Two-wheel and four-wheel drive LS and Sport models are equipped with a 2.0 litre DOHC MIVEC petrol engine, while the D4 Sport comes with a 1.8 litre DOHC MIVEC intercooled turbo diesel.
A six-speed CVT transmission with sport mode is available on both the ASX 2WD and 4WD petrol models.
A six-speed manual transmission is standard on D4 Sport.
“The ASX is such a smart, efficient package we think city dwellers, who own hatches and sedans, will see it as a ‘step up’,” says Mitsubishi head of sales and marketing strategy, Daniel Cook.
Cook says that ASX has “all the SUV plusses such as lots of space flexibility and the panoramic driving position, plenty of vitality and ooomph, but without the bulk that often just isn’t practical in the city and suburbs”.
ASX goes on sale August 1, 2010, with pricing that starts at $35,490 for the LS 2WD.
