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Mitsubishi name reminds you of WRC and Dakkar rally.But mitsubishi cars especially in India havent found good following lately due to bad marketting strategy by Hindustan motors, their Indian subsidiary.My first car was the good old lancer SFX.A beautiful yellow beast.Though people say that lancer is underpowered, there is nothing to beat it's handling,ergonomics and smooth and flat torque curve which gives predicatble and uniform acceleration throughout the rev range.But the engine lacked grunt.
             Now coming to Cedia.Cedia stands for Century diamond as per mitsubishi terminology.When i choose a car my priorities are 1)Power 2)Handling 3)Ergonomics 4)Ride quality 5)Build to last quality 6)Value for moolah 7)Decent fuel efficiency  .In short i want a car i can rip through corners without losing stability,should be easy to control and should give that special feeling of  adrenalin rush .I test drove all cars from honda city vtec,verna,swift diesel,optra magnum.Let me be honest, none of these cars could satisfy most of my criteria.Honda city vtec had a good engine but felt like a tin box on wheels.I tried taking a turn at high speed and it lost it's composure.It's plus was good interior and rev happy engine.But i am sure this new honda city vtec couldnt hold a candle to it's older brother.Verna was a good car but handling was worst of the cars i test drove.What use is power which cannot be handled.But the car has a bomb of an engine underneath it's hood.But this engine did not feel refined after 3000 RPM.Steering felt almost dead.The optra magnum had a lot of plus going for it and is a logical choice.It has the best power and amazing comfort.If my criteria was power,refinement and comfort this was the car to go for.But i like to drive my car and dont like to give it to a chauffer.So i would prefer a car i can play with.Optra handled like a boat.I took a test drive over a bridge and on landing it's body rose up from the chasis like a ship in turbulent waters.Optra handling is average.

You might be curious about what's next.One of my friends called up  mitsubishi showroom and there comes a Cedia sport for the test drive.I was initially not that keen.The car was a yellow cedia sport.With black hood,mitsubishi.co.in marked on the skirting.I looked around the car.It had alloy wheels,skirting.spoiler,sporty bumpers whoa all this in a standard car.I opened the doors.The doors are heavy and built to last like all lancers.The seats are beautiful.Black leather with silver inserts.I really wanna sink into that seat and pretend to be a wrc driver.The dash in cedia sport looks better than cedia select.I hate fake wood and this one had carbon fibre finish running from one end of dash to another.The air conditioner is an ordinary no frills one and doesnt have climatic control.But cooling is very good.The gear knob and steering were well placed and it cocooned around you.I started the engine and it gave a beautiful exhaust note as i revved it till the red line.I just wanted to blast the car to see how it fared.I slotted into first and revved the accelerator and dumped the clutch.The car just took off like a wild cat taking a run at it's prey.The road was it's prey!I shifted the gears touching redline each time.Man it had that special feeling that  was evading me.This was the car.I rippped the car through traffic.The car is very spacious on the inside though slightly lesser than corolla.But handling was spectacular.It felt that i knew this beast for a long time.It was behaving exactly according to my inputs.This is what i call human engineering, it's like the user interface of a nokia phone,should i say more?I took turns at break neck speeds.Took it to bad roads.The ride is a little stiff compared to magnum.But cedia did not scrape a few speed breakers which magnum did.The road visibilty is higher due to higher seating postion ,lower dashboard and more glass area.It is nimble and easier to control than a small car.Turning radius was also good.We stopped the car and the test drive guy showed me some more features like access to the boot space from inside etc.The car had everything you ever wanted except sun film.At a price of less than 10 lakhs on the road after discounts.This is more Value for money than a honda city vtec.The features are
1)Skirt
2)Spoiler
3)Alloys
4)Blackened head lamps
5)Stanley leather seats and a sporty kind unlike the usual old man  kinda leather seats most cars provide
6)ABS and EBD
7)Airbags
8)Stronger frame cos i have seen hondas met with accident and cedias.The cedias and lancers have huge beams going throught the doors.I call them the rally genes.
    If you want a hot looker and a scorching performer cum entertainer cum family car which would last forever this is the car to go for.Beleive me you will contact me and congratulate me for suggesting you this car.I work as software engineer with juniper networks .Have i bought the car?No.Waiting for adequate cash for the downpayment.Please help me guys