1987 Nissan Van GXE vs Mitsubishi Wagon LS Comparison Test Drive
Comparing apples to oranges is easy. Even comparing granny smiths to red delicious is quite simple. But bring together two apples from the same tree, and give it a go. Sure, there might be visual differences, but describing their essential similarities can be a problem. And should you be asked to pass qualitative judgement on those two apples, you might be tempted to say, “apples is apples,” and leave it at that.
That’s the sort of difficulty you faced when driving these two almost identical Japanese mini-vans. You scrutinize them to the smallest detail to expose each vehicles true character. However, because of their commonalities, an extended test drive would be fraught with mistaken identity and confusion. Obviously designed within similar parameters, these two vans form Mitsubishi and Nissan could both have dropped from the same tree, even gestated in the same test tube, they are so alike.
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