2011 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS Review

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2011 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS is a sport runabout nice suburbs, but not a real sports car performance. This new system will provide coverage Mitsubishi 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS fully voice-command Bluetooth phone and iPod. The model uses Mitsubishi Lancer body and the platform includes a wide range of performance and cost. Lancer Evolution X, we found a remarkable sense of rolling Lancer Ralliart driver and a fun sport. But now we look to 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS, semi sporting base version of the Lancer.

Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback offers this version, a slick sedan, but the GTS is our version of the sedan. With variable valve timing engine that produces 161 horsepower Mitsubishi and 161 pound-feet of torque, good balance, which gives the Mitsubishi Lancer GTS, is a fair amount of people. The models can also be automatically Mitsubishi driving, an impressive piece of technology that contributes significantly to the performance. With CVT, the GTS receives EPA rated 23 mpg city and 30 mpg on the highway.

The good: Mitsubishi's new Fuse system gives the 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS full voice command over Bluetooth cell phones and iPod. The bottom line: The 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS has a sportier look than most suburban runabouts, but lacks real sporting performance.

The Mitsubishi models that use the Mitsubishi Lancer body and platform cover a wide range of performance and cost. We found the Lancer Evolution X an incredible thrill ride and the Lancer Ralliart a fun sport driver. Mitsubishi offers the Lancer in a Sport back version, a slick hatchback, but our GTS was the sedan version. With the CVT, the GTS gets an EPA-rated 23 mpg city and 30 mpg highway. Strictly front-wheel drive, the electric power-steering unit is tuned for its suburban mission.

Mitsubishi unveiled its Fuse system this year, a competitive technology to Ford Sync. Our GTS lacked the available hard-drive-based navigation unit, but we have seen this technology in other Mitsubishi cars.

To some traditionalists, the Chevy Cruze is small; to a Smart ForTwo driver, the Cruze is a perhaps large, wasteful near-midsize car masquerading as a small car.  There are also now cheap small cars – like the base Nissan Versa, and small cars that are more premium – like the Buick Verano.  The Mitsubishi Lancer GTS reviewed here kind of falls into the middle of the spectrum.  It’s a cheap car with some premium features.

The transition from Mitsubishi’s least-expensive US model to a quasi-luxury car is not exactly a thorough one.  Sure, there are nice features like HID xenon headlamps, leather seats, a 9-speaker, 710-watt Rockford-Fosgate sound system, Bluetooth, rain sensing wipers, leather seat[in surface]s, auto on/off headlamps, power glass sunroof, and multi-spoke 18 inch alloy wheels.  The Lancer, on the other hand, was somewhat fun to drive, with accurate steering that communicates the car’s relationship with the road fairly well, and a good ride/handling compromise.

Pricing for the 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS is pretty straightforward.  It starts at $20,295, and my test car had the $3,300 GTS Touring Package (710 watt audio system, Sirius, HID headlamps, rain sensing wipers, auto headlamps, heated front seats, power glass sunroof, and rear lip spoiler), plus $150 for the premium Rotor Glow (orange) paint.