Wifey and I picked up our new Mitsubishi Colt last week. This time it\u2019s a real car, not a toy<\/a>. After some struggle with the contracting etc. (fact is – it all went relatively smooth, comparing to what I\u2019ve heard from other buyer\u2019s experiences), it was finally delivered… Okay down to a review:<\/p>\n![\"Mitsubishi](\"\/img\/colt.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nBasic model info<\/h2>\n
| doors<\/td>\n | 5 doors<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| package<\/td>\n | Invite<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Engine<\/td>\n | 1.3 ccm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| kW\/hp<\/td>\n | 70\/95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| max. speed<\/td>\n | 180km\/h<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\nExterior<\/h2>\nNothing much to say here – the car follows modern trends of the super-minis for European target market. Shapes are oblique, smooth and friendly, even though the headlights give a bit sharp impression. The car is silver, which was our third choice, since the sky-blues (from the commercial) were sold out, and so were reds.<\/p>\n Door mirrors are huge – almost like those found on the vans. They are also very easy to adjust via remote control (which is great when there\u2019s more then one driver using the same vehicle).<\/p>\n All inside areas are easy reachable from the outside, I\u2019ll just have to watch my head each time I\u2019ll be stepping in in the driver\u2019s place after my wife drew it (she\u2019s slightly shorter than me).<\/p>\n Interior<\/h2>\nWe opt for a red, fire resistant seats. There\u2019s plenty of room for the legs, even in the back portion. When the rear seats are pushed back for the greatest comfort, luggage space is suffering. But again, for a price it\u2019s an adequate compromise.<\/p>\n Ergonomics<\/h2>\nSeats are not spoiling… some passengers won\u2019t appreciate it on the long journeys. However it\u2019s not that<\/em> bad – you won\u2019t notice it unless you are on the bumpy roads, like those in Croatia The driver\u2019s seat is adjustable vertically (up\/down) and horizontally (forward\/backward). The steering wheel is adjustable by the vertical axis (up\/down), but can\u2019t be pulled or pushed toward the driver. For us both there\u2019s no need for this, anyway. We found the existing set of options quite sufficient.<\/p>\n When set high, driver\u2019s seat gives you nice overview of the car and quite fine sense of size… just after a few minutes, I was able to estimate the narrow parking spots, which I was afraid would be a problem in the beginning.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re not used to your door mirrors when parking a car, you might be in trouble, as the columns are pretty thick (this is spotted on competition models, too).<\/p>\n Steering is very light. There\u2019s almost no feedback, which is greatly appreciated by my wife, but is a little bit strange to me. When I was on the road, the corrections in the turns were not very accurate. I like to feel the physics and adjust the path accordingly. Oh, well, I\u2019m probably just neat picking here.<\/p>\n Breaks are super-sharp, another thing I will have to get used to. With the ABS and EBD (electronic brake-force distribution), there\u2019s little left to driver\u2019s skills. Again, this ain\u2019t no pure sports car, so I see no trouble with this. Just something one should be aware of.<\/p>\n The gear changing is short and precise, but that\u2019s what\u2019s expected from Mitsubishi.<\/p>\n For the value, we got very flexible, and somewhat universal, car. Sometimes it\u2019ll be a down-town hustler, sometimes it will take us on a longer trips, and sometimes we\u2019ll drive our dogs (and the whole damn equipment) on a dog show weekend in Austria, Germany or even Belgium or Netherlands. The Colt can do all of that and that\u2019s why we bought it in the first place. Plus, we just love<\/em> Mitsubishi cars<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mitsubishi Colt, our new ride<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maratz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maratz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maratz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maratz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maratz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.maratz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maratz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maratz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maratz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |