jrmckinley

I've been picked up by Uber drivers in 2 new Mitsubishi Outlanders recently. They have similar styling to Toyota/Lexus and maybe even some hints of a Palisade. Interior is nice, ride quality is solid. What prevents Mitsubishi from being a more legit contender in the auto space in the US? I don't see many of them and confused as to why - for folks looking at Honda, Nissan, Toyota, Kia - I wonder if Mitsubishi is overlooked..?

Motorola

Mitsubishi just doesn't have any compelling products now, and they're a part of Nissan so what they do have doesn't really stand out even compared to their more mainstream counterpart. The Outlander for instance is just a Nissan Rogue with 3 rows.

jrmckinley

I haven't been in any new Nissan vehicles recently to compare, but I was impressed with what I saw and experienced with Mitsubishi. Do they use the same engine, etc as the Nissan products?

Striker223

Usually because they are seriously loud, behind on features, and lord do they rust and have mechanical issues.

KennyFSU

They were so popular in the 90s and 00s with the Eclipse GS-T/X and Evo but they just don't offer any exciting cars anymore.

AMIRZA786

Everyone I know who's owned a Mitsubishi has had nothing but problems. I don't even see that many of them on the streets anymore, just a couple here and there

TangoRed

Their newest products actually aren't bad, especially the new Outlander which I prefer to it's positively reviewed sister the Nissan Rogue. Mitsubishi's products as a whole aren't the absolute top in class though and their dealer network is very sparse these days with typically poor service experiences. There's not much incentive to deal with all of that outside of avoiding dealer mark ups that are popular right now.

Toys4RJill

Funny enough you mention this today. I actually drove a Mitsubishi today. A little ER4 SUV or something. It was adorable . Easy to get in. Move around. Nothing special, but not bad.

swajames

We ended up in a Mitsubishi Outlander as a rental on a trip last year and thought it was perfectly serviceable. Ride was decent, nothing rattled and didn't feel underpowered.

Motorola

Same platforms, same engines, Mitsubishi is the Dodge to Nissan's Chrysler.

Allen K

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I had an Eclipse Sport as a rental a few months back and it was the worst car I've driven in a long time. Loud, buzzy, slow, and rattles everywhere

Hoovey689

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Mitsubishi ad on the bottom of my screen as we discuss Mitsubishi vehicles

mmarshall

I have posted on this subject myself a number of times in the past. Very simple....a lack of dealerships. The same thing is happening to Mitsubishi in the U.S. that happened to Isuzu and Suzuki....they allowed the number of their American-market retail-dealerships to dwindle down to an unacceptably low number. While it has not (yet) driven Mitsubishi completely out of the U.S. yet as it did with the other two companies, it still has become, in many areas, very difficult to find a new-Mitsubishi dealership within reasonably close driving range. Where I live, in Northern Virginia, we once had three for four...they gradually dwindled down to zero, although, a couple years ago, to their credit, a new-Mitsubishi franchise DID open up in Manassas, VA, maybe 25 miles or so from where I live. But, even then, it is basically just a redone old warehouse, not a modern dealership building with up-to-date facilities.




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SW17LS

Same. It was so bad I took it back and demanded something else. It was an Eclipse Cross

xjokerz

Any Mitsubishi vehicle I see on the road just screams cheap. You can look at it and tell there is nothing to it. It used to be that they were way cheaper than a Honda or Toyota, but that is no longer the case.

Most people don't need seating for 7, in which case a CR-V is only a few hundred bucks more and a MUCH better vehicle. If you do need the 3rd row, most will just take the plunge on a new Pilot, Highlander, or something else. Mitsubishi doesn't put a lot of focus on the vehicle side of their overall company and it shows.