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The upper trim has Ralliart style body kit which includes a revised front bumper, side skirt, rear bumper with diffuser and the addition of a correct-to-Evolution X rear spoiler, while the lower trim make do without the above-mentioned features. Stylish Good First Car — its decent car for newer drivers. Then in , a subcompact five-door hatchback badged Colt internationally became available, thus substituting the Mirage hatchback. Finally, there is the 2.
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The Mitsubishi Lancer is a compact car produced by the Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi since In Japan, it was sold at a specific retail chain called Car Plaza. Between its introduction in and , over six million units were sold. Mitsubishi ended production of the Lancer in August worldwide, with the exception of Taiwan and China. The first Lancer A70 was launched in February It served to fill the gap between the Minica kei car and the larger Galant. Engines were different 1.
This car was marketed under a variety of names: The Celeste was imported built-up from Japan initially and assembly of a single 1.

The Celeste was originally available with 1. An even larger 2. In , the all new Lancer EX was unveiled in Japan. Its new, clean and aerodynamic styling with integrated plastic bumpers reflected that of the recently introduced Galant and Sapporo. It was of a more European appearance than earlier Mitsubishi vehicles.
The MCA stands for Mitsubishi Clean Air which meant that the EX passed both Japan and US emission standards, while the new cylinder head design of the engine gave way for a Jet valve which introduced an extra swirl of air to the combustion chamber, swirling the fuel-air mixture for a cleaner, efficient and more thorough burn. In addition to these improvements, another breakthrough in the Lancer lineup was the Silent Shaft Technology, which was actually two counterbalancing shafts that rotated in opposite directions, cancelling the power pulses inherent in an inline four-cylinder engine.

This reduced both engine noise and vibration, and provided a smoother driving experience. In , The Lancer EX was introduced with a 1. The model was also a popular base for rally cars in that market, with some success. It was replaced by the front-drive Tredia in with the Cordia coupe equivalent effectively replacing the earlier Celeste. In Europe, the Lancer EX sold well as its restrained styling better matched the desires of European buyers than its somewhat fussy predecessor.
Other considerations concerned handling and also the demand for more passenger room, as Mitsubishi tailored the Lancer towards European consumers. It went on sale locally after making its European premier at the Frankfurt Show. Unlike in Japan, European buyers could also get a 1.
This model was equipped with electronic fuel injection. At home, sales of the turbo model were low because of emission regulations Japan imposed at that time. Between and , the Lancer in Japan derived from the subcompact Mirage —itself sold in many export markets under the name Colt. Mitsubishi had originally launched the Mirage in as a front-wheel drive hatchback, with a sedan variant later released in —and a version of which sold in Japan as Lancer Fiore.

Five generations of Mirage were manufactured by Mitsubishi up until , with new generations released in , with the equivalent Lancer delayed until , , and It was not until —with the to Lancer now departed—that the Mirage-based Lancer eschewed the Fiore suffix.
Between and , the aforementioned Mirage sedan with minor styling modifications sold as the Lancer Fiore through Japanese retail channels. The Fiore spanned two generations, the second of which came to the market in Internationally, the Fiore sedan often sold under the abbreviated name Lancer, and sometimes as the "Lancer F" for example, in Germany.