MITSUBISHI Space Star · 1.6 Avance · Minivan · 2001 ‐ 2002

In 2001 Mitsubishi started production of cars type Space Star, modification of 1.6 Avance and finished it in 2002. The weight of the car is 1.2 tons and a length of 4 m, It is formed as minivan with 5 doors, and can be fit in 5 people including the driver.

«Space Star 1.6 Avance» is a front wheel drive car with a 5-speed manual gear shift. This car can speed up for 12 s to 100 km/h, with a top speed of 180 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection system», which produce a maximum power of 98 hp at 5000 rpm.

Gas tank volume of this car is 55 l of petrol, so when normal fuel consumption is 7.2 l per 100 km (6 liters on the suburban, 9.3 liters in the city), what allows to go roughly 764 km unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks, 358 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis by dint of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Back wheels have drums, 205 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis using suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 195/55HR15.

In accordance with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Mitsubishi Space Star got the 3 quantity of stars. This car has passive safety (passenger, driver airbags), but there is no dynamic safety systems.