Mitsubishi Outlander: Ride Quality & Noise
When you're not having fun tossing this car around, you're really not having fun. The ride is harsher than an all-wheel-drive Lancer we tested without the sports suspension; rough roads jostle the GT, and the suspension thwacks unpleasantly over bumps.
Not helping the rough ride and ugly-sounding suspension is a variety of road and wind noises at highway speeds. Plan on talking to a passenger who's only a foot away? Raise your voice a few notches. The engine fails to keep wheezy and unrefined noises in check, too. The wind, road and engine noises all add up to an unrefined car that's hard to swallow no matter how well the Lancer GT handles or how good it looks.
Sporty compact cars like the Focus and Mazda3 provide an equal fun-to-drive factor without the noisy interior, unrefined engine or as harsh a suspension. The Focus and Mazda3 are more comfortable and livable everyday drivers; compare them to the Lancer here.
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Gas Mileage
The Lancer GT's gas mileage maxes out at an EPA-estimated 31 mpg on the
highway — a number that was merely average even back when this Lancer generation
was introduced. The smaller, more efficie
Pricing & Features
The Lancer GT's standard features include a USB input and Bluetooth for the
$20,790 starting price with a manual transmission, $21,790 with the automatic
(all prices include destination charges).
Safety
A 2013 base Lancer with front-wheel drive scores an overall four out of five
stars in National Highway Traffic Safety Administration crash tests. The Lancer
receives the Insurance Institute for Hi
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Rigidity Throughout
The lower body structure, where the suspension attaches to the car, also
demonstrates the benefits of higher rigidity than before. Here, one can
appreciate the holistic approach engineers used to achieve this goal. As one
example, the Lancer's new-generation 2.0-liter DOHC MIVEC 4-cylinder eng
Headlamp levelling
Except for vehicles with discharge headlamps
The angle of the headlamp beam varies depending upon the load carried by the
vehicle.
The headlamp levelling switch can be used to adjust the headlamp illumination
distance (when the lower beam is illuminated) so that the headlamps’ glare does
