Regardless, when it comes to ride, handling, and engine power, the BS6 doesn't fall on its face. It's as if the engineers got most of the way there, but final steering feel was decided in a boardroom and not on a test track.
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Some quick rowing of the rubbery five-speed manual transmission at least kept us ahead of most tour buses and garbage trucks.Īt low speeds the steering feels heavy, even if there is very little real feedback. With the standard 121-hp, 2.0-liter four, the BS6 takes a glacial 13.8 seconds. Brilliance quotes a leisurely 0-to-60-mph time of 12.5 seconds for the 2.4-liter BS6. But with just 127 horsepower and 144 pound-feet of torque-and get this, it requires premium fuel-forget about stoplight heroics. The multilink suspension absorbs bumps nicely, and the cabin is quiet. The BS6 is a comfortable car in urban traffic. Initial driving impressions are surprising. Thankfully, once on the move, it loses its asthmatic edge. Twist the key, and the Mitsubishi-sourced 2.4-liter four-cylinder sounds harsh and raspy. Even the fake wood isn't bad (for fake wood). Being fair, we'd say the ergonomic layout of dials and switches is intuitive and easy to learn.
The radio looks as though it had been time-warped from 1985. The steering wheel feels oily, and the column-mounted stalks brittle. Trying to remain unbiased by the high price, we jump behind the wheel and right into a sea of shiny, cheap-looking plastic.
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