Comments on: 2006 Mitsubishi Colt VRX Road Test

By: Janet

Janet — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:16:32 +0000

This review is terribly old. I’m looking at a Colt ES now but this review doesn’t help at all because I can’t compare a 2006 car to the other small cars which you have reviewed right up to the 2009 model. Please test drive the 2008 or 2009 Colt!

By: andy

andy — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:10:07 +0000

I bought a colt ralliart and has blistering power that puts any v6 to shame and only uses 7l/100km. No car is perfect but this sure was worth the small money I paid on road compared to WRX/MPS/MINI CS – Get the TMR upgrade for $500 and you get 128kw/240nm

By: Rik

Rik — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:35:09 +0000

I bought a 07 colt LS for my partner she loves it. has plenty more power than the lancer and hardly touches the fuel. we previously had a commodore wagon and have not had any problems with interior space. although i wouldnt recomend it to carry prams. Bouth the manual version as the auto sucked way too much power out. But have had problems getting it into reverse on most occasions I think its someone has tried to clen some teeth prior to purchase or there dodgy. If anyone else has had any problems with this it would be good to know.
If you get the windows tinted make sure the window tinter installs a strip of felt on the lower dust shield or you wil have etched tint!!!!
also does anyone know of the size of speakers in the car? the standard stereo sounds average for a new car.
other than that she is in love with her toy and wouldnt trade it for anything.

By: JOE

JOE — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:09:59 +0000

I recently bought a es cvt . Very unhappy to find my new car wasn’t new at all !! It had 21 k’s on the clock , scratches on the interior centre console, metallic industrial fall out all over the white paint work , and white 2 pack over spray all over the rubber window mouldings and black painted door surrounds!!I was told to bring the car back to the dealer , and that the overspray was buffing compound ! Not the case unfortunately.It will not rub off with a water-damped cloth or with iso-propyl alcohol.Looks like the vehicle has been driven to workshop where it was poorly resprayed to address paint issues, hence the additional Kms on the clock .Don’t know what will happen now. I feel like I have purchased a second hand car.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:54:30 +0000

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By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:22:57 +0000

I’m researching for a new small car and have had a verada for ten years, towing caravan, holidays etc. Very few problems especially first 7 years and have no ‘hangups’ with mitsub. What are these space saving spares that some small cars, such as colt, have. Are they safe?

By: John

John — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:56:23 +0000

I researched every detail on the Echo, Jazz, Getz, Barina and the Colt. I left no stone unturned, I did every comparison I could think of with a budget of $20,000. To be honest, before I started at the bottom of the list was the Colt, Why? I just did not like Mitsubish cars. No reason, guess I still think of them as Magna people. The decision at the end was easy. I bought the Colt VRX with the CTV transmission. I can’t believe there are not more on the road. Dollar for Dollar this is the best car I have ever owned. I just don’t tell people it’s a Mitsubishi.

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 13:08:15 +0000

We absolutely love ours. My mate loves the manual and he says it is even better now he has broken it in a bit. But I love the CVT. It does provide all the torque all the time so it really can fly and when you put it in Ds (Drive Sporty) it f*cking goes! It is like a sports car…amazing performance and heavy engine breaking when you stop accelerating. The amount of pace you can get is staggering…great for buring off and overtaking. The seats aren’t the easiest to fold but we use it about once a yr on average for which it is fine and you do get so much space. And it they really do feel so big on the inside and offer so much leg room front and back. And so solidly built.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:59:38 +0000

To Gaz, get a CVT version. Yes it costs more, but it has benefits. I believe it’s designed for this engine. No more rowing the boat when all you need is to press the pedal. It’s surprisingly fast with the CVT and at it’s best for fuel saving. The yearly service cost is very resonable (I only just reach the KM limit). I’d completely forgotten about that front passenger seat storage box. The folding back seats are not the easiest to work. But the couple of times i’ve needed that van like space, it’s good. Notice how that back entry width is really wide compared to others. I even bought Butterscotch. I want others to see me, before, they run into me. I had a red Pulsar sport before this.

By: Gaz

Gaz — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:02:46 +0000

Been looking at light cars for a few weeks now,Im now more or less settled on a vrx manual.Its was a real coin toss between the vrx and a swift,both have good and not so good pionts.So when alls said and done are ALL you guys happy with your colts ?
This will be the first “small” car I,ve bought,and I really want to get it right.
Thanks.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:24:54 +0000

One of my mates just bout an LS manual. Oddly enough they have removed the rear passenger/boot light. Ours is a pre-facelift model and it has it. Also in ours there is a tab to lift up the front passenger seat cushion to reveal a storage box with lid, that too is gone.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 18 May 2007 06:14:58 +0000

I like the swift too but now the Jazz is made in Thailand quality has suffered as reflected in the survey and they don’t look as good as colt or swift, they already look dated.

By: alborz

alborz — Fri, 18 May 2007 04:13:01 +0000

This colt is a truly awesome car, specially with the CVT,
you just can’t go wrong with the 10 year warranty either!

On par with the Jazz and Swift,

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 18 May 2007 04:11:15 +0000

Reading an article on The Age motoring site, there is an article on build quality audits for different brands. Obviously Holden and Ford are consistant. Consistantly bad that is. In small cars, the Mazda 2 and Colt topped the list for best quality. Doesn’t surprise me, our colt is impecable. The Outlander topped soft roaders, the Pajero was 2nd in 4WD and the 380 was in the top of the pack, whereas the VE and Falcon came last. VWs were also shockingly bad.

By: Nicholas Renwick

Nicholas Renwick — Mon, 07 May 2007 01:12:02 +0000

The placement of the colt’s manual probably isn’t special, I wouldn’t know, we love our CVT and manual wasn’t available then. The getreg (same as BMW use) manual was an after thought on the Australian model, when they launched the colt here they could only get a manual from their european factory which would have made it more than the CVT so they waited till the Jap factory could build one and just chucked it in. They will prob rectify the “problem” in the next generation. I read an article about how worldwide the use of manual is in steady decline, it was never big in the US and now in Aus and Europe sales are down big time. Toyota is looking to cut manual options from some of their cars. Notably they are expecting to remove manuals at some point in the early life of the next corolla, the one due this year. This was in a Wheels website article. In th end i still trust mitsubishi more, aside from the media scaremongering, it has the best warranty and the best build quality we;ve come accross and the colt is just plain fun to drive.

By: Nicholas Renwick

Nicholas Renwick — Mon, 07 May 2007 01:06:39 +0000

I found the Jazz upholstery awfull! Grandma car! The car itself is so mich uglier, all its angles, and lack of sleekness mean it is already starting to date. The colt was the first non prestige brand car to get folding in mirrors. The colt’s boot light is absolutely fine too. And yes the colt’s folding seats aren’t as good but the way I see it is why does a small car need such a feature, the majority would use it once a year, for which the colt is fine, if you use it more get a Mazda 2 or Jazz. It is pretentious to have features like that on a small car. Better storage in the Jazz? I found it exactly the same except the Jazz has that stupid shelf in fron of the front passenger that cuts into leg room for tall people in a BIG way. Also the Jazz is now made in Thailand, and I don’t care what people say, they can’t replicate the Japaneses build quality. The colt is made in japan. I have ridden in several Thai built Hondas and EVERY one had a rattle. Also as Today Tonight reported last week, Honda had the most amount of recalls last year in Aus. Worldwide it was Toyota and Ford. We’ve had many mitsubishis of varying ages, from a 1989 Nimbus, 2002 TJ Magna to our 05 Colt and 06 Platinum 380, none have had so much as a loose fitting. we did nearly 200 000ks in the Magna in 4 years without any flaw.

By: David wentworth

David wentworth — Mon, 07 May 2007 00:59:33 +0000

Look, i have to agree with Chris, I test drove a colt ls (2007) and the manual transmission was horrid to use. so i bought one with a cvt instead and although i normally prefer driving manual cars as they offer more driver involvement and are much more fun to live with, i love the cvt and am glad i bought one.

By: Chris O'Brien

Chris O'Brien — Mon, 07 May 2007 00:52:46 +0000

Firstly, with regards to the old model ls colt, it had a 72kw engine and not a 74kw engine as stated. Secondly, i test drove a new 07 colt es (manual) and couldn’t stand the transmission. The mechanical aspects to the transmission were fine, as it was relatively smooth shifting, however the ergonomics of the manual shifter were terrible!! The gear shifter was awkwardly placed with a tiny black plastic (cheap looking) top that was hard to grip and looked rubbish. I then test drove a honda jazz vti, which along with having an ergonomically designed manual shifter, it had a proper boot light, better folding seats, a more powerful engine and handled a lot better. It also had nicer apholstry, better storage and had mirror mounted indicators as well as the power folding function like on the colt.

By: Nicholas Renwick

Nicholas Renwick — Thu, 03 May 2007 13:26:27 +0000

We have an 05 LS, which is essentially an ES. Except ours has the old 74kw engine, old nose and different tail lights and different upholstery. I love it, the CVT is amazing and kudos to Mitsu for sticking with it, eg the new Outlander 4cyl variants have it as does the new Lancer. But the review is slightly off, there is a boot light! It is inside the top of the car, above the boot hatch, it is aimed down into the cargo area and back seat.

By: Sadaf

Sadaf — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:24:25 +0000

I like these cars, Could you Please send some more information or the manual of the car. Reply to my email address please.

Thanks heaps,

Sadaf