2004 Mitsubishi Galant ES 2.5 from North America
Summary:
Japanese reliability with a Mitsubishi touch
Faults:
One rear strut leak at 90000 miles. Changed promptly.
Some rust dots on the front due to road stone chips. A plastic film cover over the front of the car would help a lot.
Brake rotors (disks) are getting deformed while heated, but braking is OK. You may expect more wheel lock on icy roads because of this.
Some plastics in the interior are not as good quality.
There's some rattling on the shifter button, but this can be easily fixed.
More important, I never pulled off the road because of any technical issues with this car.
General Comments:
Awesome family car, very reliable, easy to drive, responsive, comfortable, all for a low price.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Don't Know
Review Date: 7th November, 2013
14th Dec 2006, 08:30
OK the Accord and Camry are better designed with better interior materials and ergonomics, feel and touch...
BUT I bought my 2004 Galant LS V6 for $14,800 new (Civic Corolla money) in January 05... the rebates and discounts came to $6,000... Try that with Honda or Toyota...
I also received 5 year Free maintenance from Mitsu. That's free oil changes everything gratis for 5 years. Saab and BMW don't even touch that...
Now my V6 0-60= 6.8 seconds (MotorTrend)!!!
I can forgive the ugly nose, the terrible dash plastics, no folding rear seats etc because when I ride around folks are wondering why I'm grinning.. I just push that right peddle to the floor and zoom, I'm gone on my kind of amusement ride. And I get 23 mpg combined.
So I'll continue to smile and enjoy the no cost dealer and the savings I got which I used to purchase a Harley Sportster...
So you all be right about buying those other guys better cars, but if you folks are smart and buy smart you can get way more value from your money spent.
Shop smart, it pays in miles of smiles...