Mitsubishi Colt with facelift

Posted on August 7, 2007
Filed Under New Car Review

Mitsubishi thought this sixth generation by a new and interesting concept, but which presents advantages and disadvantages and I’m thinking especially at the single volume design. It is true that the available space is incomparable better, but a lot of style and dynamic aspect is wasted.

The Colt’s facelift is pretty discreet and is possible to observe only the optical blocks which are now on black background and which changes the aspect of the frontal side, by adding an improvement of style. Beside this, the car gained ornaments for the side skirts (the five door version), black background tail lights and side rear windows, plus the smoky field glass.

The motors range remained the same, compound by three engines on gas and one turbodiesel engine. Our test car disposes of the 1.3 liters gas engine with 95 Hp, which means the medium one as power from the gas engines. Taking to account that Mitsubishi Colt is a low class car, the 95 Hp should be sufficient. And they really are, but in certain conditions, more precisely in town. In traffic, the little Colt is managing very well, the accelerations being sufficient enough to start faster from the semaphore and to maintain an alert rhythm among others cars .It also depends on you to go up to higher revs, because the engine develops a maximum torque of 125 Nm at 4.000 rpm. Beside this, using the air conditioned is obviously felt at the performances level, especially when the weather is so hot that you must use the third stage for creating a comfortable climate.

In town, Colt shows a good handling, thanks to the light direction and reduced sizes. Even out of town the engine works very well, but that only if you don’t have substantial pretensions regarding dynamic statistics. Regarding to how much weight is put in the car, you could maintain a decent rhythm, the cruise speed being about 130 km/h. After this value, the engine passes his limits and becomes less comfortable regarding the noise produced. You must take care also at overtaking. Shifting gear down and racing the engine are necessary, especially when the car is loaded. That’s why you should avoid the small engine, of 1.1 liters, with three cylinders and 75 Hp. You could easily choose the one with 95 HP , if you drive most of the time in town, or the engine of 1.5 liters and 109 Hp, if you go out of town. The difference of price is (with all taxes included, at base equipage) about 1.071 euro between the version with 1.3 liters engine and the version with 1.1 liters and about 714 euro between the engine of 1.5 liters and the one with 1.3 liters. The Clot’s advantages are very important regarding the interior space. The high body doesn’t rise problems at the head level and the back seats allow to the occupiers to seat comfortable. Even more, the back seat can glide, which means there is no problem for the luggage space, even though the truck has a capacity of 220 liters.

As how is expected from an urban car, the storage spaces are in sufficient number.

To conclude, Colt remains a car addressed especially to the fair sex, the ladies being probably able to appreciate the interior space, the interesting style of the body and not to be disturbed by the engine without sportive expectations.

For men remains the temptation of the 150 Hp of the CZT model, moreover when less people expect at 8 seconds for zero to 100 km/h from an urban car.

The prices for Mitsubishi Colt with the engine of 1.3 liters begin from 11.543 euro (with all taxes included).

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One Response to “Mitsubishi Colt with facelift”

Northern California Compacts on August 23rd, 2007 3:35 pm

Nice review. I appreciate the extra information on the engine sizes. With a 3 cylinder engine, the buyer really shouldn’t be expecting too much in the way of performance anyway.

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