love my KIWI GREEN little Kermit! For a 3 cyl car it has plenty of pep! The fuel economy is nothing short of spectacular! I have never owed a car that got 40(+) mpg mind you in city driving. It fits everywhere. For the price with the rebates plus the warranty & Mitsubishi's reliability you can not go wrong! I just can not figure out why people go with the other Japanese car companies when this is Japan's real secret!! The handling is fine, the ride is fairly smooth as the car easily fits my 2 dogs, 2 kids, me & my wife. For the price of the DE I bought the car is well-equipped with A/C w/auto control, A/T, Tilt, AM/FM CD, Blue Tooth, Electric Remote Mirrors, P/S, P/B, ABS P/W, 7 air bags plus so much more!! The Mirage is anything but a mirage...you won't go wrong!!!
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Reliable and economical as my VW Rabbit diesel
Steve, 06/11/2020
2015 Mitsubishi Mirage DE 4dr Hatchback (1.2L 3cyl 5M)
11 of 11 people found this review helpful
I'm a retired VW mechanic and have owned Rabbits, Jetta's and Dasher diesels and all averaged 45 to 48 mpg. Have owned other makes and models, mostly compact and subcompact models, all bought used. The last compact car I owned was a 2010 Toyota Yaris, base model, manual transmission and the best mileage I got was 42mpg. Good car but discovered after owning it for several months it had Toyota's 2AZ-FE oil burning engine. Stupid me, researching the engine after buying the Yaris. Toyota makes reliable engines but on this particular engine had a design flaw and on average after 50,000 to 60,000 miles the engine started to burn oil. The Toyota company had lots of unhappy customers who bought a Toyota with this particular engine. A quick online search will provide all the details on Toyota's screw up. Anyhow, I sold the Yaris and just wanted a small, economical car. Every subcompact and compact I checked out had lots of issues. Then I stumbled across a 2015 Mitsubishi Mirage and didn't know anything about this model. Never owned or worked on a Mitsubishi product so after reading every review I could find I decided to check one out. I happened to be wintering in Florida at the time and found that 2015 Mirage for sale at a large car dealership in Pensacola. It had about 42,000 miles on it, was the base model with a manual transmission. Now I've read all the negative reports from a lot of the major auto magazines and was expecting I'd get a mile down the road on the test drive and would be heading back, handing the keys over and continuing my search. Didn't happen. Long story short, I bought the Mirage. All those negative reviews from Motor Trend, Car and Driver, etc. A bunch of bull. For a subcompact it has a nice ride, cabin noise was quieter than the Toyota Yaris I owned and all those reports about the sloppy steering and difficulty keeping it headed straight down the highway. Think maybe they had a few adult beverages before getting behind the wheel. The Mirage performed fine and it has the easiest shifting manual transmission I ever drove. I drove the Mirage back to Maine, cruising along at 75 on occasion and still averaged 45 mpg. Sure, on long upgrades I had to shift down to 4th gear but I still kept up with the maniacs on the interstate. My other vehicle is a 2010 Mazda 5 van and in all honesty, the Mirage is more comfortable, has a softer ride and less cabin noise so I could listen to the radio or my CD'S without cranking up the volume excessively as I had to do in the Mazda. So for $6500, I got a car that still had about 7000 miles or about a year and a half left on the factory powertrain warranty thanks to the transferable warranty which wasn't as much as a new model but still impressive for a used car. I've owned about a year and a half and have had zero problems. No rattles, creaks or weird noises. As for the three cylinder engine, the negative reports it vibrates to much. Sure, at idle it's not as smooth idling as a four, six or eight cylinder but it's not half as bad as those reviews. When idling there's no vibration through the steering wheel and nothing else inside the car is rattling. Once on the road it drives like it has a four cylinder, not as fast when accelerating but it's not the dog those so called professional test drivers claim. Because of the bogus reviews about the suspension being to soft, Mitsubishi stiffened the suspension so the 2017 and newer models now have a rougher ride. My suggestion, get the 2014 or 2015 model year. Bottom line. If you want a reliable, economical car, nothing beats the Mirage. And oh yes. Before driving the Mirage, I test drove a used Honda fit and a Chevy Spark. The Honda Fit was terrible. Loud cabin noise, jarring ride. Felt every crack in the road and the engine noise was loud which surprised me. As far as the Spark. What a piece of crap. Since purchasing the Mirage I happened to meet someone who also had a Mirage, a 2014 model and his job requires lots of driving and his car has over 140,000 miles and he's had no problems. Just tire replacement and brakes. That's it. So as the saying goes, don't believe everything you read online. By the way, I'm averaging 48 mpg and have gotten up to 56 mpg once and in the low 50's several times. So if you're shopping for a used subcompact, test them all. Think you'll be pleased if you test out a Mirage, especially when you can buy one for thousands less than the other makes. Go Mirage!!!
An economical purchase
Eddie Dale, 05/08/2016
2015 Mitsubishi Mirage ES 4dr Hatchback (1.2L 3cyl CVT)
11 of 11 people found this review helpful
For the cost of the vehicle, you cannot find better value. This is the second one we have purchased this year.
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