1993 Mitsubishi Mirage | Retro Review

The early 90's were synonymous with spirited 4-door compacts and manual gearboxes...back when being broke was fun.
Show 1210 | Original Airdate 11-26-1992

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[neonufo]

the 1993 mirage has more horsepower than the current day 2024 mirage thats crazy 💀

[BoyPagcu]

Every time I go, I still see Lancers roaming around in The Philippines.

[gtobob]

This is a car from my 'era'. I was 22 and in the market. I had a Honda Civic Si. These reviews of "low end" cars always put a smile on my face.

[pgilb]

Absolutely bulletproof. Peak era of mitsi

[rickreid]

Mitsubishi in the 90s were doing good. And I liked their vehicles. Including the bulletproof Mighty Max Pick up truck.

[joebrito]

These flooded the roads of Puerto Rico in the early 90s.

[nitroforce]

There's a lot of these Mirages on Puerto Rican streets

[Kevron-ku]

In Malaysia, the Mitsubishi Mirage/Lancer is sold as the Proton Wira/Persona.

[bondedstars]

The 90s was Mitsubishi's best era. Then, the anal retentive accountants took over.

[JuanGSR]

my friend had one of these as a first car, absolute trooper, 300k km and still started right up every time. he sold it to some kid who slammed it and blew a head gasket a week into owning it

[jeremyanderson]

This car was also sold as the Dodge Colt, Plymouth Colt, and Eagle Summit as captive imports, and this was the last Mirage generation to be sold through Chrysler dealers

[codyC]

This Mirage looks WAY better and more premium than the 2024 model

[fj]

Sold as Lancer in my place. The coupe however used to be called Mirage. 0-100 in 8.7s is actually really good.

[georgeprotopapadakis]

Geez, my dad LOVED these. Always bought them off his customers cheap, drove em around and sold them. My oldest brother had the redesigned ‘97 model as his first car 😆

[ggj]

$14, 000 for a brand new small sedan that does 0-60 in 8, 7 sec.! One can only dream of that today😢

[TheZProtocol]

You can still spot at least one daily in Puerto Rico. These are beloved cars, specially the next gen 2 door coupe called the Mirage Technica

[Trance]

I tended to see these sold more often under the Eagle Summit nameplate. What a great looking little sedan. I miss seeing cars like this on the road.

[RDChaniago]

also called proton wira in malaysia. if u cannot get the mirage / lancer one, there's always the wira for a substitute

[nwezetx]

$14, 126 in November 1992 is equivalent to $31, 300 in August 2024 money.

By comparison, in November 1992 a loaded 1993 Montero SR was over $32k, loaded 1993 Diamante was roughly $35k, and loaded 3000GT VR-4 was over $40k.

[davidaubin]

2:09 John: White on grey gauges are easy to read, but still fall short of being fully informative! LOL