Review: Mitsubishi CE.I Mirage (1996-98) Overview Released in July 1996, the Mitsubishi CE Series I (CE.I) Mirage was a light, three-door hatchback. Manufactured in Kurashiki, Japan, the front-wheel drive Mirage was powered by a 1.5-litre four-cylinder petrol engine that was mated to either a four-speed automatic or five-speed manual transmission. The Mirage was based on […]
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Review: Mitsubishi TW Magna (2004-05)
Overview Released in October 2004, the Mitsubishi TW Magna was available as a sedan or wagon. Manufactured at Clovelly Park, Adelaide, the TW Magna was available with either 3.5-litre V6 petrol or dedicated LPG engines. The TW Magna range consisted of six variants: ES, LS, LS AWD, VR, VR-X and VR-X AWD; of these, the […]
Review: Mitsubishi TJ Magna (2000-03)
Review: Mitsubishi TJ.I Magna (2000-02) Overview Released in August 2000, the Mitsubishi TJ Series I (TJ.I) Magna was available as a sedan or wagon. Manufactured at Clovelly Park, South Australia, the front-wheel drive TJ Magna was powered by either 3.0- or 3.5-litre V6 petrol engines. As per the table below, the TJ.I Magna range consisted […]
Review: Mitsubishi TL Magna (2003-04)
Overview Released in July 2003, the Mitsubishi TL Magna was available as a sedan or wagon. Manufactured at Clovelly Park, Adelaide, the TL Magna was available with either 3.5-litre V6 petrol or dedicated LPG engines. Both the petrol and LPG 3.5-litre 6G74 engines, however, had a cast iron block, single overhead camshaft, four valves per […]
Review: Mitsubishi TF Magna (1997-99)
Overview Released in June 1997, the Mitsubishi TF Magna was available as a sedan or wagon. Manufactured at Clovelly Park, South Australia, the front-wheel drive TF Magna was available with either 2.4-litre four-cylinder of 3.0-litre V6 petrol engines. The TF Magna range initially consisted of four variants – the Executive, Advance, Altera and Altera LS […]
Review: Mitsubishi TH Magna (1999-00)
Overview Released in April 1999, the Mitsubishi TH Magna was available as a sedan or wagon. Manufactured at Clovelly Park, South Australia, the front-wheel drive TH Magna was powered by either 3.0- or 3.5-litre V6 petrol engines. Both the 3.0-litre 6G72 and 3.5-litre 6G74 V6 petrol engines had a cast iron block, single overhead camshaft, […]
Review: Mitsubishi C4ZA Lancer Evolution X (2007-15)
Overview The Mitsubishi CZ4A Lancer Evolution X was officially imported by Mitsubishi Australia from August 2008, though some models were privately imported between this date and when production commenced in October 2007. 4B11T engine The Lancer Evolution X introduced a newly developed 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbocharged engine (Mitsubishi’s 4B11T) which had an aluminium cylinder block and […]
Review: Mitsubishi CJ Lancer Ralliart (2008-15)
Overview Released in September 2008, the Mitsubishi CJ Lancer Ralliart was available as a sedan or hatch (Sportback). Manufactured in Japan, the front-wheel drive Ralliart was powered by a detuned version of the 2.0-litre turbocharged 4B11T engine used in the C4ZA Lancer Evolution X . Engine and transmission The 2.0-litre 4B11T engine had an aluminium […]
Review: Mitsubishi TE Magna (1996-97)
Overview Released in April 1996, the Mitsubishi TE Magna was initially available as a sedan with wagon models following in March 1997. Manufactured at Clovelly Park, South Australia, the TE Magna was available with either 2.4-litre four-cylinder of 3.0-litre V6 petrol engines. 4G64 and 6G72 engines Of these engines, the 2.4-litre 4G64 engine had a […]
Review: Mitsubishi CJ Lancer (2007-15)
Review: Mitsubishi CJ.I Lancer (2007-14) Overview Released in October 2007, the Mitsubishi CJ Series I (CJ.I) Lancer was initially available as a mid-size sedan, with Sportback (hatchback) models following in September 2008. Manufactured in Japan, the front-wheel drive Lancer was initially available with a 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol engine mated to either a five-speed manual or […]