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

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Hello Experts,

Excited to join Autolanka forums :D Waited almost for month for an admin to approve me ... anyway, whoever the admin that approved me, :smilie_liebe12:

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.

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bdw is Lancer GDI?

Dont think so. The Lancer EX 1.5 has the 4A91 engine which features MIVEC.

MMC is no longer focusing on GDI engines due to its lack of compatbility with various fuel requirements. it is either because of MMC lack of research or lack of capital to reaserch further. it would have been nice as this will aid in fuel economy. also other car brands have been successful with this- like Audi for example. GDI focuses on fuel delivery that directly sends fuel to the combustion chamber.

MIVEC is the other way around. its compatibility reached more countries including the US and the Philippines to name a few. MIVEC's approach is different as this focuses more on today's trend of Variable Valve Timing that will aide fuel economy (example: 4G64 vs 4G69 ad 4B12)

It is up to MMC now to create an engine combo of MIVEC+GDI to create a truly eco friendly yet power oriented engine. If ever they did, then I'm sure they are finalizing it. Good luck to MMC biggrin.gif

http://tsikot.com/forums/mitsubishi-cars-talk-94/mivec-vs-gdi-engines-51028/

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Some day, I'll rice up the lancer to look like this... some day...

Ricing was the root of much debate and friction at AL not too long ago ;)

Get the car first and see the warranty limitations first. And if it permits, like I mentioned earlier, the Evo X can lend you so many things to make your car actually better. (Not exactly ricing) Suspension, brakes, seats, body parts...that's one deep rabbit hole :)

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Ricing was the root of much debate and friction at AL not too long ago ;)

Get the car first and see the warranty limitations first. And if it permits, like I mentioned earlier, the Evo X can lend you so many things to make your car actually better. (Not exactly ricing) Suspension, brakes, seats, body parts...that's one deep rabbit hole :)

Well, I have to wait till I lay ma hands on her... some day I'll buy her a sexy outfit, until then, I'll savor her stock form...

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Dont think so. The Lancer EX 1.5 has the 4A91 engine which features MIVEC.

Well GDI was successful in the home market, i remember reading in some thread that it needs 98 octane which is why the early 2000/2001 Monteros are going so cheap.

Bdw it seems Mitsubishi was the first company to bring back the direct injection gasoline technology back to life

Some day, I'll rice up the lancer to look like this... some day...

are you being sarcastic or you got the meaning of rice wrong? :o

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Well GDI was successful in the home market, i remember reading in some thread that it needs 98 octane which is why the early 2000/2001 Monteros are going so cheap.

Bdw it seems Mitsubishi was the first company to bring back the direct injection gasoline technology back to life

are you being sarcastic or you got the meaning of rice wrong? :o

:speechless-smiley-004: Well I meant ricing up in a sweet way ? :suicide2: Personally I have nothing against bodykits if they make the car look better, not *look* faster. :sad-smiley-067:

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:speechless-smiley-004: Well I meant ricing up in a sweet way ? :suicide2: Personally I have nothing against bodykits if they make the car look better, not *look* faster. :sad-smiley-067:

Theres no such thing as ricing up in a nice way.

I guess you're trying to say "fixing sweet cosmetic mods" :D

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