The 5th-gen Mitsubishi Mirage is celebrating its 25th USDM Anniversary. Originally posted on April 20, 2016 on CarLustBlog.com, it’s been edited, dead hyperlinks have been removed, mistakes fixed, and gloriously expanded.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you a car that clearly belonged to the category of ‘CarLust’ when others lusted after Dodge Vipers, Ferrari F50s and Lamborghini Diablos back in the 5th-7th grade; a car that I often drew in class Study Hall and even used as a writing assignment subject; a car that I daydreamed about making radical modifications (ah, blissful youthful mechanical and economic ignorance…); a car whose name I respected and whose USDM “successor” -the 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage- I rebuked for setting back such a proud name 37 years (the ’14 Mirage had a three-cylinder engine, solid rear beam axle suspension and a whole lotta ugly, whereas all previous Mirages were superior in these regards); a car whose information –it pains me to say- lives up to its name by not being there.
Ladies and gentlemen: the 1997-2002 Mitsubishi Mirage.
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