cars.com auto review Hi this is Joe Bruzek from cars.com we're here with 2013 mitsubishi
lancer GT
now this is a good-looking car and you may not know just by looking at it but
the lancer hasn't been redesigned or restyled since 2008 when this body style
was introduced the thing is the rest of the compact car segment hats and the
lancer struggles to make its mark in a highly competitive segment
unlike a lot of cars that have aggressive looks but can't back that up
in a sporty driving character the lancer GT delivers of the GT has a sport
suspension compared to a more comfort oriented suspension and the difference
is huge the previous all-wheel-drive lancer that we drove nine evolution non
ralliart i was very soft compared to this GT to GT turns in real quickly and
has a more powerful engine compared to base Lancers that helps it have a little
more guts than a lot of the compact car segment when you're not having fun
tossing around the Lancer
you're really not having fun it's loud
there's lots of wind noise
road noise
the engine just sounds cheap and fuzzy
that engine also doesn't get good gas mileage
it makes a hundred and 60 horsepower and is rated at 31 miles per gallon on the
highway
front-wheel drive it's really not competitive at all as far as gas mileage
the leaders in the segment are around 40 miles per gallon
that's the benchmark in this segment 40 miles per gallon and even the smaller
engine offering the lancer doesn't come close to that partner
the ride is noisy and it's all so harsh
the sport suspension doesn't cushion bumps that well compared to the SE
all-wheel drive that we've driven previously
these are compromises you don't have to make for a compact car that handles well
in the ford focus or mazda3 the seats themselves are comfortable these leather
seats are part of the optional GT deluxe option package
now what I couldn't get comfortable in it is just the actual seating position
there's no telescoping steering wheel and that made it extremely difficult for
me to be comfortable
I would see it either sitting too close to the steering wheel or too far back
which hurts rear legroom
the Lancers back seat is perfectly average among its competitors which
means it's pretty comfortable
there is more backseat room then the mazda3 and even with the optional
sunroof I have plenty of headroom will answer is appealing to a youth market
just like every other compact car and one of the ways it does that is through
its optional Rockford Fosgate sound system that has a large and in subwoofer
in the back and out that may not be a large from an after market perspective
but from what's offered in factory cars
that's a honking subwoofer and along with that on this car we have an
optional multimedia system
now this is where the lancer starts to show its age it's not a very cleanly
executed system and there are a lot better examples on the market like
Chevrolet MyLink this one is clunky the buttons are small
overall it would be something I could do without
but when you go without this and the USB input which is a really difficult
position in the glove box
you're stuck with a red yellow and white RCA jack
there isn't a standard three-and-a-half millimeter audio jack
so now you have to go out and buy a ten-dollar adapter from radio shack like
I did
the lancer GT is sporting quick when suffers from poor ride quality and
subpar gas mileage and those are compromises you just don't have to make
to get a fun-to-drive compact car now the entire segment has been redesigned
since the last time the lancer has and it certainly shows
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