Mitsubishi Outlander: Redesigned Front Suspension
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The MacPherson strut front suspension is similar in layout to the previous Lancer's, but all-new, with a sharpened focus on enhancing rigidity while reducing weight and lowering the roll center. Slightly longer suspension travel (10 mm) enhances road holding even on rough roads, and road shock from driving over uneven surfaces has also been reduced.
The Lancer DE and ES models use a 20-mm (0.79-in.) front stabilizer bar, and the GTS model employs a 21-mm (0.83-in.) front stabilizer bar. The GTS also gets exclusive sport-tuning of the spring rates and shock damping force. Fitting a stabilizer strut helps ensure optimal roll rigidity and improved steering stability.
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Multi-link Rear Suspension
The Lancer's sophisticated new trailing-arm type multi-link rear suspension
is a major factor in providing ride and handling characteristics that might be
expected from a more expensive vehicle. T
More Precise Steering
The 2008 Lancer owes its crisp, fluid steering response to the integration of
the highly rigid body structure, the newly designed suspension, and of course
the new rack and pinion steering system
Confident Braking Performance
The all-new 2008 Lancer GTS not only tames curves, but does so with the
confident stopping power of the same brakes as the larger, heavier Outlander SUV
-- 11.6-in. (294 mm) vented discs in front
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Operation under adverse driving conditions
On a flooded road
● Avoid flooded roads. Water could enter the brake discs, resulting in temporarily
ineffective brakes. In such cases, lightly depress the brake pedal to see if the
brakes operate properly. If they do not, lightly depress the pedal several times
while driving in order t
Automatic air conditioning*
The air conditioning can only be operated while the engine is running.
CAUTION
When using the air conditioning, the idling speed may slightly increase
as the air conditioning compressor is switched on/off automatically. Especially
for vehicles with an automatic transmission, while the vehicle
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