Comments on: Mitsubishi Lancer gains extra airbags

By: Yonny

Yonny — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 05:26:55 +0000

Good work Mitsubishi. Now I can buy a Lancer ES and not have to worry about the availability of a car with the airbag option.

In fact, I came close to buying a Lancer ES late last year, and it was only the unavailability of a car with the then optional side airbags that stopped me.

As to crashworthiness, I have read the Lancer crash test in detail – some points worried me, but that is true of the crash test on almost any car I’ve either bought or been thinking of buying. You know, car A has a greater risk of injury to the knees than car B, but car B is worse than car C in some other detail. You could go mad if you look too closely.

By: Kenn

Kenn — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:31:12 +0000

Hey Frenchie
As I indicated $31,343 is the maximum drive away price or the list price as well as the Lancer’s maximum drive away price is $30,416. You cannot compare the discounted price of the cruze against the list price of the Lancer. Mitsubishi has been discounting all the 2009 built stock (u could get about 5k off the list price), so u can get very good bargains. I just purchased a 09 built Outlander with $6.5k off the list price.

Shak
Just because a Daewoo wearing a Holden badge doesn’t mean value for money. Holden always try to spin all the value for money crap & safety crap. Other than the blind Holden fans, lot of the ppl who have owned a Holden r very unhappy & will not buy a Holden again. Mainly due to reliability, High service costs. Holden should be able to sell the Cruz lot cheaper than the Lancer as it is Made in Korea, where the manufacturing costs r lower than Japan, but still screws the blind consumers (u r 29,990 is the discounted drive away price. Lancer VR has special discounted Drive away price of $24,990, still the Lancer VR is ahead of the so called Cruz).
Who?
U r blabbering about the previous model Lancer 2010 model update Mitsubishi updated the noise reduction

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:51:29 +0000

The aim of safety is occupant safety, not multiple panel salvage.

I saw an AU falcon rear ended and turned into a hatch back.
I couldnt believe how folded up the back was. The longer I looked at it I realised the damage stopped at the rear of the back seats. Crumple zone at work there saving the passengers at the expense of its own body work

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:46:24 +0000

Dont forget the tail lights.
For me I can see just a snippet of the 1st series tail lights

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:43:49 +0000

price versus kit……….simple.
The korean do it cheaper, but its still not the better car.

its an old line those car awards.
Firstly, which awards system is the real deal?? there are that many out there that award differently.
and also,
how many cars that have won those sort of awards turn out to be lemons???

Although its good bragging rights to win one of those awards, you would be nuts to buy solely off of someone elses recommendation

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:39:51 +0000

nowhere do they say the Lancer has the highest safety rating in the class

By: Safety First

Safety First — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:17:46 +0000

Totally agree with the crumple zone etc.. when I was a kid my old man used to repeatedly tell me it wasn’t the fall the hurt, but the sudden stop at the end. That is what crumple zones are there to get rid of, they are instead 2 foot of rapid deceleration. However, the degree of severity to the degree of damage is the point I am making…
Around the time I worked with the Salesman, I had a customer in Matiz T bone a VN and the Matiz’s roof showed similar creases to the Lancer mentioned above, and that was front on at (braking from) 50km/h. Yes the Matiz was written off as you would expect, but it was a bigger hit than the Lancer above.

By: RaserTech

RaserTech — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:03:12 +0000

A M E N!

Let them eat cake and crash in lap-sash Kingwoods!!

By: Frenchie

Frenchie — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:02:34 +0000

Agree the RX is a great car. Seen the Cruze CDX grand cheaper drive away. I was quoting RRP prices though!
In-laws bought a VR sportsback ex-demo for $25000 driveaway. Ask why he didn’t buy brand new he was told had to wait 8-12 weeks for his colour (effect grey).

By: milobob

milobob — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:43:17 +0000

I actually like the new cerato, but one thing I cannot get over korean cars in terms of body panels is that the rear quater panel is plastic. WHY?