2000 Mitsubishi Lancer Gsr - Monet replicas are everywhere. You come across them inwards offices, elevators as well as yes, fifty-fifty McDonald's restaurants. Has it always occurred to y'all why such an splendid creative individual as Monet had to travel contented on seeing his industrial plant displayed along side Ronald McDonald? The response is uncomplicated really: it's inoffensive as well as bland. Much similar a Big Mac or McChicken is bland, a Monet doesn't truly stand upwards out. It may aspect smashing to the fine art critic's eye, but for the residual of civilization, it's goose egg to a greater extent than than a slice of decoration: greatly unnoticed, ignored as well as never appreciated. What a Monet replica is inwards the globe of furniture, is what the Mitsubishi Lancer GSR is inwards the globe of automobiles.
From the outside, the Lancer has all the correct ingredients to travel a smashing looking coupe. The sweeping angled roofline as well as chiseled body sides give the GSR a marking of forcefulness as well as sportiness. The headlights, on the other mitt adds a stair out of menace as well as the measure nurture light garnish give it to a greater extent than flare. However, the ingredients were a fleck undercooked as well as didn't plow out right. It's similar having Terminator two alongside Danny DeVitto playing the killer cyborg (oh…the horror!). Don't direct maintain me wrong, the GSR is a fine looking car. It's smashing to aspect at, but it doesn't truly drive anyone to stare. And this is where Mitsubishi is missing the entire point: coupes must travel respected as well as admired from every angle. Unfortunately, their Lancer GSR is brusk of existence lost inwards the globe of 1.6-liter oblivion.
Now, maybe you're thinking the interior tells a different story…well, you're wrong. In fact, the interior is exactly a disaster. Don't travel fooled past times the seemingly curvaceous as well as excellently shaped dash, the GSR's switch gear as well as ergonomics direct maintain as much sense of savor as a individual considering the Whopper as a gourmet sandwich. If I'm non mistaken, the entire switch gear was borrowed direct out from the previous generation Lancer as well as fifty-fifty the Lancer before that. Since they came from parts bin from the yesteryear, the GSR's interior is variety of a hodge-podge of textures, without a dominating or consistent character to verbalize of. The lite dimming switch for instance, withal using a rotating switch, truly looked similar it came from an early on 80s Corolla, as well as non a create novel sports coupe. At the same fourth dimension the side mirror as well as adventure switches came from the Galant GTi (I know those switches anywhere). That's non all, about of the parts of the GSR seems to travel inverted somewhat, as about parts such as the handbrake experience as if it were intended to travel for a right-hand drive model. The interior could direct maintain been forgivable if these switches were a shine operator. Unfortunately, most of these switches felt similar they came direct from an arcade gaming unit. The handbrake felt empty, the ventilation switches felt likewise difficult as well as the window switches likewise flimsy.
The driving experience was much similar a day-old Chicken McNuggets. From the minute I started the engine to the minute I drove the auto out to Blue Planet road, I knew I was inwards for something…dry. The engine unit, a SOHC 1.6-liter 16-valve inline-4 engine sounded to a greater extent than similar whatever other 4-pots that I knew. In fact, at idle, the Mitsu's engine could travel easily false for as the Honda Civic's. However, dissimilar the Honda, the Mitsu engine doesn't direct maintain the abrupt rush of ability (and a alter of engine note) provided past times a VTEC transition point. The engine is rev-happy as well as responsive, but lacks whatever dynamic characteristics. It's as swift as the Ford Lynx or the Nissan Sentra. Thank God that he engine Federal Reserve notation is to a greater extent than accented at high revs thank y'all to the sport-tuned exhaust system.
Handling is similar a work at a fast nutrient place: ordinary. It felt every fleck similar a sedan trapped inwards a coupe shell. It's pointable, stable as well as predictable. It's smashing inwards sweeping bends as well as long corners, the solely weakness existence the lack of back upwards from the GSR's seats (and yes, you'd experience existence thrown nearly inwards the car). At tight bends, the GSR shows its limitations. It cannot truly supply the same agility that you'd await from a coupe. In fact, y'all tin sack liken the feeling of wanting to travel a 'Minime' instead of a 'Doctor Evil'. This so-called sports coupe felt as large as a Honda Accord! The softer riding Honda Civic withal reigns supreme inwards the treatment category (the Lancer is non fifty-fifty a prince).
Outward vision is excellent, the low-slung olfactory organ helped front end vision, spell the coupe's large frameless drinking glass made the side as excellent. Perhaps, the weakest vision is the rear-three quarters because of the GSR's thick C-pillar construction. Parking is a breeze, thank y'all to the GSR's measure torso spoiler which, inwards my opinion, it's solely what that darn affair is useful for!
Mechanically, the auto is real stable as well as solid. The steering as well as gear alter are as shine as a caramel sundae. Moreover, I direct maintain to country that the saving grace of the GSR is the transmission. Although our exam unit of measurement wasn't equip alongside the INVECS-II automatic, the manual was withal precise as well as worked alongside tick-tock accuracy, beating fifty-fifty the Galant Super Saloon. However, at 17,000 on the odometer, the GSR already had loud creaks from the dash as well as harsh route dissonance (probably from the tires).
Speaking nearly the tires, the GSR comes measure alongside 15-inch Bridgestone Potenza RE94s. Though the Potenza helped the GSR give a ameliorate brake experience (yes, the GSR had real skillful brakes) as well as handling, the tires also were the ones responsible for giving the GSR a harsher ride as well as noisier cabin (road dissonance problems). Since the Potenza RE94s are indeed one-time technology scientific discipline as far as Bridgestone is concerned, if y'all are to purchase a GSR or perhaps ain a GSR, I'd advise that y'all alter the tires, perhaps to something a fleck newer from Bridgestone.
Standard features of the GSR that we've tested are quite adequate. From what I've mentioned earlier, it comes alongside integrated nurture garnish as well as spoiler; 195 / 55 VR xv Bridgestone Potenza RE94 tires; sport-tuned twin tailpipes as well as a Pioneer stereo cassette alongside CD player. The 2000 Lancer GSR contains to a greater extent than features. Aside from the ones mentioned above, it gets: four-wheel disc brakes; ABS (Anti-Lock Braking System); dual airbags; optional leather interior (color-coded to the body); mutli-reflector front end as well as nurture lamps; the Mitsubishi Cyclone-series engine addition the INVECS-II Sports Shift.
Overall, the Mitsubishi Lancer GSR had the potential of travel a maestro, but ended upwards existence a replica. The auto wants to shout out the words 'mass produced' as well as it shows. It's non hiding the fact that this may good travel the novel Big Mac without the irritating centre bun (in our illustration without the nurture doors) instead of existence maybe a Sirloin steak. Mitsu wasn't able to truly spot together the GSR to the indicate of existence a spectacular as well as out-and-out car. Perhaps if they spot the Evo VI engine inwards the GSR, as well as then y'all tin sack larn me to purchase 1 of these. However, as long as they create the GSR similar what McDonald's does alongside their drive thru, as well as then this won't happen. You ameliorate aspect somewhere else. If y'all desire the perkiness as well as the handling, lacking the best features? Go for the Honda Civic VTi or SiR. If y'all desire touring alongside the best features? Go for the Nissan Sentra Exalta STA or the Ford Lynx Ghia.
Car Review - 2000 Mitsubishi Lancer Gsr Features & Specifications
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