Mitsubishi Mirage

Now the historical comparison, because it's worth a beat rather than a victory lap.

The earlier round of these tables, reported in the middle of 2023, had the Mitsubishi Mirage G4 at 205 driver deaths per million and the Mirage hatchback at 183, the two worst in America by a wide margin.

The Hyundai Accent at 152 and the Chevrolet Spark at 151 were close behind.

And the newest tables put the Rio at 170, below the Mirage's old two and five.

We are going to spend $1.6 billion at this plant developing new products built here for Americans.

Would have worked, too, except for a few things that jammed them up.

Some of that was self-inflicted and others was wrong time.

The self-infliction was in the early 2000s, Mitsubishi came out with a zero zero zero plan, zero down payment, zero time, zero interest plan.

Got real ugly.

Mitsubishi's lifeline was to team up with Nissan and Renault, and if you know your automotive history, You might remember that 25 years ago, Renault stepped in to help Nissan.

They created a combine where they platform shared some stuff and other things.

Basically, it saved Nissan.

Go ahead.

The photo on the post, by the way, was a Mitsubishi Mirage, not that I'm implying the Mirage was the worst car ever, but I did find it bad value, although a lot of people were expressing some love for Mitsubishi's baby vehicle.

it's

funny that there are definitely vehicles that appeared on this worst list that you would also see appear on a best list.

So I drive the most enthusiast-coded vehicle that has ever been known to man.

It is a 2023 Mitsubishi Mirage G4 SE.

Hell yeah.

It is not even the hatch that everyone has.

I mean, KITT was amazing.

For me, my mum would never let me climb in the window of, uh, her Mitsubishi Mirage-

[laughs]

...

when I, in 19- her 1980 Mitsubishi Mirage.

I wanted to get in the window.

She's like, "You're not getting in the window." It's like, "Come on, Bo and Luke Duke get in the window.

Um-

I mean, I mean, speaking of cars that didn't quite feel finished, I mean, this is, uh, before working at Evo, it's probably not a car that was covered in Evo, but I did the launch of the Mitsubishi Mirage.

If you remember that car, which was a sort of bit smaller than a Ford Fiesta, kinda-

Mm-hmm

... for about $48 a day depending on the car.

Damn, a Mitsubishi Mirage, huh?

That in- that includes washing it, vacuuming it, uh, insuring it, um, you know, paying people to manage the car.

Um, okay.

I was just wondering.

My sister's looking at a Mitsubishi Mirage, a 2018.

They get very mixed reviews online.

Some say it's a very reliable car.

I'm not sure.

It's a

Mitsubishi Mirage, is that what you said?

Yeah.