Car Throttle

Take a bog standard Mitsubishi ASX 4. Bounce down to Bow Wow Boy down the road who is "mad talented" with some paint and what do you get? That's right, it's the 2012 Mitsubishi ASX Black Special Edition. Appearances can be deceptive, but with the ASX Black everything comes at face value. We drove the standard Active Sporting Crossover ASX in September 2011 and found it to be a real contender against the popular Qashqai. Some issues arose in a slightly unrefined diesel engine and an ungainly manual six-speed, but one of the main issues I had with the car was its tame looks, especially in a "so 20th century" black metallic paint job. In November last year, Mitsubishi decided to add a little spice to

If you'd have asked a car enthusiast ten years ago what a compact crossover was, they would have probably looked back at you with glazed over eyes, slightly confused. But fast forward to the present day and the crossover marketplace is bursting at the seams with nearly all major manufacturers - BMW (X1), Volkswagen (Tiguan), Nissan (Qashqai) - involved in the competition for consumer attention. So what exactly is a compact crossover? It's what happens when you squash together an SUV, an estate and something sporty too; combine these three things together and you're left with a vehicle that sits higher up off the road, that looks sleek and stylish but that maintains the type of practicality that car buyers need. The auto world's version of

119 days. The last time I checked, we still have 119 days before the official kick off to the ho-ho holiday season. So when Mitsubishi pitched up outside my door, handed me the keys to a shiny new 2011 Colt Ralliart and told me they'd be back in a week's time, I thought Christmas had come early. Cue a montage of us firing up the Car Throttle cameras, camcorders and microphones and BOOM; the final, finished product is now available for the world to see. Simply hit Play in the YouTube player above and enjoy or if you're reading this from farther afield, click the link below: 2011 Mitsubishi Colt Ralliart Video Review This was always going to be a hit or miss affair. Whilst Mitsubishi