Reviews - mitsubishi

Overall Rating

A big improvement on the 1996-04 version, the updates Colt is a spacious and well made supermini that gives the ageing Colt a whole new lease of life. Strong petrol and diesel engines and trendy looks.

• Neat trendy looks
• Roomy and comfortable
• Fun to drive

Mitsubishi has a city car to be proud of with the updated Colt. The new Colt is streets ahead of the old model and follows a joint collaboration with DaimlerChrysler. Sharing the same platform as the new Smart ForFour and features two 1.5-litre three-cylinder diesel engines borrowed from Mercedes-Benz. The Colt is much cheaper than the Smart though and comes with a neat cabin that's well put together and quite futuristic. The long body means there's decent rear leg room and a huge boot. Just the five-door model is available in the UK but a sporty three-door is due in 2005. There's a choice of five-speed manual or six-speed automatic gearboxes and three petrol engines too.

Best Models: 1.5 95bhp diesel

Worst Models: 1.1 petrol

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