Mitsubishi Motors is an automobile manufacturer who has been well-known for their skills in manufacturing and developing off-road SUVs. The most compact model among the manufacturer SUV model is "RVR", which is sold under the name “ASX” or "OUTLANDER SPORT" in Asia. That RVR model has been improved drastically in the term of design, driving performance, etc in October 2017. If you see on the photo you might feel the exterior of this model is totally different with the previous ASX. I’m pleased to have a test-drive experience with this new RVR on a road along the sea and mountain at the Kita Kanto(North-East) area to experience the improvement of this new model.
Improved stability and ride comfort while maintaining the off-road running stability
The biggest improvement of this new RVR is on its car suspension. The diameter of the coil spring is enlarged just to increase the stability when the car is speeding. I could feel the difference when I drove on the highway and the winding road between the mountains. The car vibration during the high-speed drive is getting less, and it is speedier during the cornering drive. Even though the suspension became harder, but the ride comfort was even better than the previous model. The quietness of the car is also getting better. As conclusion, the off-road performance for RVR is still good as previous. By setting the 4WD system to "lock mode", you could even get the outstanding performance of car to run on sandy beaches or unpaved forest roads.
Kita Kanto is full of treasure of beautiful scenery
This time I had test-drive this model at North part of Ibaraki prefecture (part of the Kita Kanto) which is about 150 km from Tokyo. It is a place which we could access to there by highway in a short time, but the scenery is so good that we couldn’t believe that it is a place which near to the Tokyo metropolitan area. Hitachi City (Hitachi Ltd, a big company which famous as an automobile parts manufacturer is located at this place) is the city which located at the long coastline, Kagojima Beach and facing the Pacific Ocean, but the beauty of the sea here is exceptionally wonderful. Once enter the mountain, the scenery completely changed to a narrow road called “Rindo” which extend into the large forest. We won’t be able to drive in here without RVR, such a good off-road SUV since there are many unpaved road sections in the forest, but believe us the scenery is so beautiful which is something different with the beauty scenery which we see in the travel guide book.
Don’t you think that it is so wonderful to travel around this “secret and wonderful spot” using this car?
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