The Mitsubishi Carisma is a 5-door liftback / 4-door sedan from Mitsubishi, built from 1995 to 2004, when airbags, anti-lock brakes and Japanese build quality became the world standard. Under the bonnet: 1.3 . Kiyoshi Honda drew it.
The background
The Mitsubishi Carisma is a large family car that was produced for the European market by Mitsubishi Motors from 1995 to 2004. The model name was derived from a combination of the English car and the Greek kharisma, meaning "divine gift". It was co-developed with Volvo, sharing its chassis with the first generation of the Volvo S40, and built at the NedCar factory in Born, Netherlands, which the two companies co-owned at the time.
Over 350,000 were built during its production run. Volume production begun in May 1995 with sales starting in The Netherlands in June. The four-door saloon sales started the following year.
The engineering
Power comes from 1.3 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 1105 -. It shifts through a 5-speed manual / 4-speed automatic. The wheelbase is 2550 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Mitsubishi Galant (Europe); its successor was the Mitsubishi Lancer (Europe); assembly was at Born, Netherlands (NedCar). Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Toyota Tacoma, the BMW Z3, the Honda CR-V — show what else the money bought that year. Its Mitsubishi stablemates include the Mitsubishi Lancer and the Mitsubishi 360.