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Mitsubishi is celebrating its 140th birthday this year - the Evo I, of course, being launched in 1870, boasting a mighty 1bhp and all-hoof drive - and in celebration has unveiled this, the thoroughly smart-looking ASX crossover.
In essence, it's the production version of the CX concept we saw in Frankfurt a couple of years ago, and it'll reach British roads this summer with the express intention of muscling in on Nissan Qashqai territory.
So it's a smallish, tallish five-seater available in both front- and four-wheel drive, but with far less of an off-road focus than most Mitsu-stuff.
Though it shares a platform and a wheelbase with the Outlander, the ASX is 34cm shorter - and almost exactly the same size, in fact, as a Qashqai - and gets plenty of good green tech on board.
There's a new 148bhp 1.8-litre diesel, which gets stop-start and brake regeneration technology as standard and - in front-wheel drive form - returns 145g/km of CO2. The 1.6-litre petrol manages 135g/km.
As for the styling - well, we reckon the ASX looks pretty good. Mitsu's now-sort-of-signature ‘jet fighter' grille works nicely and, though it might be damning with faint praise, the interior is much smarter than Mitsubishi's often-utilitarian fare.
But pray disagree. We know, deep down, that you'd take the Gallardo Superleggera, but if you had to choose, would you take the ASX over a Qashqai?
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Sambawacki commented on this article
at 12:09 pm on 02 March 2010
I've seen the new Qashqai, and i would, yes, because the new grille makes it look like a swollen toddler, or a Colt. i'd have the Rav4, thanks!
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alanlo commented on this article
at 12:12 pm on 02 March 2010
Of course I would take this instead of the Qashqai. This looks like a sporty evo and the qashqai looks like a japanese man with beard.
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zavegur commented on this article
at 01:00 pm on 02 March 2010
look at that. the front bit of a tractor has been chopped off and added with a qashqai!
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eadie123 commented on this article
at 04:53 pm on 02 March 2010
it looks like a jumped up colt. toyotas suk cow dong..Sambawacki must have no sense of cars "a rav4" come on it looks american and has know good engine range and everyone who drives them think they are cool the are complete utter ass's if you are going to buy a 4x4 get a range rover even a second hand one, not a small jumped up japanese supermini just like all japanese small 4x4's
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J4KE.H4M commented on this article
at 04:59 pm on 02 March 2010
anyone else getting pretty sick of that grille being on absobloodylutley everything??
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