We will not buy a gas guzzling crossover! Keep the 3 cylinder mirage mitsubishi!

As a poor American who earns minimum wage, this makes me sad. We desperately need more cheap new cars in America and carmakers are instead cancelling all their cheap entry level cars and forcing us to take out 7-8 year car loans to buy their expensive bloated crossovers/trucks. Apart from price, there's a joy that comes with driving a small light nimble car that can never be experienced with a big heavy crossover. I drive a 2020 Chevy Spark LS CVT and it's so much fun to drive! RIP Mirage! I will miss you!

A very well engineered car. Yes, it is a bit basic and slow, but it does what it is meant to do so increadibly well and reliably that I doubt I will ever have a better car for my taste. I have one now 8 years in harsh climatic conditions. No rust, not rattles, no defects during those eight years. Just as new. (85000 miles on the clock). I have 52 mpg with a calm driving style.

I'm actually pissed that the ENTIRE auto industry is moving away from providing an ACTUAL economy/budget car segment, and forcing everyone to go upmarket or buy used. I like that almost every company is shifting their focus to EV's, but yet again, they're completely ignoring the economy segment with those as well since its all new tech.

This is sad. I know that the car itself most likely wasn’t appealing to most people but it had one sole purpose: reliable A to B transportation. We need more cars like instead of big trucks that start at $40K and can nearly reach the six figure mark.

We owned a mirage decades ago and daughter owns one now. Great mileage and a great reliable small inexpensive car. Sucks that they’re getting rid of it. 😢

There were many tears shed for the Mitsubishi Mirage.

I still drive a 2010 Mitsubishi Outlander GT to this day. PHENOMENAL vehicle, 200k problem free miles on the clock and still looks new. Mitsubishi is very underrated for reliability

The evo x was the last good and cool Mitsubishi ever 😢😢

In Germany the Name is Space Star and has a starting price from only $ 13k 👍

Problem with the Mirage is it cost thousands more in America than everywhere else.

I honestly have considered a mirage as a daily driver. Still ICE and achieving 40mpgs and cheap to own. I would take it over an EV anyday.

I live in the Daytona Beach area and there's Mitsu dealer here. Lots a Mitsubishis of all models, but yeah, I see a lot of people driving Mirages. Not just seniors either - I see young men and women driving them too. It really fills a niche with people of modest means. I'm sorry to see it go.

I been trying to buy one, and at least here in California, I have not seen any for the most part. In the last 6 months, I seen some top trim ones, and 1 LE, which was black. I want any color but black, being in a desert. I do see a White Diamond ES in transit, the paint is about $300 more. But I am going to do my best to get it. Out the door, the ES will cost about $18,800. I need to add, the cheapest Corolla out the door is about $25,000. Which is a lot more than the Mirage still. About $6,000 more.

I'll be one of the few people in the comments that actually owns and adores this car it seems. I'm really sad to see it being discontinued. I bought the car last year in December. An SE 2023 model. Replacing my 2018 Jeep Cherokee. I've loved every moment so far that I've owned this little car! Great gas mileage, very cheap to fill up, plenty of trunk space since the seats fold down, and beautifully simplistic! For the first time ever, I've actually felt comfortable driving in a car and wanting to drive around the city more just to enjoy the experience. Mostly because it's better suited to my size since I'm short. I even love hearing the noises from the engine when I accelerate and decelerate, and the noisy startup. I can fit into any parking space available with extra room to spare! I'm also one of the two people in town (that I've seen so far) with this model design car. So it feels pretty special and unique whenever I spot someone else in town with one the older modeled ones. If I'm lucky, I can keep the car safe and running for the rest of my driving days. I have a dumb dream of one day buying a second yellow version in the future, and retrofiting it with popup headlights. Though it'll likely never happen since that would be pretty expensive.

The very first car in my life was a pearl white 99 Mirage, served me well, drove it to college, to deliver pizza, i did not know much about cars at that time so I did very little maintenance on it but never failed on me, great little runner.

As a business, it makes sense to streamline to SUV, but the Mirage was the last ray of hope for Mitsubushi for the car market let alone with WRC. I was hoping it will have the same Cinderella story like Toyota with their Yaris. Well it might come back in the future, but here is hoping.

Lancer Evolution will stay in history books

Great content Krik, as always I currently have three Mitsubishi in my household: the 2015 Lancer Evolution X GSR (I brought with my first job sign-on bonus), the 2019 Outlander PHEV SEL(I got it during Covid when there was a massive discount on it for a daily commute, and car pool lane accessibility), and the 2023 Outlander 40th Anniversary edition (My wife and I brought as she needs a good daily). All of them perform flawlessly in terms of reliability; It is sad to be an EVO X owner to see Mitsubishi step away from the sedan/4WD sports car era (the parts on my 2015 EVO X are becoming hard to come by even after 8 years). Every time I drive it, it brings back the era of tuner cars and my childhood dreams. But nowadays, it is more like a one-trick thrill pony for the weekend back road with no comfort whatsoever. It is the best car in the world when you are just out of college and have worshiped Mitsubishi's Rally Heritage since 1992, and the S-AWC performance is something else; you got drive it to know it. However, coming from the interior of EVO X (designed in 2006, full of black plastic crap-38K OTD) to the 2019 Outlander (does the basic, still a lot of cheap plastic-20K OTD with 6K tax credit and 10K rebates), then to the 2023 Outlander 40th Anniversary edition(interior rivals if not better than major European luxury brands-40K OTD) I could say Mitsubishi are definitely making competitive mass market products compare to crazy 4WD performance car that only less than 1% of their target customer would buy. I have 'SOLD' two 2023 Outlanders to my friends (they were cross-shopping the new CX50 and CR-V) after they rode in my wife's car; the SEL Touring (MSRP 38K) two-tone interior is better than almost all other non-luxury compact crossovers at this price point. Also, there is 10 year/ 100K miles warranty to back the total cost of ownership up. And with the Ralliart brand returning and racing in Asia Cross Country Rally with their new Triton/L200 pickup, we might eventually see Mitsubishi back in Dakar Rally someday. So the future is promising for Mitsubishi. Also, it's worthwhile to point out that the Mitsubishi Raider shares the platform with the Dodge Dakota instead of the Nissan Frontier; it is an end-of-era DSM product like EVO IX and Montero Sport.

The Mirage is selling well in congested and narrow streets in Southeast Asian cities. I think it's now manufactured in Thailand and the Philippines.

Shame about the Mirage, and Mitsubishi in general. There should be additional inexpensive sedans and hatches available. Americans complain about cars being too expensive yet don't buy inexpensive models. The Mirage needed a replacement though after 12 years, but it would end up being another CUV. So tired of CUV's!

My first car was a 1981 Dodge Colt, which you can probably say was an ancestor of the Mirage. It served me well for more than 7 years before being totalled in a collision on an icy road when an oncoming car slid onto our side. Low speed collision and just a few bumps and bruises, fortunately, but the car was a write off

2011 Mazda2 was my first purchase. These will be missed.

Extremely reliable and well built. So many folks getting over 200,000 miles on them, even with the CVT. I have 195,000 on mine, a 2019. The manual is the way to go if you can, but if you service the CVT, it'll do the job. I'm gonna really miss this beauty.

So stupid for them to kill it off. The demand for these affordable cars are going to always be there especially with gas prices the way they're going. Also if they're just going the route of pure SUVs then what's going to be different from them compared to other companies? They will probably lose out in that battle in my area considering there are barely any Mitsubishi dealers around.

Surprisingly, I've seen plenty of these here in DFW, the Land of Gigantic Trucks. I can see why - plenty of people want an affordable, reliable, economical *new* car. Sadly, that's not an option anymore.

Surprised the mirage lasted this long. It’s modern geo metro, as in the last “minimal car” in USA. I don’t see many missing or remembering this car 10 years from now but wish it could stay as an option for bargain shoppers. I see more minimal modern cars since I moved to europe where manual trans is still more common. Toyota aygo, Mitsubishi colt, Honda city are cars that are in EU but not USA. How unfortunate for Isuzu, I remember in the 90s they started to only sell SUV and trucks (Hombre, amigo, trooper,and my favorite: vehicross). This was probably why Isuzu left the US market but now car companies like Ford and Mitsubishi stop selling cars. Mitsubishi used to be cool, gt3000, eclipse, galant, lancer evo… and made the engines for Hyundai…. Their misfortunes should be studied as what not to do.

The Mirage should've been priced starting around $13-$14k, would've sold better.

I guess it’s now a Mirage

Grew up with the DSM twins. Golden age of Mitsubishi. Will be missed.

Who is running Mitsubishi? You would think they would be killing it in a market that is obsessed with SUV's yet their once most popular model the Montero/Pajero has been discontinued for some years already.

Unless it gets another LOW priced EV out pronto, this IS the death knell for Mitsubishi in the U.S. We NEED cheap cars, dammit!😡

Not even a full blown final Ralliart Mirage before it goes? 😢

We have a Mirage as a second car. It is great for my wife who really does not drive much. The car is so fun. You can whip it around the city, and it does fine on the highway too. Tons of room when you fold down the back seat. If you are in the market for one, I'd recommend spending the extra money to get all the options. You can get push-button start, alloys and some other goodies for not much extra money. The mileage is insane, and the insurance is VERY low. Safety ratings are surprisingly good.

We've got a lot of these in Philippines. And at very low prices. We own a 2015 mirage sedan automatic in blue colour, still drives like new.

The Mitsubishi Raider was actually a rebadged Dodge Dakota not a Nissan Frontier

I genuinely think Mitsubishi will pull out of the US before they reintroduce the Evo (which I still hope doesn’t happen). The Outlander is carrying this whole brand now in the US.

I have my Mirage hatchback since 2017. No issues whatsoever until now. Such a reliable car.

Sad News, they are not bad cars I dont understand why people dont buy them more. I still have a 2011 Mitsubishi Outlander with 145K and running smooth 😢

Great video! Happy 200k!

I'd love to see Outlander Sport and Eclipse Cross replacements soon. Especially considering how great of an improvement the Outlander is

Your thumbnails are always so clever. Sad to see it go

People still want mirage. I just buy one and i have to wait for it and they were all sold before they arrived to the dealership. I m from quebec canada.

EVO was the godfather car of my life 😔I wish before I die, still able to see evo return 😔😔😔

Noooooooo, I like the mirage's so 90's practical and popular where I live in Florida. It's easy on gas, insurance, etc. But alas the crossover/suv has reigned supreme.

WTF is going on at Mitsubishi?! The Mirage just needed a turbo, automatic, and a new interior to sell better! And the same goes for the RVR. Makes me mad how these incompetent business men run a legendary company into the ground.😤All the parts they need are in the Renault Nissan alliance. Such a dumb company! Man, I hope an ambitious CEO comes along.

I am here in Lehigh Acres and like this car. I had one as a rental and was surprised how well it drove. Witch dealer do you think one should buy at?

I'm sorry to hear that the Mirage will no longer be an option in the US for people who want basic affordable efficient transportation. I believe the Kia Rio and Hyundai Accent are also on the way out? But the Nissan Versa, which was completely redesigned a year or so ago, starts about the same price as the Mirage and is a lot more car for the money.

Man, the rally art is fire! Put a manual in it and a light tuning to 100-120 hp and this thing would fly! But even the normal edition in gold with black rims is pretty nice. But I bet it will be discontinued in Europe too. As was the Triton/l200 end of last year. Lancer too. Nissan just stopped their last compact car the Micra. Great looking small fuss car. Now it's just Toyota sticking to super small entry level cars with the new aigo-x.😢

I miss my old 1994 Eagle Summit(Mitsu Mirage) currently have a 2012 Lancer Sportback

1st Gen Galant Lambda was the first Mitsubishi I rode.. my grandparents on both sides owned one each.

Marketing insanity of needs of the customers.

Quite honestly, I own the 2023 G4 SE. Which is the loaded model and it's fantastic for road trips and I honestly love it. Aside from the longer 0-60 time. I feel it's a great car that's really safe. Someone rammed into the rear on mine and I still have it on the road

Mitsubishi is a huge company and its sad they have decided to stop making awesome cars. Maybe they feel that they simply can't compete with Honda and Toyota. Side note, my Japanese GF works for Mitsubishi and she absolutely hates the way the company operates, go figure

The sedan versions are called Mitsubishi Attrage in Jamaica. The hatchbacks are calle Mirages.

I really hope they replace it with a redesigned mirage or another company comes out with a similar 3 cylinder! I love simple affordable cars!

omg Kirk you HAVE to review the Ralliart Mirage lol

Didn't know they were still around. They'll be gone like a fart in the wind.

I just purchased a 2022 Mirage G4 SE and I love it. It's a shame that Americans want giant trucks and SUVs (and then still complain about gas prices). I drive for a living and I average around 45 MPG in mine while delivering. It rides very smooth for a car in this price range, let alone a sub-compact. Has automatic windshield wipers and climate control, good heat and AC, classic style handbrake (a positive in my book), heated seats, power windows with an auto switch for the driver window, push-to-start, cheap to maintain, alloy wheels, android/apple play, HD radio, six airbags, a four-star safety rating, and a metallic paint job all for about $16K. (that was purchased in 2023 with only 7800 miles on it - basically new) That's a hell of a lot of car for the money, not to mention the gas savings. All the people dissing this car are comparing it to cars that cost 2-3X as much. It's ridiculous.

You can get way better than 40mpg, my best was 64mpg, I average 55+ on my morning commute, 45 on my evening commute due to more traffic

The Mirage was just named the highest death rate small car per accident by the IIHS 12 days ago, no matter what price that would be a silly decision. The new versa and forte are much better for the price.

Very poor IIHS safety ratings, especially in terms of accident fatality rates.......😢

I think that the mitsubishi mirage is underestimate. It is slow to start, but above 40mph the car can move quickly. Had it do 110 no problem. Also wrc has the mirage r5. All wheel drive. 280hp. The last mitsubishi in my book.

We have a 23 hatchback and it's a reliable car

Can't believe im tearing up for a car i never owned but hate to see it go. 😥

Noo I just got one!

Ha i bought my 2020 mirage LE at this dealer. Its at 90,000mi now. So far only maintenance. Replaced the spark plugs on my last service

Finally, Yamaha speakers are vastly underrated. I have a set I use for listening to music at the house, best speakers I have ever had.

Wonder if they will replace it with a Renault version of a small car

ALl these car companies killing off the economical small car segment is going to bite them in the ass. People don't want to buy $100K trucks and SUV's. There is going to be a huge demand for whoever can market a small manual transmission little car.

The car is more aerodynamic than the walking blimp

I sold Mitsu for less than a month and ran like a scalded dog upon leaving. The Lancer was the the first sign of the s**t that was to come. Only the Evo and possibly the Ralliart had a saving grace. Trade in value? Don't ask. Pass.

Do you guys know what the highest trim level was for the manual transmission mirage?

I have a 2015 bought new for 11,300. Love it, great gas mileage, great computer car. No problems with it ever. It would continue to sell if they bring the price back down to 14,000 of less.

Black and white, red and blue. That’s it for every new car. But the Mirage also has Yellow!!!

Man if i was rich id totally buy one as a toy

Recently, I saw a KZfaq video from Mitsubishi of Europe where they showed the new Mirage, so how can it be canceled in Japan?

You only get 40+ mpg if you accelerate like a semi truck carrying a full load maintaining 5 mph under the limit. You'll get 32-34 city and 36-38 highway if you drive like a half way competent driver.

I bought a blue m.m. last week. Love it!

I though for 2024 Mitsubishi was bringing in the rebadged Renault Clio as a Mitsubishi Colt. Same for the RvR(Canada) Outlander Sport (U.S) a rebadged Renault Captur that will be called the Mitsubishi ASX.

I had 3 Mirages, all were great cars.

Well there still is the base model manual transmission Nissan Versa that can be had for 17k.

We need to petition Mitsubishi to continue production.

That's sad. The Japanese used to make good reliable affordable cars. Now there aren't many cars left and they aren't affordable.

Doug Demero would be throwing a party about the Mirage’s end. Or at least celebrate it by himself.

Mitsubishi has an enigma of a lineup in North America. The Outlander which is modern and way ahead of the Sport and Eclipse Cross. The Outlander Sport should’ve been replaced years ago however I understand the financial constraints of the time. They need a replacement like the XForce very soon and/or a small pickup like a Maverick competitor. If they could bring a small truck to market it would put this company on the map again for sure. All the parts and pieces are there with the Nissan alliance and it could happen.

Those mini cars have just become too expensive. I believe the Mirage sold for 10k not a long time ago. For that price you sell them every day.

I wouldn’t say it’s the last new car under 20k…the Nissan Versa is still here, but for how much longer idk 🤷🏽‍♂️.

They didn't kill it, they just won't sell it in the USA anymore. They are still sold in most of the world.

Dont y have the colt back?! Idk it makes me sad i really want Mitsubishi to do well like we need a halo vehicle and some old nameplates. Figure out how to get the l200 here and bring back the Montero

Did Mistubishi specify when the production for Mirage will end?

I almost bought a manual one, but bought my 00 insight instead...

The Raider was a Chrysler, it had the dodge V6 in it. No hemi sadly. If they offered that with it I imagine it would still be around

Wow, the bronco baby powder blue is retro 1950s

I mean it was going to happen. At least here in the states there was basically no reason to get one over a Chevy spark or Nissan Versa.

Versa stands alone, although Vietnam's VinFast is supposed to bring a $12k car in 2026

What??? I see these cars everywhere. More than corollas at times

The current Mirage was originally designed for emerging markets such as Southeast Asia, South America, and Africa, which is why it feels cheap overall. Hell, during the 2010s, the Kia Picanto and Hyundai i10 murdered the Mirage in Europe. Top Gear magazine gave the Mirage a score of 3/10 in 2013; in comparison, they i10 got an 8/10 and the Picanto a 7/10.

Apparently, Mitsubishi Taiwan still sells the Colt Plus and the Grand Lancer. Yep, the Lancer is still alive!

I drive mine to Clearwater 2 times a week its great on the highway