is it supposed to look like a big lancer?

I think this look better than Toyota’s 4Runner or HighLander.

Too bad they don’t offer an alternative engine… with more power….

After all, Mitsubishi are long term heavy and powerful truck engine manufacturer…

“Jet Fighter” grill. Huh. I’d be more inclined to say “Bug Eater” because you’re forever going to be picking the damn things off the maw on this.

@georgetang – This vehicle competes with the Rav4, CR-V, Escape, Mariner, Rogue, Equinox, etc. The Mitsu Endeavor is the larger vehicle that would compete with the 4Runner or Highlander.

And on that note, I think it competes very well in that class. I like the sound system (Fosgate) and availability of Xenons (are those standard on ALL vehicles yet?…) It also has a nice and peppy V6 versus some of the others in this class that, while they offer V6’s, are pretty boring. This is a good, sporting, alternative. Too bad it is made by Mitsu and in China of all places.
Anyways, it is certainly work consideration for a replacement for the Wifeys car. (She wants an Escape/Mariner…NO THANKS)

I prefered the previous.

This won’t save Mitsubishi….pull out of the US already

UGH!! Someone please save the baby Aztec/FX45! What the hell provokes these car designers to create crap like this? I just don’t understand what makes them think that people want to drive this confidently other than a rental? We’ll see how the sales figures look after this is available.

this has no appeal at all!

Well, its very… Mitsubishiy

I do like the upside down Audi grille, it works pretty good on the Lancer and Eclipse. Makes it look more aggressive.

eff1, wouldn’t that be Mitsubishi-ish? But I see where you’re going!

I am still waiting for Mitsubishi to produce a new car and call it the “Zero”…..

It was hideous the first time they showed it and it is just as hideous this time. For a company having trouble selling vehicles (even moreso than others), it doesn’t make much sense to incorporate polarizing design elements now. Look how well that’s worked out for Acura

lol @ cocojoe…guess it would have to be light & nimble too! And would a giant red dot on the doors come standard?

I’m not liking it.

-iluvamcars

Jeesh, maybe they were having over-heating issues. I hope that is the reason. Why else do this to the front of a car? That thing has more grille opening than my Dodge Ram –and not nearly as stylish. If this thing had the powertrain of the EVO, and I liked Mitsus, I might buy it in spite of the design.

They can rename the whole outfit MeToo and will get it right. There is nothing unique here. It will look much better as a Peugeot or Citroen with PSA diesel. Blah

Mitsubishiish, mitsubishie, mitsubishified…

I liked the looks of this car before, and still do BUT they needed to spend all attention to that crackpot of an interior that feels like it was built by the same people who make those plastic toys that come out of the gumpall machines.

looks like a vacuum cleaner!

I like.

^^^Hi 5!

This front end design looks incredible on the Lancer sedan. It simply doesn’t work well here. There are elements of the restyling that I like (the headlights, hood, and the chrome strip that runs along the bottom and up the side of the side windows), but the Lancer-esque grille treatment looks totally out of place here. I think a blend of the new headlights and hood with an evolution of the 2008/2009 Outlander grille treatment would have made a much better front end design.

I miss the days that Mitsubishi actually designed good vehicles, 3000GT, previous gen Galant, every Eclipse except the current one hell even the Starion is worth mentioning, now the only good thing they have is the Lancer.

Hideous.

F50, you must have a very selective memory. The last gen Galant and Eclipse were horrible cars, and looked plain bad and cheap. The first and second gen Eclipses were good cars, and so was the 3000GT. Too bad they couldn’t be around today like they were, I would own one of the two.

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I dont see how the last generation Galant was horrible,, I seen many of those as I saw camrys. His minds seems to be in tact to me.

Mitsubishiitis

On a ugliness were on the Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do scale this would be Do.

Mitsubishi needs to pack their bags and go back to the rice patty where they belong. They were victims of the American Revolution long ago and this Country has rejected them once and for all. Time to go, you’ve killed enough Americans with your warplanes, we don’t need your **** quality cars to do the same.

Be American. Buy American. Buy GM. It is your patriotic obligation.

…I guess I’m in the minority when I say I actually like the face of this car. A Ralliart edition with the turbo-4 from the Lancer would make this a poor-mans Q5.

It’ll look the same as the Q5 does when it’s riding down the road on the back of a flatbed.

Quality? Reliability? Dependability? Only in a GM. Nothing else comes close

More like: Bankruptcy? Only in a GM. Nothing else comes close… well except maybe Chrysler

Mitsubishiitis… I like that one. Its like H1N1 for cars… DON’T CATCH IT!

You know I’ve always defended GM but I really just want to start bashing them for fun now because you’re such a twit.

If they put this face on it, it defeats the whole purpose of the upcoming CX concept coming out, now mitsubishi will have all their cars looking alike

lancer
lancer sport-back
outlander
CX-Endeavor replacement (dont say it isn’t i have proof)
RA-new Eclipse
ZT-new Galant

I love this front end, on both the Lancer and now the outlander. I think its one of the coolest front ends on the market.

Mitsubishi have come out with some really crap cars in the past 20 years, and a handful of well known good ones.

I’m also in the minority.. I like the design of this car, not to mention the engineering and technical design of the powertrain which you can only find on 40K up car prices like Audi and BMW… unique and best buy for the buck…and I don’t think this is a pathetic design.. My apologies to those who cant accept that this is an aggressive looking car who will make heads turn.hehe

The new Lancer was a success, but that doesn’t mean they could just bring the whole frontal design to another car. Even though it doesn’t look horrible or too generic like Toyota and Honda, it is simply too effortless here. Wish they could have done a better job.

Nice Value for a NICE car.
GMs are nice but they are too expensive. GM owners are gay!