The 2008 Endeavor is a 4-door, 5-passenger sport-utility, available in 4 trims, ranging from the LS 2WD to the SE AWD.
Upon introduction, both trims are equipped with a standard 3.8-liter, V6, 225-horsepower engine. A 4-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard.
Year / Model Reviewed: 2006 endeavor all wheel drive
Strengths: Power,looks,roomy interior.
Weaknesses: dash board material
Summary: I used to have a grand cherokee suv, and now the endeavor for almost two years! and so far it has no comparation ,I love my endeavor because it has a lot of room y looks really sporty on the outside! also perfect for snow and rain driving!
Similar Products Used: grand cherokee,rodeo sport,suburban
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Strengths: Power, very quiet. Roomy, awesome fuel economy for power.
Weaknesses: Seating isn't plush, but isn't poor either. Have only had to take it back in to fix pax rear window...still was working, but making funky noise. Otherwise, no complaints.
Summary: Best SUV! Blows the wheels off previous jeeps owned, not only by speed/acceleration but also by gas mileage. Not having solid axles/leaf spring suspension the ride is much better in city. Am thinking about putting a 2nd in the garage! Mitsubishi has once again impressed me! Before you buy something else, you owe it to yourself to take a look at this rig. The funky interior design in my opinion was the biggest thing to get use to. TONS of room for rear pax too!
Similar Products Used: Jeep Cherokee, Wrangler, Grand Cherokee, Honda CRV. Not going back to any of these!
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Rating Reviewed by: Paul Welander(Unregistered User)
Review Date April 17, 2009
Overall Rating 5 of 5
Value Rating 5 of 5
Used product for More than 1 year
Review 3 of 9
Price Paid:
$16300.00
from Denver CO
Year / Model Reviewed: 2004 Mitsubishi Endeavor Limited
Strengths: Good reliability, mileage, and style.
Weaknesses: I don't have four wheel drive.
Summary: I'm very pleased with my Endeavor and love the heated seats, visibility, and power. It almost alway averages 22 mpg and no maintenance problems except for a computer chip replacement.
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Strengths: Engine, ride, roominess, stereo, handling
Price of used ones is amazing value. $30K+ vehicle for under $20k with a 10/100 warranty if cerified pre-owned
Weaknesses: poor rear visiblity, center console styling, cheap plastic interior trim, needs lighted shifter display, rear suspension hangs too low
Summary: Impressions
Exterior
The looks of the Endeavor are very similar to the Jeep. The luggage rails are similar to the Xterra. I really like the looks from the front. It is definitely higher in the rear than the front. From the rear, the rear suspension and engine components are very visible. Also the rear suspension is not very high off the ground, making this vehicle suitable for snowy, wet roads but not real off road. Side mirrors are very large, which is nice because rear visibility is not that good due to the higher rear end and a tinted rear window.
Rear liftgate opens as well as just the rear glass.
Interior
First thing that jumps out at you is the center console. Silver trimmed, one review called it a little robot. XLS has a slightly hokie computer display. It is very primitive by today’s technology and has options for several displays that include compass, outside temp, radio, and climate controls. It has actually grown on me quite a bit and the kids love it. You can also use it to access programming of things like wipers and timers on dome lights. The center console also becomes much less in your face after a few days of driving the vehicle.
Visibility is wonderful. My wife has never driven a vehicle that has provided her with much visibility. The only issue is the pillars of the A-frame are kind of large and create some blind spots. When I exit the vehicle, I always expect a larger step to the ground, but it is right there.
The plastic used on the interior trim is on the cheap side. Cloth is nice dark color, easy to hide stains. Very comfortable and very adjustable driver side seats. Dash is pleasing, with a subtle purple color at night. Shifter knob is big. Also the shifting has a tiptronic option which is actually quite fun, and nice for hilly driving.
This is a very roomy vehicle. Rear seat easily fits two car seats and large bottom mother inlaw comfortably. Rear Cargo room is huge. There is a great drink holder, cargo holder that folds down between the two rear seats
The steering wheel has a comfortable nubby material. My only grip is the location of the spokes of the wheels. Just doesn’t work that well for where I like to put my arms and hold the wheel.
Engine
I LOVE this engine. 3.8L V6. It has some oomph and some serious get up and go. There is some engine noise, but I really like the sound of it. It has the subtle deep throaty sound to it. The automatic transmission is pretty smooth, and the manual tiptronic option works well.
The Ride
This is built on the Galant platform, so it drives very much like car for being such a large vehicle. It is super smooth riding. Compared to our other vehicle it is like night and day. An 8 hour trip in the pouring rain was really not that bad. Our other vehicle would have made it a stressful day. Driving around trucks on the highway felt much more secure in this vehicle.
Conclusions
This vehicle is awesome. I love it every time I get a chance to drive it, which is only once a week since it is the wife’s vehicle. It has some drawbacks but the fact that we got a $32k vehicle for $18.8k with only 13k miles on it makes any of these drawbacks acceptable. It is every bit as good as Highlander or a Pilot.
One last drawback is that the advertised HP is based on Premium gas. You can use regular gas and be fine with a loss of only a few HP
Similar Products Used: Pilot, Highlander, Cherokee
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