1990 Mitsubishi Magna Elite from Australia and New Zealand - Comments

Timing chain replaced at 115000 kms and at 205000 kms.

Alternator replaced once.

Both CV joints replaced twice in 12 years.

Battery life seems to be below average as it only lasts about 2 years.

The TP Magna elite is a fantastic car. I have nothing, but praise as apart from general maintenance and usual wear and tear repairs the Magna is a very good and reliable car.

In the past 12 years nothing major apart from the timing chain has gone wrong even the auto transmission is still the original one.

I do service the car at intervals of 10000 kms and have been since I had it.

The 2.6 fuel injected motor goes hard enough for what it is, the interior is superbly built for comfort and ease of use of controls.

The Magna is very quite to travel in, all the electrics work without fail and the fuel economy on country roads is very pleasing. I average 600 to 700 kms per tank of fuel. City driving is a bit harder on the pocket, but at around 450 kms per tank I'm not complaining.

This is our second Magna and in the next few years we will have no hesitations on purchasing a later model Magna.

There are good and bad points to every make and model of car, depending on what an individual is prepared to accept the Magna in my opinion and past experience is fantastic value for money, very relible and still dosen't look way out of date in design both interior and exterior wise.

I have no hesitations whatsoever in recommending the TP Magna to anyone as I feel I am qualified to make this comment after owning one for the past 12 years.

Yes great car the elites I have owned three and know own the last model of the elites the Tr. It seems that until you drive a magna you really don't under stand how good they are..

I have purchased a TP elite with 129,000 kms on it. Apart from a freakish meltdown of the alternator that blew every fuse and bulb along with the distributor and the ecu (all fixed by yours truly for under $200) it's a fantastic car. It drives and handles like a 5 year old car and has made the trip from Sydney to Melbourne and then Melbourne to Adelaide and back without missing a beat or burning a drop of oil.

Hi all I purchased a TP Elite about a year ago was my first car it has been pretty reliable it should be considering I paid $2500 for it, Needed a new battery and a new alternator which I did happily it was only wear and tear, but the cam seal blew on freeway very lucky I noticed oil coming from engine stopped and got towed $200 later and its up and running blows a little smoke on hot days, but nothing an additive didn't solve all electronic features never miss a beat all work perfect it has done 288756kms on clock runs fairly smooth bit of vibration on take off, but its nothing heavy accelerating can't solve lol.