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This isn’t really the ideal car for the commuter driving 100 miles a day. The bad news for the hyper-commuter is that the gas tank is just 9.2 gallons.
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The good news is that the little engine runs on 87 octane. city driving and that it was easy to get 45 to 47 mpg when he was more careful. And in a long-term test he said he was getting 36 to 37 mpg in L.A. A fellow auto critic was able to get 74 mpg on a 275-mile fuel-economy run from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. The 1.2-liter three-cylinder has an EPA fuel economy rating of 40 mpg combined or 37 mpg city and 44 highway. The Fastkey and push-button ignition is a handy convenience. It has the room to haul the essentials – 17 cubic feet of cargo space behind the back seat and up to 47 cu. A parent can buy a Mirage for the college-bound kid and know the coverage will last through school and, maybe, on to a job. The best part of the pricing may be the basic, bumper-to-bumper warranty of five-years or 60,000-miles and the powertrain warranty of 10-years or 100,000-miles. The three-blink to pass turn signal is a thoughtful addition still not applied by more expensive cars.
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There is a covered vanity mirror on driver’s visor, but none on the passenger’s side.
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The tester had no options and was well equipped with such niceties as Fastkey locking and push-button ignition, automatic air conditioning, fog lights, six-way adjustable driver’s seat, four-speaker audio system with USB port and Bluetooth phone connection, steering wheel controls for phone and cruise control, alloy wheels and power windows-locks-mirrors. The Mirage ES interior is spartan with lots of hard plastic, but there are also many standard amenities, such as Fastkey locking and push-button ignition. The uplevel ES, today’s test car starts at $15,990, including a continuously variable automatic transmission pricing includes the $795 freight charge.
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Sold in two trim levels, pricing starts at $13,790 with a five-speed manual transmission. It is a roomy five-seat, five-door hatchback with 39.1 inches of front headroom and 34 inches of back seat legroom. Built in Thailand, it looks like a car for a congested urban environment to maximize capacity for occupants and cargo. market this year, re-invented for maximum fuel economy. But the Mitsubishi Mirage ES surprised me – in good ways and bad. I wasn’t expecting much from a subcompact economy car with a 74-horsepower, three-cylinder engine that claims to be the most fuel-efficient, non-hybrid gasoline vehicle in America.