By Chris Ward, August 28, 2018
According to Doug DeMuro, the Mitsubishi Mirage is the worst new car you can buy and. Starting at $14,000 USD, DeMuro doesn’t pull any punches. DeMuro describes the Mirage’s 1.2-litre, 72bhp 3-cylinder (non-turbo) engine as being “pathetic”.
Doug DeMuro, nevertheless, remains fair to Mitsubishi. He takes his usual detailed analysis to pick apart the Mirage’s many faults. Indeed, the Mirage is a bit of a misfit, Mitsubishi primarily offers compact SUVs to large SUVs these days so why do they still offer the Mirage? To cater to the Far East market. So why Mitsubishi sells the Mirage in the USA is a complete mystery considering most US car buyers opt for SUVs, it simply adds more to the mystery. We advise you not to waste $14,000 on the Mirage, we’ll leave it to DeMuro’s final insult, ‘the Mirage feels like it was made in 1993’.
