Is the cheapest also the most economical?
It is true that Mitsubishi has announced that the Space Star will soon become a star. That should not spoil the fun, because until then it is the cheapest new car in the Netherlands. That interesting fact alone will not save you in this section. After all, the key question here is: how much fuel does the Mitsubishi Space Star actually consume?
The Mitsubishi Space Star has been on the market since 2013. Three years later, the car was given a slightly smoother nose and that happened again in 2020. For Mitsubishi, the model is quite successful, because with the exception of last year, since its introduction, never less than two, and sometimes just over three thousand units have been sold. Not huge numbers for this affordable segment, but enough to not call the Space Star a wallflower.
Consumption 1.0 ClearTec
The Space Star was available from the start with the 1.0-litre and a slightly more powerful 1.2-litre ClearTec. In the early years, the 1.0 liter seems to be the most chosen variant, 24 of the 30 owners who enter their fuel vouchers have the least powerful engine version. The consumption they achieve with this? A neat 5.2 l/100 km, one liter of petrol per 19.5 km. It seems to us a value to be satisfied with, even if it deviates 30 percent from the 1 in 25 promised by the factory.
The most economical Space Star driver drove 41,511 kilometers in 2.5 years. Before that, just under 1,800 liters of petrol were used, resulting in an average consumption of 1 to 23.2. Only 7.5 percent less efficient than the manufacturer’s specification. The ‘least economical’ Space Star driver with a significant number of refuelings covered 5,000 km with a consumption of 1 in 17.6. Although largely under winter conditions, which negatively affects average consumption. The most complete ‘inefficient’ measurement started in 2021 and is still ongoing. With 1 to 17.8, the result is still difficult to call bad. However, compared to the manufacturer’s statement, of which this result differs by 40.3 percent. Also nice: one driver has been driving exactly the average consumption for almost 80,000 km.
Fill up the hole
If you still want such an economical Space Star, do not immediately run to the showroom. The cheapest new car in the Netherlands is only available with the 1.2-liter engine under the hood. Thanks to that extra content, it ‘does’ an average of 1 in 18.6, if we are to believe the users. Significantly less good than the second cheapest car in the country, the Hyundai i10, which turns out to be 1 in 20 in practice. To fill up the price difference of only 105 euros between the two cars, you have to drive a sweet 15,000 kilometers.
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– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl