Mitsubishi CZT For Sale

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It has sporty looks, a turbocharged engine and affordable prices. The little 1.5-litre unit has 147bhp and delivers plenty of pace, but the CZT is let down by artificial steering and lacks driver involvement as a result. Like the standard Colt, it's practical while economy is good given the performance. But overall it lacks the fun factor found in cars like the Fiesta ST and Skoda Fabia vRS, both of which can be snapped up for similar money. Next - Driving & Performance Owners' reviews 5 people have reviewed their Colt and noted down advice on any problems they have experienced. 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It went on sale in the UK in 1974, and the first of the Colt hatchbacks arrived four years later. Four generations of Colt have followed, and the current car is a joint project with Smart and shares a floorpan with the Forfour. There have been several performance versions, including the 1.8 16-valve GTi, but it’s the 1992 Colt Cyborg that’s most memorable, which offered 172bhp from its 1.6-litre engine. 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My passenger was columnist, friend and world-renowned motor racing coach  John Stevens , and the privilege of receiving valuable driving tips from the Man Who Knows was tempered by the feeling that we were in the wrong car. It was only when I got a CZT to myself for a week that it started to make a decent case for itself. In hot hatch terms, the CZT is pretty quick. Maximum power of around 150bhp isn't class-leading, but the fact that it's produced by a turbocharged engine means that not-quite-maximum power is being produced across a wide range of engine speeds. This is no screamer, but a flexible unit which provides strong acceleration without the need to find exactly the right gear for the job. Having just re-read Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22 , I'm struck by the paradox that when you're not pushing the CZT hard it feels quick, and when you are it doesn't. The transformation between dawdling along on a trailing throttle and suddenly giving it full gas is dramatic, but if you're already up to speed the car seems to reach a performance plateau and stay there. It's almost as if you would get the same effect by changing up at 4000rpm as you would if you did so at 6000rpm, even though this can't possibly be the case. The engine's behaviour in this respect means that the CZT feels much quicker when you are, say, putting on a brief spurt to overtake a lorry on a country road than when you have the country road to yourself. But there's another reason for this too - when you're using the performance in short measure you're unlikely to be giving the brakes and suspension much to do. More . . . 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Plus there are some differences between JDM and EU versions (such as they don’t have 3 door versions in Japan – it’s a European thing! Also he was a little shocked by some of the prices for parts from Mitsubishi. Despite our history starting with Mitsubishi performance cars, especially Evo’s, we’ve never done much with the Colt model. So we looked into it and found out that Cusco make parts for the car, also HKS and we can get aftermarket parts which are a direct alternative to the OE parts from dealers. If you would like more information and prices on the performance parts available for the Mitsubishi Colt CZT Turbo We are currently preparing a product list for the Cusco parts, which we will make available on the website soon. Other parts for the Colt CZT Turbo can be seen in the lists below: Cusco Throttle Controller for Mitsubishi Colt and Suzuki Swift HKS Performance Parts for Mitsubishi Colt CZT Mitsubishi Colt CZT Aftermarket Parts Price List Tags: colt , cusco , czt , hks , mitsubishi , performance parts , turbo This entry was posted on Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 at 11:16 am and is filed under Uncategorized . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Please note: JavaScript is required to post comments. 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