A Black Intimidating Mitsubishi Lancer Spotted in the Philippines


    The Mitsubishi Lancer, one of the country's iconic automotives, built and assembled since its first iteration in 1973 until its demise in 2014. Its black coat of paint, dimly tinted windows, and its quite intimidating looking wheels showed a glimpse to everyone around it what the Lancer really was. What its like to look mean and scary.


    The ninth generation Mitsubishi Lancer was manufactured from the beginning of 2007 until the quarter end of 2017, with more than ten years in production. However, the Lancer was only made here from 2008 to 2014 in Mitsubishi's home plant in the Philippines, at Cainta, Rizal.  After its local production ceased, it was still sold here, although imported instead from Thailand.


    Priced between ₱840,000 and ₱1.195 million, its main competitors were the Honda Civic and the Toyota Corolla. On its side were its sporty handling and striking exterior, giving the Civic a run for its money and offering two things the Corolla couldn't. Although first coming in with fewer variants.


    Those few variants first featured were the GLX, its base trim, the GLS, its mid-range trim coming in with fog lights and satellite navigation, and the MX, its top-of-the-line trim featuring more amenities such as a monitoring screen below the speedometer and paddle shifters. The Lancer however boasted in its abundance of sports trims, such as the GT and GT-A, being in manual and CVT respectively, the Ralliart variant with a 2.0L turbo engine, and the Evolution X, with no description required.


    The Lancer presented here was a GLX variant. Despite being in its base trim, its eye-catching exterior made it look otherwise, with its GLX badge on the right and an EX badge on the left. The EX badge was made specially for the domestic market in order to differentiate itself from the previous Lancer still being sold at the time.


    Enzo alloy wheels, an aftermarket item, were found on the car. Its wire wheels were no cheap job, and proved that its owner knew a thing or two about modifying cars. On top of that, the tires equipped were Dunlop Direzzas, going with the cars sporty performance.


    Overall, the Lancer's mean look was what it needed for itself. Its performance-oriented look didn't hinder its use for daily driving. And if consistent with the upkeep, Mitsubishi's reputation on reliability would not fail it, just like the other hundreds of Lancers on our streets.


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