RE: Mitsubishi Carisma | Shed of the Week

[Tickle]

Excellent

[Limpet]

£675 for a battered example of an appliance on wheels that, buried in the ad text is also a Cat N?

How can this be worth any more than scrap value?

[HTP99]

Never has a car had a most ironic name!

[HTP99]

Gary C said:

Was this the car that they sold new in the uk then gave you a brand new one 6 months later ?

I think that was Daewoo?

[Arsecati]

Evilex said:

About that GDi lump..

If I'm correctly informed, it won't run on the incoming E10 petrol formulation. It'll be ok on E5. Assuming that it's not phased out too soon.

I'm pretty sure this one won't run on E5 either............. it's a diesel.

[Frimley111R]

i drove the petrol version once and tbh it was comfy and refined, a perfectly acceptable barge for some buyers but not something that should ever haunt the halls of PH!

[K50 DEL]

One of my first trackdays was in one of these at Castle Combe back in the late 90s

A mate had one as his company car and somehow or other we decided that a couple of thick strips of gaffa tape over the number plate would be enough to fool anyone should photographic evidence be produced and we should therefore proceed to lap the hateful car as fast as possible (really not very) around our local circuit.

I think the most amusing things was that despite the boot full of tools we weren't the slowest car on the track!

[mradam]

My ex's father had one of these, truly the most hatefully dull bland beige car I have ever had the displeasure of sitting in. It was like being back in the late 80s/ early 90s, except it was 2003.

[sjabrown]

That is the Covid19 of cars.

Horribly prolific on the roads at one time in the early 2000s.

[Turbobanana]

bitofayank said:

I see the lost Japanese art of ripping off something decent looking in that rear 2/3rd view: 2000s Volvo S60

A-ha! Time travel! The Carisma was launched in 1995, so how does the S60 thing work?

As others have said, these were dull and poorly named from new, but actually stacked up quite well with what else was available back then, albeit mostly with fleets and as loan cars. I worked at a dealer group with Mitsubishi in it and we ran these as hire cars / loan cars at the time. Bearing in mind some of them went to customers with top of the range Shoguns and 3000GTs, nobody complained.

From memory they were built by Nedcar in Holland and shared a lot with the contemporary Volvo S40, including engines and gearboxes.

This one's a stter though: best remove the wheels and use it as an actual shed.

[njw1]

Whilst looking at the photos of the car I had Morrissey 'Everyday is like Sunday' playing in my head. Good God it's depressing...

[scottygib553]

We offended the Shed Gods and have been rightly punished.

[rjg48]

No mention of the Porsche Smallpenis?

[cerb4.5lee]

In fairness this is still better to look at than any BMW SE for me.


A great write up and it made me smile for sure.

[swampy442]

Wonder how many people are grumbling under their breath "I'll give you Audi Arse"

[rjg48]

Turbobanana said:

bitofayank said:

I see the lost Japanese art of ripping off something decent looking in that rear 2/3rd view: 2000s Volvo S60

A-ha! Time travel! The Carisma was launched in 1995, so how does the S60 thing work?

As others have said, these were dull and poorly named from new, but actually stacked up quite well with what else was available back then, albeit mostly with fleets and as loan cars. I worked at a dealer group with Mitsubishi in it and we ran these as hire cars / loan cars at the time. Bearing in mind some of them went to customers with top of the range Shoguns and 3000GTs, nobody complained.

From memory they were built by Nedcar in Holland and shared a lot with the contemporary Volvo S40, including engines and gearboxes.

This one's a stter though: best remove the wheels and use it as an actual shed.

A-Ha!

Platform share with the V40 and built in the Netherlands.

Run.

[greenarrow]

Whilst PH is a broad church, the only thing more amazing than how bad this car is, is the fact that anyone would try and offload it on the Pistonheads site!

Anyway, I'm now looking forward to next weeks resumption of BMW and VAG fare - Shed has taught us a valuable lesson this week - "be careful what you wish for"

[rastapasta]

One of the lads had one of these at Uni. to wind him up when he was driving it whoever was sitting behind him would stick either their shoe in between the driver seat while he was waiting to pull off at the traffic lights. always guaranteed a stall and a volley of foul language

[darkyoung1000]

A truly excellent article PH, well played!
SOTW is my favourite feature, and this really made me smile, thank you.

[AC43]

Grim. Being a fwd manual sootchucker is bad enough. But being one of those weird identikit Japanese cars from the 90's that all blend into each other makes it even worse.

I was going to ask who on earth actually buys these things (other than mini cabbers) and am genuinely surprised that people on hear not only know what it is but may have even driven or even owned one.