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lol... consider yourself in a beetle and me in my nissan patrol, if we were in a head on colision at low speed what would happen?? i think the 4WD would come out on top literally

thats a pretty selfish idea of safety really.....

*edit* and of course it only works if some ppl have 4wds, what if everyone drove one?

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Mitsubishi are just trying to get in on the action, by showing they have an advantage over the Falcon and Commodore. So of course they're gonna use this in their ad if it makes em look good :)

A lot of family car buyers think Ford or Holden are the only choice...they won't even consider a Magna, or other cars like a Camry, Maxima etc..

seen a few top of the range Magnas around (VRX's??) and i actually think they look pretty good for a "family car"!!

it's interesting to see how they are comparing cars in their ads in Aust...here it's just the car itself...with a very catchy music and scenery :)

is there any online streaming video I could download like they have on the makers website here?

Yep they actually have a whole website dedicated to it, go to http://www.grippingdrive.com.au/launch.asp and click on the Interactive TV link. It is the exact ad they show on TV over here :P

I recon the ad's stupid and they should have done an example on a wet track instead of on a dirt road where no family car will ever be going around a corner at over 100km/h. Mitsu trying to make it look like the 4wd magna is similiar to the evo.

The AWD magna is infact slower than the normal RWD magna aswell because of the extra weight of the transfer case and rear drive assembly.

It seems to me as though Mitsubishi noticed how popular the WRX's have been and they where like 'Hey this AWD thing sells cars! but nobody in Australia can afford an evo, so hey lets dump an awd drivetrain into this crap box family car!'

Voila, the awd magna was born.

I don't mind Magnas personally, although i think the new ones are bloody ugly. My dad owns a 200and something Verada and it's a very nice car. Smooth, some good features and a fairly powerful engine. For a family car it's not bad, and dare i say it - i prefer it to almost any Commodore or Falcon (although give me an XR6T...**drools**)

I think the main point of the ad is to say in extreme conditions, this is how well it handles against the competition, so think about how it will handle something simpler like loose gravel. Obviously their not expecting their target audience to be people who will actually be taking the car off road.

That said, i think it's a good ad, and as someone else said, they are just showing the Magna as an alternative to a Ford or Holden.

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