With my simple 3.5 litre TJ Executive wagon nudging 300,000km, only now starting to use a bit of oil and never having had anything let go that wasn't an expected wear item, it has now surpassed what I've ever had out of an Aussie Ford (XF) or Holden (VL). It hasn't seen a garage a day in it's life and how it isn't rusting is a complete mystery (try that with a VL!). Even in '86 the Magna was better built than the VL or XF but with that horrifically bad 2.4 Astron II it deserved to get hounded by all. What the Adelaide crew did to arrive (pea...Read more

From the moment I first jumped in this car I was in aww!!! I turned the ignition and the dash lights up red what a shock then turn the ignition again and the engine roars to life pull out of the driveway and take it for a test drive down the road oh!!! the power so smooth the way it holds you firmly into the seat with the sheer amount of torque and the sound of the engine resonating through the exhaust.These cars were so underrated Mitsubishi's biggest mistake were they were not advertising the amount of power and torque from the 3.5 litre powe...Read more

Purchased brand new for $32k including tow bar.
Very powerful car. Easily pulls our 12ft Jayco Eagle. Put on gas in 2008 when the govt. had all those rebates available. Conversion ended up only costing $270!
Gets about 480 kms on a tank of gas, about 400 kms if towing on on highway.
650 kms on petrol, under 600 kms if towing.
Gone through a few batteries over the years and had a small oil leak that was easily fixed.
New front and rear shockers a five years ago.
Very disappointed that Bridgestone stopped making RE92 tyres. They suited th...Read more

I've had my TJ magna for over a year now, i got it with about 138'000ks in July 2014, up to date its now clocked over 165'000ks. Really responsive and quick when you need to overtake, i have the 5spd manual, and i can get up a steep hill with 5 people in 5th gear quite comfortably! it's not a hard manual to drive, its fairly easy and the way the gears are set up is quite nice in the magna. I have the executive model, but it has a few added features like power windows and a rear spoiler which makes the car real sporty looking. I regularly clean...Read more

I purchased my vr-x brand new in 2000. After seeing a photo of the prototype I was in love.
At the moment my beast has 318000 kms on the clock and apart from a pesky oil leak that no one seems to be able to fix. She is still as quick off the mark as she was new. I get 8.5 kms per litre around town. And I really "drive" my car.
I love this car and haven't seen anything comparable to her. If I had the money I would rebuild her from the tyres up.
Between my husband and I we have owned 7 Mitsubishi's. All from new and not one of them gave us a ...Read more

I bought this car as my first car at the start of the year. Got it for a great price with 230000 on the clock. Although it's a 2000 base model it still has some great features like power steering and mine came with cruise control. I've had people ask if it's a >2005 model car as it still looks modern!

The only major problem I've had was replacing a worn wheel bearing but keep in mind I drove down the east coast.

Love the V6 engine, has plenty of power. Fuel consumption in the city is a bit high but hit the highway and it drops considerabl...Read more

Purchased a one year old VY commodore in 2004. Had so many issues with it, returned to the dealer 5 times for warranty replacement issues. From electrics to mechanical, it was the biggest financial disaster of my life. In 2006 I traded it on an 02 Ralliart magna with 70,000km on the dial, to which all my friends said I was mad, and that I'd traded it for a girls car.
It's now 2014 and I've had the car for 8 years. I still get excited to drive it!
I absolutely adore this car. Not only has it been trouble free, it still looks as good as the d...Read more

We bought this 2002 Magna Advance 3.5L V6 in 2006 for $12,000 when it had just over 100,000km on the clock. It was an ex fleet car but in good condition. It now has almost 3000,000 km on it and has been absolutely perfect. Only problem was some water dripping onto a sensor (can't remember where water was coming from but not serious) that was showing a problem with the gearbox. No actual gearbox problem so easily fixed. Air conditioning is still freezing cold!

Servicing has been cheap and we only run 98 Octane in it to help keep it going wel...Read more

I've now owned a Mitsubishi Magna Advance Wagon for the last four years and can swear by it's reliability.
I purchased this car second hand for $9000 with only 80000km's on the clock. I've since put another 70000kms on the car and it has proved itself to be very cheap to run.
At the time of purchase I was looking for a larger car and the purchase price was the deciding factor. Initially I saw this car as a stop gap purchase while I saved a bit more to purchase a Mazda 6. I still have the Magna and I'm no longer looking for a Mazda, it's that ...Read more

We bought ours new in '01. Since then it has done 290000km+ (we live 40k out of town and drive in every day including weekends for the kids sport) with not one breakdown or expense other than normal servicing or wear and tear on brake pads, battery, tyres, etc. The only warranty claim we had was a clunking a/cond compressor at 5000km which never recurred. Every set of tyres got at least 58,000 km and we've never done a wheel alignment. Fuel economy is waning now @ 11lt/100km but for most of it's life we got 9.5lt/100km. Because we always park i...Read more

I inherited this car from my dad (as many impoverished uni students do) and have nothing bad to say about this car. Basically this mode (2001) is pretty outdated there are plenty of fantastic new Mitsubishi's out there, this review is for anyone considering buying one second hard one I suppose.

After 10 years of driving the car drives and handles fine, it's pretty efficient with fuel and all the air conditioning, radio, etc works just fine. The battery died on me once but other then that the cars still pretty dependable and gets me from A to...Read more

I just traded in my 2001 TJ Magna and after reading these reviews I should have traded my husband instead, because he made me trade it. I owned this car for 7 years and it was always reliable. I could get in and drive it 200k's alone and not worry. It was cheap on fuel in town and on a trip. Great car to drive, has a great burble sound. I never had any major issues, though in the end it did have a few oil leaks which I've been told are a Magna issue anyway. The auto changed gears smoothly, acceleration was responsive and quick. Reverse parking ...Read more