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Did You Know Mitsubishi Still Sold the Galant? And it’s a Bargain!

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I guess you can afford to offer bargain prices when your bread and butter family sedan hasn't been re-styled since the Y2K bug was still the big concern on everyones minds and not the Mayan Apocalypse of 2012. Yes everyone, Mitsubishi has released the new for 2010 Galant family sedan and it (drum roll please) looks exactly like last year. And the year before that. Its nice to know that you can at least rely on some things to never change.

But what's this? Is that really the price and how long is the warranty? Stop right there buyers and hold the phone to your Hyundai dealers because that Sonata can just wait. Mitsubishi has gone and started a "Lets Make a Deal" moment and you might want to reconsider buying what amounts to a brand new used car.

The 2010 Mitsubishi Galant comes standard with a 2.4 liter 160 horsepower MIVEC 4 cylinder that moves this family sedan adequately and returns good economy figures as well. But that isn't what makes the Galant special. Priced just $1,400 over the base model (which is pointless to buy), the uplevel SE adds a touchscreen navigation system, 650-watt Rockford Fosgate audio system, Sirius Satelltie Radio, alloy wheels and Bluetooth. Final sticker price? $23,999. Now that's a good deal.

Concerned about Mitsubishi quality? Although it was never publicized in the press like Hyundais warranty, Mitsubishi also offers a 5 year/60,000 bumper to bumper warranty and a 10 year/100,000 mile coverage of all powertrain components. Car makers like Chevy and Suzuki offer 100,000 mile powertrain warranties but cut them off at 5 (Chevy) and 7 (Suzuki) years.

So if you are okay with people thinking you bought a used car but just need that new car smell you could do worse than a Mitsubishi Galant. Imagine what would happen if Mitsubishi kept the vehicle this price and actually (gasp!) restyled it?





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  1. By Aldo Posted: 12/2/2009 10:35am PST

    I might consider the Galant if the interior wasn't so ugly. They did refresh the rear end in 2009, but I would have liked them to spend the refreshing money on the interior. That big plastic boombox in the center of the dash is just plain ugly to me. Anyway, I have read that the Galant is scheduled to be dropped, so the 2010 is probably the last model year.
     
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  2. By Paul S Posted: 12/15/2009 10:54pm PST

    Excellent article Jim. $23K is not bad for a brand new and fully loaded family car.
    Of course, for that money you can still get some cars that are truly fun to drive if that matters to the buyer. Like say, a Honda SI, or Mazdaspeed 3, or an MX-5 for example.
     
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  3. By audia4t Posted: 12/16/2009 1:24pm PST

    For the same price you can get a loaded Suzuki Kizashi GTS, with a 2.4 litre 185hp engine, and handling that is night and day above the Galant, and a much nicer, more elegant interior.
    Suzuki's powertrain warranty (7yr, 100,000 miles) is FULLY TRANSFERABLE to a new owner if you decide to sell the car before the 7 years is up. Mitsubishi's warranty ONLY covers the ORIGINAL OWNER for 10 yr/100,000 miles. That's VOIDED upon re-sale to a new owner.
    Let's say you buy a Galant and drive it for 3 years, putting on 18,000 miles each year and at the end of that time you are ready to sell it and get a new car. Well your Galant now has 54,000 miles on it and the minute you sell it to someone else, the 10yr, 100,000 mile warranty is VOID, and even the lesser warranty of 5yr, 50,000 mile is void too because the car has over 50,000 miles. The new owner gets NOTHING.
    In the same scenario with a Suzuki Kizashi, 3 years down the road you decide to sell it with 54,000 miles on it, the warranty is FULLY TRANSFERABLE, the new owner gets 4 MORE YEARS of factory warranty and/or 46,000 miles!
    That's a HUGE advantage to both buyer and seller.
    Look up the Suzuki Kizashi, it's a much better deal!
     
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