Ride Quality & Noise
When you're not having fun tossing this car around, you're really not having fun. The ride is harsher than an all-wheel-drive Lancer we tested without the sports suspension; rough roads jostle the GT, and the suspension thwacks unpleasantly over bumps.
Not helping the rough ride and ugly-sounding suspension is a variety of road and wind noises at highway speeds. Plan on talking to a passenger who's only a foot away? Raise your voice a few notches. The engine fails to keep wheezy and unrefined noises in check, too. The wind, road and engine noises all add up to an unrefined car that's hard to swallow no matter how well the Lancer GT handles or how good it looks.
Sporty compact cars like the Focus and Mazda3 provide an equal fun-to-drive factor without the noisy interior, unrefined engine or as harsh a suspension. The Focus and Mazda3 are more comfortable and livable everyday drivers; compare them to the Lancer here.
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Full-time 4WD
Full-time 4WD vehicles are propelled by engine power distributed constantly and
appropriately to all 4 wheels.
Not only does this ensure better handling on dry, paved roads but also permits
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Information screen (when the ignition switch is turned from the “LOCK”
position to
the “ON” position or the operation mode is changed from OFF to
ON)
When the ignition switch is turned to the “ON” position or the operation mode
is put in ON, the display screen switches in the following order.
1- Screen when the ignition switch or the opera ...
Passing acceleration
For quick acceleration when passing, depressing the accelerator pedal all the
way to the floor will cause the transmission to automatically shift from 4th gear
to 3rd gear, from 3rd gear to 2nd ge ...