Drove the Mitsubishi Mirage today and had an
experience that is unique in 15 years of doing this job. The steering on my test
car was so awful that I felt sure it couldn’t be how the company had engineered
it. So I quietly swapped to another vehicle to find out if they were all as bad,
and it’s a good job I did. Thankfully the second one was much better – the steering
wheel actually felt connected to the road wheels – and I pointed out to the PR
people that I felt there was a technical issue with its predecessor. It quickly
disappeared from the fleet. The Mirage isn’t a direct replacement for the Colt
because it’s slightly smaller on the outside, though actually they’re an
indentical size inside. As a rival to the Suzuki Splash, Nissan Micra and
Chevrolet Spark, it’s perfectly acceptable, and on paper it’s got plenty of ‘best
in class’ credentials, including fuel economy of 68.9mpg and CO2 emissions
of 95g/km. But I would say it doesn’t come close to matching what I think is
the ‘best in class’ as an overall package, the Kia Picanto.
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