What are the exact differences between the cars? OZ obviously has the nicer stock wheels/spoiler and also a different bolt pattern. Does the OZ have disc brakes on all four wheels? Does it have any other differences than the ES?

 

OZ has drum rear brakes, a better suspension and some sideskirts

 

by better suspension, what exactly do you mean? sway bars, strut bars or just better shocks/struts?

 

i know it has a better sway bar

 

Best idea is to go to Mitsu's website and compare them side by side. Here are some differences between the 03 models I remember when I bought my OZ:


All this came stock on OZ, but most were options for ES:

Color Keyed Mirrors, Door handles
Different type of door handles
Black interior
White, round gauge cluster
Rear sway bar
15" Alloy Wheels
Full body skirt kit
Adjustable intermitent wiper blade settings
Cruise control (I think the ES also had this...)

Thats all I can remember now.....

 

the es has rear drum brakes too...

 

haha i thought this thread was gonna be, who would win a race a oz or es ... lol

i would like to know the diff. too between these cars.

 

Wait we have a different bolt pattern than the es? What's the bolt pattern size??

 

The OZ has the 4 x 114.3 pattern and the ES has the 4 x 100 pattern.

 

Best Idea here.

That's what i did or stop by a mitsu dealership and pick up a lancer brochure. It's got a chart in the back

 

search....this has been answered thousands of times before. and for whoever asked which would win in a race, the es would...its lighter.

 

Finally, someone with the correct answer!



Exactly!!!

 

The one with the better driver

 

A better Suspension... No it doesnt.
The ES has better Front Springs. The reason is because Mitsu wanted to make up for the lack of a Sway Bar.

 

^ Why would they put better FRONT springs on the ES then, when it's the REAR sway bar that does not come on the ES? I'm not sure where you got that information from, so I wonder about that. The OZ is considered to have a better suspension ONLY because it has a rear sway bar. Aside from that, the shocks and springs should work about the same. I find it pretty funny that dealers used to say the OZ had a "sport tuned suspension" and I would correct them "you mean it has a sway bar, right?"