After a one-year break, the Mitsubishi Endeavor is back on show for 2010. The Endeavor’s single-cam V-6 engine is still the same, along with its back roads capability and all-wheel drive. What’s changed is it’s appearance: the Endeavor has a restyled tailgate that comes with new chrome trim and larger headlights. It’s new Mitsubishi corporate front grill replaces the old bar design. The Endeavor also comes in two new colors, which gives owners a total of five to choose from: Dover White Pearl, Kalapana Black, Maizen Blue Pearl, and Quick Silver Metallic and Carbon Pearl. Unlike some of Mitsubishi’s updated models, for example, the 2010 Outlander, the Endeavor retains its class SUV features: powerful styling, hyper-defined wheel arches, large rear windows, and a long, straight roofline.
The Endeavor packs a 3.8-liter SOHC V-6 engine under the hood, which is capable of 225 horsepower and can produce up to 255 pound-feet of torque. This is diverted through a four-speed automatic transmission. This may sound quaint in today’s age of five, six and seven speed transmissions, but the engine’s robust torque ensures that power is always at the ready. As a midsize CUV, the Endeavor performs where it should in terms of work capability. Its front-wheel-drive model can tow up to 2000 pounds, while the all-wheel drive model is capable up to 3500 pounds.
Mitsubishi is known for its all-wheel drive systems, having proven itself time and again with its multiple versions of the crowd-pleasing Lancer Evolution. The Endeavor’s all-wheel-drive uses a center differential to provide a 50-50 torque split between the front and back wheels. For slippery situations, the Endeavor is programmed to jolt power to whichever set of wheels has retained more traction. It is ideal for sport and utility use but also has many new features for the technology-mined consumer: a 360-watt Rockford Acoustic Design sound system, heated leather seats and side mirrors, upsized 18-inch alloy wheels, heated leather seats, heated side mirrors and a multi-information display.
The Endeavor’s front-wheel model has the standard SUV anemities such as 21.4-gallon fuel tank, fog lights, LS 17-inch alloy wheels, a key-colored stone deflector and front mud flaps. Both versions of the Endeavor come with four-channel ABS with electronic brake-force distribution, fully independent coil-sprung suspension, and advanced Active Stability and Traction Control so that one doesn’t have to worry about driving in slippery environments.
The Endeavor’s spacious interior also makes riding in it a breeze: it has 41.4 inches allotted to the first row, while 38.5 are designated to the back row. It also comes with 76.4 cubic inches of cargo space once the rear seats are folded and a not too shabby 40.7 cubic inches when they are not. The Endeavor also comes with a standard towing prep package, which includes a full-size spare wheel, a transmission cooler, a trailer hitch wiring harness, a power steering fluid cooler, and a larger radiator for it all-wheel drive models.
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