Mitsubishi Not Dead Yet: Nissan Takes Control

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This is why too much technology can suck.
Technology in itself can be pretty great, it's when a company decides it's going to rush features into production without properly testing them. It doesn't help that it seems like they can't think to have vital functions of the car on the ECU and entertainment on a smaller computer sepearte from it..
 
Facelifted Lancer for China

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If it wasn't for how the A-Pillar sweeps into the hood, I would say that's almost unidentifiable as one. Kind of impressive that they changed it so much on what I'm sure was a shoestring budget. Granted, now it looks like a grabbag of stuff it competes with, but if they sold it here people might think it is a whole new generation.
 
Two problems:

1. Still (probably) rides on the positively ancient GS platform
2. Still (probably) uses the rather terrible GEM powertrain that is heavily outclassed today
 
There's good and bad with it personally, but I guess it's at least an actually restyled car...the first Mitsubishi in years to be restyled. :P
 
...which explains why it looks like a last-gen Ford Fusion in the front, a Chevy Cobalt in the middle, a Lexus IS in the three-quarter view, and a current-gen Honda Civic in the back.

It's the perfect Chinese car.
Because it blatantly copies everything? :sly:
 
I think it looks like Mitsu gave a Chinese car manufacture rights to use the car, then the Chinese did their design thing and poof, there you have it.
 
IMHO it looks like they copied the front-end from their pick-up truck lineup.
 
The Lancer will be 20 years old before it gets a new platform, what actually was Mitsubishis last all new car?

The ASX? oh wait that's a Lancer.
 
The first all-new Mitsubishi car since what feels like forever is finally taking shape! the production model of the XR CUV has been caught testing.
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Other photos show the XR running alongside the Ford Kuga and Kia Sportage which should give you an idea of its main competition. However, it appears no larger than the HR-V with its short overhangs.

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It does look subcompact based, which raises the question what will be the car version this will be based on in the future.
 
That's the unfortunate name given to the Escape outside US and Canadian territories. :P

Yeah, as if it's not bad enough people stopped buying coupes in favour of SUVs, they crapped on the name of their last mainstream coupe by giving the SUV a funky spelling change.
 
I really like this facelift, it certainly has more character than the current model. The only thing it needs now is a giant rear wing and no chrome.
 
I really like this facelift, it certainly has more character than the current model. The only thing it needs now is a giant rear wing and no chrome.
Evo is dead, Mitsubishi couldn't afford to make interesting cars anymore that's why they still have the same Lancer.
 
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