Autoblog

I own a 2004 EVO 8, over 60k miles on it now. Daily driver, aftermarket exhaust and manual boost controller. I haven't had a single issue with the car. Only replaced brake pads and tires. Regular oil changes does miracles.

↓↑report

Yeah sorry you that false sense of distrust is keeping you from the EVO X. My '05 Lancer ES has been rock solid thru 55k. So was my first car, a '92 Diamante. It had over 192k when I sold it to a high school kid when I bought my Lancer. My folks '02 Diamante is still ticking at 120K, no problems.

I'm the first to admit that Mitsu may not be around for much longer as a company in the U.S. but their cars will still be logging miles on U.S. roads for many years to come.

↓↑report

I've had my 2003 Outlander since, well, Jan 2003... The most reliable car I've ever had!

Very sturdy too - was rear-ended at low speed by an Accord, with nary a scratch on the bumper! The Accord had its grill cracked and bumper messed up.

Whatever it lacks in bling, it makes up in utility and solid engineering. Go Mitsu!

↓↑report

lol, because 60 thousand miles is an achievement, and so is owning the same vehicles for 5 years with little problems (OH LAWD), amirite.

Prove him wrong with better evidence than personal experience on your side - my neighbor's last-gen RAV-4 is a CRAP, yet his wife's isn't, that's something they call 'circumstantial evidence', Toyota still ranks highly even with the issues they were facing last year.

↓↑report

AIL: unreliable trash?

I've had an EVO 6 for the past seven years which has been faultless. I also own a new shape Lancer GS3 (GTS in the States) which while too new to tell, has so far been faultless. Prior to that, my six-year tenure with a Galant suffered no problems whatsoever other than requiring a simple airconditioning recharge.

Care to warrant your comments?

↓↑report

As an owner, I bet to differ. I have a '93 3000GT Twin Turbo. 120Kmi on the clock, never had the turbos rebuilt, never had and major problems. She's 15 years old, still solid as a rock and fast as hell, and not so much as a squeek out of the interior or a spec of rust.

After owning this car, i will but nothing BUT mitsubishi.

BTW, my wife has an '08 lancer. Not the most luxurious or sporty, but a great buy and much better looking and better warranty compared to others in it's class.

Mitsu always seems to get a bad rap, and i really cant understand why?

↓↑report

Evo IX owner here. Over 500whp, and no reliability problems whatsoever. In all fairness, the bottom end is built now with new pistons & rods, and I did put better head studs and gasket in there, but I saw over 400whp on the completely stock bottom end before I decided to strengthen it... better to do it the right way rather than wait till it blows up. ;)
But seriously, these cars can take some abuse. With Evo's, the clutch won't last too long if you're too aggressive (and anybody who's driven an AWD car will tell you the same thing... too much grip off the line so if you're not careful you'll spin your clutch instead of your tires) and mine ate a front diff @ 507whp (it didn't like the high rpm clutch dump and more than double the stock whp) but other than that it's been bulletproof.
I've owned a III, VI and a VII, and I can tell you the same thing about all of them. The only real criticisms are a rough ride (which for me is a perfectly acceptable trade off considering the performance it delivers) and a tiny fuel tank. Everything else has been virtually flawless.

↓↑report

I think Mitsubishi got a bad rap from the *ahem*crankwalk issues they had with the 2nd gen Eclipse. For a while, 4g63 bottom ends would go, and no one could figure it out, not even Mitsubishi. They eventually resolved it, but i think some people got screwed out of the deal..and that kinda gave them a bad rap.

In reality, the 4g63 is one of the most bullet proof engines ever built. I am a little leary of the new ?4b11? but i am sure some people will make big power out of them soon, and they will be just as good or better.

↓↑report

@TwinTurboVR4

"As an owner, I bet to differ. I have a '93 3000GT Twin Turbo. 120Kmi on the clock..."

that's not much driving...

↓↑report

Nothing at all against Mitsubishi - I like the last-gen Eclipse and I think the Lancer and Evo look really cool, but honestly? I'm NOT a fan of the new Eclipse at all, although I can see how it could appeal to some, and the thing is so heavy that the four is ridiculously slow, and I am guessing the six is still being limited by the weight.

And I spent about thirty minutes with a Lancer (GTS if I recall) and I have literally NEVER been in a cheaper feeling car in my life. Cheap interior, cheap-ish exterior... yeah. The Evo looks gorgeous, and the baseline Lancer looks cool too, but again: So. Effing. Cheap.

↓↑report

twinturbo vrx,..neither can I,..and Alex,.i had a similar encounter with my 2004 outlander,..the nissan frontier that hit me broke its radiator and had to be towed,..while it took us almost three weeks to identify the point on impact! (the lower tailgate)..Go Mitsubishi..4 life

↓↑report

I have to agree. Specifically in the case of the Evo X, it is turning out to be a nightmare for a lot of owners. Go read the Evo forums about all the problems they're having. Hood refusing to open, then the handle breaks when you try to open it, the seats fall apart even before it gets off the dealer lot, when it's warm it's hard to start, surges, stalls, the gas pedal breaks off, and the list goes on. The recently released MR takes a few seconds or a few revs of the motor before it can be put into gear and moved.

Back to the drawing board Mitsu, you rushed the X out the door and it shows. The older Evos had their issues, but nothing like the X.

↓↑report

My brother has a 3000gt with over 100k and has never had any problems with it.

↓↑report

Ive own a 89 Mitsubishi Mighty Max, 230k original miles and original motor still going strong. Also own a 91 Eagle Talon TSi (same thing as eclipse) with 160k, a 95 Eagle Talon TSi AWD with 56k, and a 06 Evo MR. All of them have been faultless except for the 95 because it is pushing about 700AWHP.

↓↑report

Oh good, it's not just me. Love how it looks from the front, but the rear lights look like a pair of angry cartoonish eyebrows.

↓↑report