God værdi og meget effektiv, men køreoplevelsen er ikke for enthusiastsForget Ford Fiesta eller Volkswagen Polo. Jeg ved, du kender, eveyone ved, theyre de bedste superminis i klassen: glædeligt for at drive, behagelig at sidde. Men nogle mennesker ved ikke rigtig pleje. Ride og håndtering? Opfattede kvalitet? Overraskelse og glæde og følsomt-feely design? Ikke interesseret. De ønsker værdi, plads, nogle kit, lave driftsomkostninger og fred i sindet, de opfatter kommer med en bil fra det fjerne Østen. Her, er for mennesker, Mitsubishi Mirage. Det erstatter hingsteføl til salg siden 2004, og kan du huske, en bil, der delte en platform med de badge-Engineering Smart Forfour. Theres intet som at denne gang omkring. Mirage er så langt væk fra Forfour eller sige, holder af en Fiat 500 eller Vauxhall Adam, som det bliver. Dens grundlæggende, uhøjtidelig, god værdi og heroisk effektiv: Mitsubishi siger det er den første bil på salg i Det Forenede Kongerige, hvis hver variant udsender mindre end 100g/km for CO2. For det meste det er letvægts engineering og pæn emballage. Mirage er bare 3710mm lang (endnu plads til fire voksne komfortabelt og har en 235-liter boot) og hævdes at veje bemærkelsesværdigt, kun 845kg i base 1. 0-liters form. Good value and very efficient, but the driving experience is not for enthusiastsForget the Ford Fiesta or Volkswagen Polo. I know, you know, eveyone knows, theyre the best superminis in the class: pleasing to drive, pleasing to sit in. But some people dont really care. Ride and handling? Perceived quality? Surprise and delight and touchy-feely design? Not interested. They want value, space, some kit, low running costs and the peace of mind they perceive comes with a car from the Far East. Here, for those people, is the Mitsubishi Mirage. It replaces the Colt, on sale since 2004 and, you might remember, a car that shared a platform with the badge-engineered Smart Forfour. Theres nothing like that this time around. The Mirage is as far removed from the Forfour or, say, the likes of a Fiat 500 or Vauxhall Adam, as it gets. Its basic, unpretentious, good value and heroically efficient: Mitsubishi says its the first car range on sale in the UK whose every variant emits less than 100g/km of CO2. Mostly thats down to lightweight engineering and neat packaging. The Mirage is just 3710mm long (yet seats four adults comfortably and has a 235-litre boot) and is claimed to weigh, remarkably, just 845kg in base 1. 0-litre form.