Honda Jazz vs Mitsubishi Colt

ZataNnA SG

Hihi!
I'm a newbie driver and i'm thinking of either getting a honda jazz or mitsubishi colt. But i cant decide! hehehe..
Can anyone give me some advice pls??
Thanks alot!

bcyn SG

i dont know much about both cars but i can offer u my shallow knowledge.

jazz has better fuel comsumption(fc) but i guess it feels a little underpowered compared for the idsi version.
i comes in vtec version and i guess that would be good. the jazz is a real looker.

colt on the other hand has a lousier fc. mayb due to the mivec 1.5L engine. this car actually has tons of storage space. the easy to move and arrange back seats would put the jazz seats to shame.
the thing i dun really like is the auto gear stick of the colt. its modelled after the MPV style and not the normal saloon car.
i guess the tons of auto features of this car would be a decision factor that will sawy a conti buyer to this jap car. auto: headlamps,wipers, door locks,aircon etc....

Joshua1975 SG

Why IST not in the list? the 3 are so call alike leh.

Larry SG

From a friend who drives the Mitsubishi Colt (not too sure if it's Sport or Elegance model):

1) FC is about 13.5km/l.
2) Steering is good and smooth.
3) Spaciousness is a bonus.

I visited the roadshow at Compassvale on Saturday and after taking a seat inside the Colt, I like pretty much the feeling of being inside one, even though I find myself fumbling with the gear control. I believe that could be overcome with time. Very Happy

The only thing I am not too sure is the Insurance, of which the brochure mentioned above being incorporated inside the full cost of $68988 (Elegance). Anyone who can explain this?

ZataNnA SG

hehe..thanks for ur responses!

bcyn..thanks for telling me abt the engine stuff..the fc for jazz on paper is supposedly 21km/l leh.like so economical hor?hahaha. anyway, erm, one of the reasons y i like the colt is due to the gear stick leh..hhaha..i'm quite silly la..

eh, joshua, i like the IST too!but it's a parallel import right, eh, so dun think can service it and stuff at toyota..and have to think abt spare parts too..or maybe parallel imports arent that bad? pls advice!

larry, u dun like the gearstick ah? Sad eh, i think the sports version looks better leh, cos i like fog lights. (opps, ok, another silly side of me :S) haha..
i'm not so sure abt the insurance part though, i think most of the time insurance is not included right?only road tax and radio license ah..but Honda having promo now, u either get 1 yr free insurance or 3 yr warranty..

Joshua1975 SG

can not remember much liao, there is a pact between both of them that the p/i dun do any Corolla and Camry and some other not very sure which model, than the rest of the model which they the p/i bring in toyota will do the service for this group of ppl. should be still on as toyota oso do not want to lost the group of ppl for service oso bring in $$$

abt spare parts, dun see the point of worry today in singapore. it a common car.

bismarck SG

my family has a colt.
can ask me any questions.

there are things i can confirm what others have said.
it's rather spacious despite it's small size.
rear boot space is abit...small...

rear seats slightly higher than front so nice feel.

[email protected] SG

if the unpopular gearshift of the colt is anything similiar to the Airtrek’s actually, i must say i find it pretty usable.

bismarck SG

hmm..i sat in 1 before. and i noticed the gearshift was something like a tiny stick near the aircon?

ZataNnA SG

hihi!

yeaps, the gear is the thingy next to the aircon area..
anyway, can i ask u all something??
are honda cars better than mitsubishi cars?

hehehe..

_Joni_ SG

i hear that tis september got a new type of colt rite??? and next year it will release a colt sport de just like at the concept one ....izzit true ????

bmw_lover SG

there’s a manual version for colt what? am i wrong? i totally hate the gearshift of the auto one…. ugh…. ugly…

johncooper SG

how come no one thought of bringing Toyota IST into the picture? Question

bismarck SG

haha....there isnt a manual version of colt as far as i know.
it also cant be called an 'auto' totally.

bismarck SG

IST's quite nice looking. better if with bodykits..saw 1 with and 1 w/o in a span of 5minutes and the with body kit is nicer..much

blowfish SG

IST!!!!!!! Mr. Green

LazyTom SG

i'm very interested in both of them too.
just went to C&C to check up COLT and found a new edition next to the RALLIART one.
it's called the ROAR edition.
very NICE, very CYBER but also very Expensive.
costs around 82k. Sad
about 8k more than the regular COLT but think u will like it. Razz
about JAZZ?
hmm...went to AML to check too.
you'll be surprised to find that there's a lot of JAZZ waititng to be sold.
and it's quite cheap too.
dunno y. Question

ZataNnA SG

woah..so many pple like IST!hehe.. eh, i did think of the IST too..looks nice..but one thing is that the speedometer is in the middle leh, quite weird.hehe..even my father, a lao uncle (opps, dun tell him i said that!haha), thinks that the IST is very chio.haha.alright, does anyone know of anyone selling ISTs? since i cant go to borneo..and can anyone offer more info abt the IST pls???thanks!

hi lazytom! yeah, my fren told me abt the roar version..it's nice but ex.haha..
i've test-driven the jazz before..not bad leh, quite smooth the engine.heh.
then have u decided which one u wanna get already?

[email protected] SG

206 206 206. GTi. no one thot to compare the euro cars?

johncooper SG

IST are sold only at PI's anyway i heard from [email protected] or something, its a lower end of toyota known as Sicon e.g Lexus high end toyota ....

IST is also known as Toyota Sicon Xa Mr. Green