Lancer Or Axio? Update: Bought A Lancer! (Aka The B.r.a.t.t. Thread)

[Bracket]

Hello Experts,

Excited to join Autolanka forums Waited almost for month for an admin to approve me ... anyway, whoever the admin that approved me,

Last December, I sold my good old Maruti WagonR ( 2008 model, 5yrs old, driven for 30000+ Kms) For 1.6mil. I was searching for a good car to buy ever since. ( that's how I ended up on autolanka) So now that I finally got approved I thought it's time to get expert ideas on buying my new vehicle.

My budget is 3.5mil - 4.0mil. I wanted to buy a japanese car and browsing the internet, Finally I decided that there are two contenders:

1. Toyota axio 161 1.3 X Grade (2013)

2. Mitsubishi Lancer EX 1.6 GLX (2013)

Both the cars ( Brand New ) are being sold for 3.5 mil. for the permit. ( Lancer : 3,460,000 to be exact)

My priorities are:

-RELIABILITY
-Fuel Economy

-Spare Parts Availability

-Safety And comfort

-Handling

-Looks

- Resale value

Axio Dealers are mainly bragging of TOYOTA Reliability and Spare parts availability. They assured me I'm in deep trouble if I choose a mitsubishi because there are no spare parts in local market and I would have to buy spare parts only from agent paying a huge amount of money and I have to wait till eternity for mitsubishi agents to import parts from japan. And they also mentioned that unlike axio, I won't be able to sell the mitsubishi for a decent price. (if I wanted to, of course)

I called mitsu agents and they say they have spare parts for any vehicle they sell and I don't have to worry. However the sales guy said he have no idea on 3rd party parts availability.

So as you all can see i'm in a dilemma here. If you were in my position which car would you buy? And please be kind enough to mention why..

This is my first post on autolanka, so please go easy on me if I have offended any rule.

Thanks in advance.

Edited January 6, 2014 by Bracket

[Bracket]

No idea, doesnt have any emblem. I love the body kit

That Sure is a Lancer GLX... Anyway looks awesome...

[Bracket]

Mr. Sylvi,

I was referring to a recent event of a galloping horse.

Last time I checked I was a man and I haven't worshiped a horse in my life. thus, every man cannot be worshipping a horse.

Harry

hahaha LOL

"Last time I checked I was a man"

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you..."know'...her...

hmmmmmmm

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Sin men, I know her. Nice kid. All these politics... sigh. Ruins people.

Hey peri u can rest peacefully now...

[iRage]

Most people dont know what it means

A few years ago the Japanese police changed the design of the sticker and did a whole promotional campaign because...most Japanese people didn't know what most of these stickers meant.

yes the tear drop used to be for old drivers but now the design has changed to something that looks like a twisted pretzel/flower petal kind of thing. The MOST obscure of these stickers is the one of a Butterfly.It is for hearing impaired drivers ! Anyone can guess that !!

Edited January 31, 2014 by iRage

[asrock]

Bracket, some day this might happen to you? A hitchhiking girl. Found this on a porn site. You don't wanna know the next thing they did on top of the car. Lucky guy and lucky car!!

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Hot damn !!! :o

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THE WAY TO YOU !!!

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Guys, what is this "model" and "option"? (underlined) is it a local model number? What does it mean?

[Magnum]

Model is your car's model number, the 1.5L Lancer EX is called as CY1, the previous one was called as CS1 and the one before that was CK1.

and the option number is probably the number given for GLX package.

[Bracket]

Model is your car's model number, the 1.5L Lancer EX is called as CY1, the previous one was called as CS1 and the one before that was CK1.

and the option number is probably the number given for GLX package.

Thanks mag. and CY1 "ASRSHR" what is the meaning of this part ? I googled it and it directs to a sri lankan car selling website. does that meas this is a local "naming thing"?

[Magnum]

Thanks mag. and CY1 "ASRSHR" what is the meaning of this part ? I googled it and it directs to a sri lankan car selling website. does that meas this is a local "naming thing"?

Im not sure but it could be used by Mitsubishi to make their manufactured deliveries to dealers easier by using codes

[Davy]

Thanks mag. and CY1 "ASRSHR" what is the meaning of this part ? I googled it and it directs to a sri lankan car selling website. does that meas this is a local "naming thing"?

That's the entire model code. Each letter (or number of letters) in the code corresponds to something. For example:

CY: The model of the car

1: The type of engine

A: Passenger car

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. and so on... The next letters have information about the transmission type, the trim level, whether the car is left or right hand driven (one of the "R"s in the code should mean Right hand driven in your case) and the destination (in this case, Sri Lanka).

If you can get hold of a workshop manual, you'll be able to find out what each letter means.

Edited February 2, 2014 by Davy

[whatever]

Guys, what is this "model" and "option"? (underlined) is it a local model number? What does it mean?

Refer to the page 23 for specs in http://new-lancer.com/catalog_pdf/14MY_LANCER_EX_G.exp_EN.pdf

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<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="whatever" data-cid="256240" data-time="1391321043"><p>

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Refer to the page 23 for specs in <a href='http://new-lancer.com/catalog_pdf/14MY_LANCER_EX_G.exp_EN.pdf'>http://new-lancer.com/catalog_pdf/14MY_LANCER_EX_G.exp_EN.pdf</a></p></blockquote>

Ahh oya thynne gindara wage Thanks heaps everyone uncle google couldnt find this

[Bracket]

By the way, What might be the meaning of E48? Any idea guys?

[luckey007]

I went to Unit#d Mot#rs yester day and they told me that they only import black interior specimens.

[Magnum]

I went to Unit#d Mot#rs yester day and they told me that they only import black interior specimens.

What? i thought it was only beige interior

[Bracket]

Yeap for GLX it's only black, for GLS it's only Beige they say.

[luckey007]

Yeap for GLX it's only black, for GLS it's only Beige they say.

No man for GLS also they only import black. And on in the brochsure they gave me also mitsubishi offer only black interior to ex. you have posted the soft copy of it.

[Bracket]

The specimen in kandy showroom had the beige interior machan. So they might have told be it comes only with beige. So you have decided to go with the EX ?

[luckey007]

The specimen in kandy showroom had the beige interior machan. So they might have told be it comes only with beige. So you have decided to go with the EX ?

Yes as soon as got the permit.

[Bracket]

Great all the best! keep us posted!

[sathyajithj99]

<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="The Don" data-cid="254052" data-time="1389002252"><p>

Welcome to Autolanka.<br />

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Your question is a difficult one to answer for a number of reasons.<br />

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1. The Axio in question is quite new and we have no idea how this car will perform both in terms of the market and as a vehicle.<br />

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2. The vehicle in question is also a 1.3L which isn't very popular in SL due to the fact we have air conditioning run constantly in our vehicles which make 1.3L sedans feel a bit under powered.<br />

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3. The Axio in question is not brand new, and you have no gurantee of mileage or condition buying from a used car dealer.<br />

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4. The last generation of Toyota Corolla the 141 and Axio did not do as well as the previous 121 as they were bigger cars and did not return the same fuel economy figures. They were very reliable, the hall mark of Japanese cars.<br />

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5. The Lancer in question is now a couple of years old, but has not proven to be as popular as previous generations. I have not heard of any serious faults but it is somewhat linked to the slow down of the used automobile import industry as most Lancers on the road are brand new imports.<br />

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6. You can be sure of the mileage and condition of a brand new vehicle and Lancers have always been good to drive and very reliable.<br />

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7. Spare parts availability is relative to the number of cars on the road and whether the same was sold in the Japense market where most used body parts are imported from.<br />

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So another few key questions to answer would be<br />

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1. How do you plan to use the car?<br />

2. How many miles would it do per year?<br />

3. How long do you plan to keep the car (5 years until your next permit?)</p></blockquote>

[sathyajithj99]

I 'm sorry to hear that you say axio is not good on fuel as 121. in the case of 141 you are correct. But axio does about 12kmkm/l in city limits and 17 outstation. So please don'dondont put axio into the level of 141