The 2018 Mitsubishi Mirage is a tall box on small wheels that proves to have more space inside than you might expect. Its sheet metal is wrapped around seats for four (the nominal capacity of five won’t work for North American-sized people) with a few flourishes added to what’s otherwise an anodyne shape. We rate it at 3 points out of a possible 10 for design and styling, subtracting one point for the awkward lines of the sedan’s tail and trunk and another for its tippy visual appearance of small wheels deep inside large openings. The Mirage got a new front end with an actual grille last year, which helped it look less like a child’s toy, but it’s still remarkably generic and almost invisible on the road. From the rear, the hatchback has some old Nissan Versa lines in the tailgate and lights. The sedan shares the awkward high trunk and heavy rear end of the Ford Fiesta sedan, similarly adapted from a car originally designed and mostly sold only as a hatchback. Both body styles have small wheels—14-inch on the base ES model, 15-inch alloys otherwise—that sit deep inside large openings, giving it a top-heavy and somewhat tippy look. Overall, this is a car that’s dwarfed by a full-size pickup truck but makes little effort to appear solid or substantial. Inside, hard plastics abound and the entire design of the cabin is a mix of extremely simple and straightforward—which is good—and economy-car minimal, which isn’t. The instrument cluster has two gauges, the radio and ventilation knobs are large and straightforward, and a floor console offers what little storage exists. The seat fabrics, plastic textures, and general appearance can only be described as basic. Even the driver’s elbows rest on hard-plastic door armrests. That pretty much says it all.
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