I have the fwd version, it gets hybrid type mileage, consistently. car and Driver quoted 40 mpg, I'm often above that. The best was 46. Okay, it's mostly open roads in SE Virginia. There is something wrong with auto stop-start, I bought it used it was said to have updated electronics, but just by shutting off the ACC (console button) I've had zero problems since. Previously, an auto stop occurred while entering a supermarket parking lot - then the electrics went nuts. But with ACC switched off always off the engine computer boot issues have stopped. Solid car, great driver, suspicious electrics. Yesterday Audi cut a deal with Rivian re software, so they may find their way out. A friend with a Porsche Cayenne had a not dissimilar experience. Anyway, compared to the competition, the car is a winner.
Coming from a Miata to a 2022 M240i, I would say the +2022 BMW 2 Series has gone full Daily / GT like many other premium brands. M240i is an incredible machine, I love driving it, and while I can go around a corner faster than my Miata ever could, I cannot say the experience of driving the M240i is that of a traditional "sports car". Translating to this video: Sure, the 230i will out run and out handle any normal Miata, but the added weight, and longer wheel base of the +2022 version just shifts the 2 series that much more into the Daily / GT realm as compared to previous 2 series. However, the 230i is the closest thing that BMW has to offer to a true "sports car", and you can mod a 230i to perform similarly to the M240i while maintaining better weight, and weight distribution. But if I wanted more of a sports car feel, I'd go with the 2021 or older 2 series. Otherwise only cars like the Miata, GR86, base Supra, and 718 can give you that sports car experience.
I've driven a 90 ford festiva, a '94 subaru justy, and couple saturn chevy aveo. I doubt a mirage would be worse, however I'll never touch one with the stupid CVT
I got a 2024 Mitsubishi Mirage ES, put 21,000 miles on it in 8 months. Great car! The more I drive it, the more I like it. I am on vacation not in the Mirage, and I miss it. Wish I could have taken it on the trip. Side note, 4:47 any car sounds strained when floored.. Unless it's an EV. 7:20 The screen has a brightness adjustment. And if you have the daytime running lights on, the screen is in dim mode. But you can manually adjust it with a button on the left side of the screen. Or if you want even more adjustment, you can do so inside the settings in the screen. Things to note, the SE trim level has heated seats, push button start, lane keep warning. Also the base model comes with the cargo cover, but your rental doesn't. I find the car fun to drive around all over. I got 52 US MPG over the span of 21,000 miles, which is amazing. I don't find the car to lack power, and I don't just drive this, I also drive things like V8 Cadillacs, and V6 Nissan Frontier's. But I don't drive fast, I drive eco-minded. So power is the least of my worry. As long as it can go 90 KPH, 55 MPH down the highway, I'm happy. This car can cruise at 80 MPH if you wanted to.
I was just in a violent accident and my BMW 230i 2023 saved me. It’s a shame my dealer is trying to stick it to me for a new one. Trying to get into a CT5 350T twin turbo. Those Cadillac are insane..check them out their power band is incredible
It's just basic motoring A-to-B vehicle. I drive alternately '13 Toyota Yaris Hybrid, '18 Honda Jazz 1.3 CVT and '21 Space Star 5-speed manual. Of course Mitsubishi is the worst in comfort but... the most fun & pleasent to drive! :O Reminds me the little dog, very joyful because of walk with me. And it scores 56-58 mpg every run, when complex Yaris Hybrid doing 64-66 mpg same path. Yaris & Jazz doesn't make me smile.
Very nice review! I am shopping for this same car (2022-23 530i Xdrive + prem pck) lightly used CPO'ed . But I also keep coming back to A6 (quattro 2.0T, prem plus). Do you recommend 530i over A6? Or do you prefer the A6? I am more into comfort, ride quality, high-speed stability, and long term reliability. Not into harsh-stiff rides... Thank you.
Id love to have one as a work car. Theyre perfect imo, not overly complicated, great on gas, somewhat stylish imo. I love mitsubishis. The galants, eclipses, 3000gt, i even like the outlanders before they became rebadged rogues. But even then there vehicles are all very competitively priced for what you get. I know i can get a good 150k miles out a Mitsubishi if not more.
The downsides of the Camry are few. The Camry warranty is lower, the Camry is bigger, so it's harder in small spaces. The Camry also uses more fuel. Even used wise, the Camry (a modern one) is as much as a new Mitsubishi, and the Mitsubishi has a 100,000 mile powertrain warranty. And to add to that, the Mitsubishi is also quite reliable if you change the fluids and don't do 10,000 mile oil changes, and 100,000 mile CVT oil changes. But at the end of the day, yes, the Camry will last longer before needing a larger repair.
I love my mirage. Gets me where I want to go. Great gas mileage and you can pack a surprising amount in it. The screen is very bright- maybe you didn’t set the brightness. Also, crumple zones and side curtain airbags.
I will reference Samuel L Jackson from Die Hard 3, "It's a Yugo! It's built for economy, not speed.". Change the Yugo to a Mirage. This car is acceptable for what it is. It's a subcompact made for fuel economy. Easy to park, cheap to fuel, and nobody wants to steal it. What more do you need? I actually tried finding one two years ago whe shopping for a used car. For my needs, this was a perfect second car for daily commutes. Perfect for Toronto traffic. See you at the next traffic light! HP doesn't reallly matter in those conditions. I personally like these types of cars and wish they made more of them. You know it's small when your 4 and 7 year old kids complain a Hyundai Accent sedan is too small. Imagine with this car. This is a 2 person car. Thanks for the review.
You should have got it with a manual transmission. Many ppl neglect servicing the CVT's until they fail and buy another car. Manual transmissions last longer.
The manual uses more fuel though, and revs the engine much higher. 3,000 RPM gets you 60 MPH in 5th in the manual. The CVT's can last a long time, but you're right, nearly no one services them. My friend went through 3 CVT's in his Nissan Sentra, he says they are junk.. But he also Never changed the fluid on any of the transmissions. And the engine is burning oil, he does 10,000-15,000 mile oil changes.
@@extralock1045 that's pretty hard on the engine to do oil changes at 10 to 15k. I remember leasing a Hyundai sonata and it would run like crap closer to 7500 on the first oil change and again after the second. But I didn't care at the time bc it was a friggin lease.
When a person of your age group can't understand how to get someplace without racing everything to the redline. Does your generation ever have a single peaceful moment where you aren't trying rip your own brain out of your skull? It's an economy car, made for gas mileage, not made for people who need to be on psychiatric mediation for impulse control.
A car like this is made for the more mature audience who also has a family car, or a sports car, or both, who would simply like a little light driving to the city or town, have no worry about parking, and not worry about if someone will ding your car wherever you park unlike if you were driving a sports car. I also drive a 2021 i10 with 84hp but it feels just care free to drive and lighter than a Miata, the supra gr 3.0 I also drive and their are more things to worry about, even other cars younger gen is driving wanting to race you
If you just need a commuter car around the town/city, this thing is great. For long, hilly highway driving , maybe not so great. Its 4 km's to my work. I can't get over 40km/hour anyway. This car works.
I still like these I had a 2013-2017 and currently 2019 I was thinking of getting new truck in fall I might just go with this again all mine had hemi love hemi
I finally understand why you feel that way; you really want a corvette but could only afford a Mirage? So thats why you hate its rather slow acceleration? Tell you what, I bought a new 23 Mirage hatchback and love it, since my needs are transportation only, its acceleration, while not world beating is good enough when you use the drive sport mode and hold your revs to 4,000 rpm, thats its torque peak, so keeping it at 4,000 you will see better acceleration, and I use it on freeways everyday, it merges just fine used this way and once you hit 65 mph just use the cruise control and watch the gas mileage climb! These cars typically go over 200K (miles) and come with 10 yrs/100,000 mile warranty, so they know the car will make it, and they do! My fill ups come in at $20, and oil changes only need 3 quarts. Its easy to work on these things and once you live within its design limits there is really no other car like it. Im guessing you were just renting it here, but in actually owning them you come to discover just how practical and dependable they really are. But then again, you still really want that Corvette, dont you!
@@POV_Driving You would actually be better advised to buy 2 new mirages rather than the 1 corvette! The corvette will get you in trouble, be very unreliable after a couple years of abuse, give you high insurance and registration costs, a pig on gas, and attract law enforcement attention. All that and the type of woman who will dirty deal you since they will be jealous of your car and pretend to like you for your car. Now about 2 mirages? Always have a back up, if you could afford the corvette 2 mirages will come to $36k, both brand new with that great warranty. Low cost to run and register, wont get you in trouble since your acceleration will be kinda boring (good!) much better reliability and mileage and even if you drove naked and were making love to teddy bears the cops would ignore you sitting in your mirage! Then again Ive always thought the guys who wanted a corvette were dickless wonders and confused their masculinity with some car brand since they were usually compensating for their inability to have a woman and thought the corvette would make up for it. Last positive thing for the Mirage is the car stamps you as practical, frugal and realistic, since most Mirage owners already know with the traffic we already have to suffer in makes a fast car useless in bumper to bumper traffic, where as even the base Mirage comes with cruise control and A/C, power windows and a radio, with seats that are comfortable. A problematic woman would see a mirage as wimpy and so acts as a filter for you, getting rid of divorce prone bitches right off, and a good girl, a decent one will like the car since its cute and easy to maneuver in traffic and comes loaded with features anyone stuck in traffic would want. So again the Mirage filters the women for you and her reaction to it tells you everything you need to know about her. Quite the ride, eh?
I find sport mode very useless for speeding up, you can do the same thing in drive? But going downhill it's useful, I use it for engine braking. (: I agree, the Mitsubishi Mirage is the sensible option, the option that will fit 91% of the people who drive. But 99% of the 91% of people will end up making excuses on why they need a huge SUV like the Cadillac Escalade, or Chevy Suburban, or Ford F150. I got the Mirage, and drive it all over, awesome car! One thing to note, I am across the country right now, drove my moms Ford Maverick (pickup truck) she won't ride in the Mirage because it's "too small", although the interior dimensions are nearly identical. Either way, I miss the Mirage, and the truck is pretty useless. The back seats are full of stuff because the bed is un-secure, and the cover leaks.. But in the Mirage you just fold the back seats down, sure, you don't have back seats in both cases, but you have a larger loading area like so, that has climate control, and is more secure, and won't get wet when it rains. Plus the Mirage is more refined in a way. The Maverick seems to have tech glitches in several ways, parking brake won't turn off right away, need to wait for the car to fully start. The screen lags badly, the doors are also very scratchy. One good thing I can say about it is it's quieter.
@@extralock1045 Glad to see you are another ally out there, spreading Mirage mayhem! Thats right, acceleration and looks are fun, but so is 55mpg! Anyway, try this experiment, since you are an owner with your mirage. Find a hill, make a big, and in drive accelerate up it. Make it at least a half mile going up. Now do it again this time in sport mode, and keep the tach at 4,000 rpm, because thats its torque peak, and see how fast this time to the top. Compare results.
I love that BMW has an inexpensive sports coupe for the driving enthusiasts. I picked up my M2 a week ago and am beyond amazed how well these things handle! Even that 4-cylinder was no slotch on the roads.
