The Mitsubishi Mirage may have recently received a minor update – adding numerous technical changes to improve NVH levels – but a bigger facelift is in store for the Japanese budget eco hatch, as these photos from our European spies show.
Here, the Mirage is spotted wearing a new front grille that is larger and more Attrage-like compared to the current slit-like aperture. The lower air intake has been remodelled as well – with a bone-shaped crossbar that envelops the front fog lights – and there also appear to be new side skirts.
At the rear, the Mirage gets a redesigned rear bumper with discrete reflectors, along with new LED tail lights with clear indicator lenses now arranged in line with the reverse lights. Inside, apparent changes are limited to a redesigned steering wheel with a gloss black inner rim, a gloss black gearlever base (nicked from the Attrage) for the CVT as well as new black fabric upholstery with white stitching.
Expect the current powertrains to soldier on – 71 PS/88 Nm 3A90 1.0 litre and 78 PS/100 Nm 3A92 1.2 litre MIVEC petrol three-pots, mated to either a five-speed manual gearbox or a CVT.
It seems that Mitsubishi has moved off its aggressive newfangled “Dynamic Shield” design language, at least on the Mirage. This contrasts with renderings by Theophilus Chin of what a facelifted Attrage could look like based on the styling of the facelifted Outlander – which design do you think looks best?
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MMM can hardly sell the Mirage without giving huge discounts. Yet, new Mirages are still rare on Malaysian roads. Mitsubishi, give the Mirage not only a sharper exterior. Give it a better interior, more powerful engines, and retune the suspension system while you are at it!
Still comes with the stupid hood nipples. Get with the times, Mitsu, even potong have done away with this bullshit already.