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

[E L N I N O]

BTW why didnt you go for the silver accent front grill?

Well for me, shining sliver is a turn off. But I would replace it if I can get a GT or an Evo bumper. If you want the sliver accent all around the grille, the closeset you can get (for cheap) is this. But it looks too large for me.

[Bracket]

Both cars look gorgeous to me who wants an axio neh ?

[Harry (aq)]

oh good idea harry.. There's only one EX owner that i know of at the moment..

HARRY!!...

hi hi hi

Mala keliyai..... Any others owning an Ex please??????

[Harry (aq)]

Here you go. (Damn I had to wash the front just for the pic)

Nice Elnino,

Mine is exactly the same colour, I noticed that you have dark interior, did you change the colour of your interior or is it the original colour?

Is it a GT by any chance?

Edited January 18, 2014 by Harry (aq)

[E L N I N O]

Nice Elnino,

Mine is exactly the same colour, I noticed that you have dark interior, did you change the colour of your interior or is it the original colour?

Is it a GT by any chance?

Hey Harry you haven't checked mail. It's not a GT but It came with the dark interior and the geometric check panels (which is standard in GT). Well, owning a GT is still my dream Till then I'm ricing this to feel better

Edited January 18, 2014 by E L N I N O

[Harry (aq)]

Hey Harry you haven't checked mail. It's not a GT but It came with the dark interior and the geometric check panels (which is standard in GT). Well, owning a GT is still my dream Till then I'm ricing this to feel better

Sorry my bad, lovely interior.

Edited January 18, 2014 by Harry (aq)

[Magnum]

Well for me, shining sliver is a turn off. But I would replace it if I can get a GT or an Evo bumper. If you want the sliver accent all around the grille, the closeset you can get (for cheap) is this. But it looks too large for me.

Thats a chrome sticker right? its bit thicker than whats found on the Fortis Ralliart

and its bit less bling bling

Edited January 18, 2014 by Magnum

[E L N I N O]

Thats a chrome sticker right? its bit thicker than whats found on the Fortis Ralliart

and its bit less bling bling

Yes I too think that's a sticker. Or better you can get down a full crome plated grille which fits on the standard bumper.

But nothing comes close to the Fortis look IMO. It has a totally unique bumper and a shell.

[Reckless]

Well for me, shining sliver is a turn off. But I would replace it if I can get a GT or an Evo bumper. If you want the sliver accent all around the grille, the closeset you can get (for cheap) is this. But it looks too large for me.

That thing looks like a beard

[Komisiripala]

God reckless now it can't be unseen! It looks like a dirty old uncle/sailor with a thin frenchie

[Magnum]

God reckless now it can't be unseen! It looks like a dirty old uncle/sailor with a thin frenchie

Reminds me of a politician

[Harry (aq)]

One of my friends has exactly the similar beard...

@komi - you actually cant un see this now.....

[Bracket]

Lancers gonna flood on the road it seems ( yay ! A contender for axio ) saw another lancer thread kickin'. These used car importers should import lancer EX 's , it'll be a huge success...

[E L N I N O]

These used car importers should import lancer EX 's , it'll be a huge success...

The bloody 1500cc mindset is not going to let that happen.

[Harry (aq)]

Its better for people like us who doesn't not want to drive a car every tom dick and harry has

But every tom and dick doesn't have this harry's car

Edited January 20, 2014 by Harry (aq)

[Bracket]

I cant understand. 1500CC Mindset ?

[Bracket]

Its better for people like us who doesn't not want to drive a car every tom dick and harry has

But every tom and dick doesn't have this harry's car

[E L N I N O]

I cant understand. 1500CC Mindset ?

Crosswind explained it clearly in an earlier post.

The unpopularity of the EX is due to the fact that there's no equivalent JDM version of the Lancer EX. The JDM one comes with a 2 litre engine which wouldnt have a market in Sri Lanka. If there was a JDM 1.5 version of the EX, it would have been quite popular here in SL.

[Bracket]

ela ela got it

[Magnum]

[Komisiripala]

Oh my

God those seats!!!

[Harry (aq)]

Man those seats......... Such a turn on...

[Bracket]

Seat : Fart on me nigga!

[asrock]

Well for me, shining sliver is a turn off. But I would replace it if I can get a GT or an Evo bumper. If you want the sliver accent all around the grille, the closeset you can get (for cheap) is this. But it looks too large for me.

Better not go for that cheap chrome grill. It turns the decent face of the car into a ugly face like a ugly man with a french cut.

[Magnum]

Its a Lancer with a bodykit