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"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01) 07/01/2018 at 15:16 • Filed to: NYC, DOTS NYC

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Dead car brands edition:

Those flames, bro!

Sure, Mitsubishi !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , but do they sell anything anyone wants to buy? How much longer can they last?

HammerheadFistpunch > Steve in Manhattan 07/01/2018 at 15:27

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I see a lot of outlander sports.

Steve in Manhattan > HammerheadFistpunch 07/01/2018 at 15:56

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Don’t know where you are, but here they’re essentially non-existent. Mitsubishi dealer in Brooklyn runs ads all the time about how they have more used Infinitis than most Infiniti dealers - they’ve reinvented themselves. Saw a few more Mitsus when in Maryland last month, but still thin on the ground.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Steve in Manhattan 07/01/2018 at 16:08

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Mitsubishi still sells cars in the market space where FCA plays. You just don’t see them in a place where cars are expensive to own and therefore the entire bottom half or more of the market doesn’t own cars.

Steve in Manhattan > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 07/01/2018 at 16:25

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It is such a pain in the ass to keep a car here - either garage it or play the let’s move the car every other day game because of the opposite side of the street rules ... there are lots of old cars around here, owned by regular folks, that are moved all over the west 70s. A couple Continental LSCs, a 7 series (Volvo) wagon, a Peugeot wagon ... if you go back in my DOTS posts they’re all there. There’s also a 1st gen Boxster that’s in rough shape that’s usually on W 71st.

LOREM IPSUM > Steve in Manhattan 07/01/2018 at 16:44

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This dealership?:

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/their-cars-might-be-kinda-lame-but-this-commercial-isn-1827269201

What are the odds they would come up twice on the same day here? Lol, they must be doing something right.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > Steve in Manhattan 07/01/2018 at 18:09

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I see boatloads of Mitsubishis floating around here, but they seem to be slowly being replaced by upmarket versions or Subaru Outbacks.

Steve in Manhattan > LOREM IPSUM 07/01/2018 at 18:15

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Yes, that dealership ... and how did they find a white guy who can rap? First one I’ve seen.

LOREM IPSUM > Steve in Manhattan 07/01/2018 at 19:45

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Brooklyn.

Steve in Manhattan > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 07/01/2018 at 19:51

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Mitsubishi, through their own dealers and Dodge dealers, used to sell a shit ton of cars. Now? Is the product that inferior to Toyota, Honda, or Nissan? I have no idea. You’d think they’d make an effort.

Steve in Manhattan > LOREM IPSUM 07/01/2018 at 19:53

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Last time I was in Williamsburg I saw lots of white people with dreadlocks, and I smelled a lot of clove cigarettes. And this is the ad I get pitched on more than a few YouTube videos:

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > Steve in Manhattan 07/01/2018 at 20:17

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Mitsubishi marketing only sees the Outlander as the future. The Mirage got a bad rap for being a crappy car so they axed that, but it could have been easily solved if they had ponied up for a bigger motor instead of whatever they tacked onto the transmission in the Mirage. I get that thing was supposed to be basic transport, but we’re not living in the 1990s where a Geo Metro is passable for interstate use because everyone else is almost as slow as you.

Steve in Manhattan > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 07/01/2018 at 22:20

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Suzuki had a nice lineup of basic cars that should have won over the market. Mitsubishi, not so much. But I have no doubt that they could build a Camry competitor and sell it cheap. But they didn’t ... why did they give up?

LOREM IPSUM > Steve in Manhattan 07/01/2018 at 22:23

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IDK. Are white folks allowed in Bedstuy? He might have picked it up there.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > Steve in Manhattan 07/02/2018 at 01:47

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Someone in Mitsubishi’s marketing saw the future as only crossovers, it appears they’re right... for now.

Steve in Manhattan > LOREM IPSUM 07/02/2018 at 15:28

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Or at any of their 5 locations!