Mitsuoka Ryugi

Mitsuoka Ryugi: which version to buy

The Mitsuoka Ryugi to buy is not the one with the biggest badge. All four versions in the first (and only) generation, in production as a Sedan from June 2014 with no end date in the data, share a 1496 cm³ inline 4 and a 36 L tank. The useful differences are power, gearbox, drive, weight, ground clearance, and how the engine is specified.

The Mitsuoka Ryugi to buy is not the one with the biggest badge. All four versions in the first (and only) generation, in production as a Sedan from June 2014 with no end date in the data, share a 1496 cm³ inline 4 and a 36 L tank. The useful differences are power, gearbox, drive, weight, ground clearance, and how the engine is specified. Ranked by purpose: 1.5 MT (109 hp, FWD) if you want the lowest weight per horsepower; 1.5 CVT (109 hp, FWD) if you want the same 109 hp with a Variable gearbox; 1.5 CVT (103 hp, AWD) if you need AWD; 1.5 CVT (74 hp, Hybrid, FWD) if you want the Hybrid layout and the highest compression of the 75 × 84.7 engines.

There is one generation, not a choice between generations. Every comparison below is inside that generation.

Which Ryugi specs actually differ

Four versions, three of them named 1.5 CVT. Names must stay as in the database; they are told apart by power, drive, and fuel.

What that table does not show is why one of them is the better buy for a given job. That is arithmetic on the same rows.

Engine: hp per litre, torque, and what the extra 35 hp buys

Displacement is 1496 cm³ on every version. Power per litre is therefore just power divided by 1.496:

• 1.5 CVT Hybrid 74 hp: 49.5 hp/L
• 1.5 CVT Gasoline AWD 103 hp: 68.9 hp/L
• 1.5 MT 109 hp: 72.9 hp/L
• 1.5 CVT FWD 109 hp: 72.9 hp/L

The two 109 hp versions match on specific output. The AWD 1.5 CVT sits 6 hp below them (103 vs 109) and 29 hp above the Hybrid (103 vs 74). The Hybrid is 35 hp below the 1.5 MT (109 − 74).

Torque ranking is the same order at the top, not at the bottom:

• 1.5 MT: 138 Nm @ 4400 — highest
• 1.5 CVT 109 hp FWD: 136 Nm @ 4800 — 2 Nm less than the Manual, and 400 rpm later
• 1.5 CVT 103 hp AWD: 132 Nm @ 4400 — 6 Nm less than the Manual
• 1.5 CVT 74 hp Hybrid: 111 Nm @ 3600 – 4400 — 27 Nm less than the Manual, but the peak band starts 800 rpm earlier than the Gasoline peaks at 4400

Compression is not a buy-signal by itself, but it splits the engines into two families:

• 13.4 on the Hybrid 1.5 CVT (74 hp), bore × stroke 75 × 84.7
• 10.5 on the AWD 1.5 CVT (103 hp) and the 1.5 MT (109 hp), same 75 × 84.7
• 13.5 on the FWD 1.5 CVT (109 hp), different bore × stroke: 72.5 × 90.6

The 109 hp 1.5 CVT is therefore not the same Gasoline 1.5 as the 1.5 MT with a Variable gearbox swapped in. It is a longer-stroke, higher-compression 1496 cm³ with 2 Nm less peak torque, delivered 400 rpm later. The 1.5 MT and the 103 hp AWD 1.5 CVT share 10.5 compression and 75 × 84.7; the AWD version is the detuned, heavier sibling of that pair.

Boost is No on the Hybrid, the AWD 1.5 CVT, and the 1.5 MT. Boost on the 109 hp FWD 1.5 CVT is not measured.

Engine placement is Front, transverse on all four. Fuel type is Hybrid on one row and Gasoline on three. There is no second generation that changed any of this.

Weight per horsepower: the real ranking for “which Ryugi to buy”

Kerb weights and the hp they carry:

• 1.5 MT 109 hp: 1080 kg → 9.9 kg/hp
• 1.5 CVT 109 hp FWD: 1100 kg → 10.1 kg/hp
• 1.5 CVT 103 hp AWD: 1180 kg → 11.5 kg/hp
• 1.5 CVT 74 hp Hybrid: 1150 kg → 15.5 kg/hp

Gross weight is not measured on any version.

The Manual is the lightest car and the strongest Gasoline engine in the set. Moving from 1.5 MT to the 109 hp 1.5 CVT costs 20 kg (1100 − 1080) for the Variable gearbox and the different 72.5 × 90.6 engine, at the same 109 hp / 80 kW. That is +1.9% kerb weight and +0.2 kg/hp.

Moving from 1.5 MT to the AWD 1.5 CVT costs 100 kg (1180 − 1080) and 6 hp. That is +9.3% weight for AWD, and kg/hp worsens from 9.9 to 11.5. Versus the 109 hp FWD 1.5 CVT, AWD is 80 kg heavier (1180 − 1100) and 6 hp down.

The Hybrid 1.5 CVT is 70 kg heavier than the 1.5 MT (1150 − 1080) and 50 kg heavier than the 109 hp FWD 1.5 CVT (1150 − 1100), with 35 hp less than either 109 hp car. It is 30 kg lighter than the AWD 1.5 CVT (1180 − 1150) but 29 hp down. If the buy question is “how much car does each horsepower haul,” the Hybrid is last by a wide margin: 15.5 kg/hp versus 9.9 on the Manual.

Drive, gearbox, and what you give up for AWD

Only one version is AWD: 1.5 CVT at 103 hp. The other three are FWD.

Only one version is Manual: 1.5 MT, 5 speeds. The other three are Variable. Number of speeds on every Variable is not measured.

What AWD costs in this catalogue, in numbers that exist:

• −6 hp versus both 109 hp FWD cars (103 vs 109)
• −6 Nm versus 1.5 MT (132 vs 138) and −4 Nm versus the 109 hp 1.5 CVT (132 vs 136)
• +100 kg versus 1.5 MT, +80 kg versus 109 hp 1.5 CVT, +30 kg versus Hybrid
• ground clearance 135 mm versus 155 mm on the three FWD cars — 20 mm lower

If AWD is the requirement, there is no second AWD to compare. The 103 hp 1.5 CVT is the only AWD Ryugi. The buy is then that version or a different model.

If AWD is not the requirement, the 103 hp 1.5 CVT is the weakest Gasoline buy on power, torque, weight, and clearance. The extra mass and the 20 mm drop in clearance are the measurable price of AWD here.

Ground clearance, tank, wheels: dimensions that affect the choice

Ground clearance:

• 155 mm: Hybrid 1.5 CVT 74 hp, 1.5 MT 109 hp, FWD 1.5 CVT 109 hp
• 135 mm: AWD 1.5 CVT 103 hp

Tank: 36 L on all four. Wheel sizes: not measured on all four.

Front suspension is Independent, spring on all four. Rear suspension is Semi-independent, spring on all four (English label in the data is truncated). Front brakes are Ventilated disc on all four. Rear brakes are Drum on the three Gasoline versions; rear brakes on the Hybrid 1.5 CVT are not measured.

None of those chassis fields, except clearance and kerb weight, split the FWD cars. They do not change the buy ranking among FWD versions.

Performance and mpg: what is not measured

0–100, top speed, city / highway / mixed consumption, CO2, and eco class are not measured on every version, including the Hybrid. There is no mpg figure to rank Hybrid against Gasoline, and no 0–100 figure to confirm that 9.9 kg/hp on the 1.5 MT is faster than 10.1 kg/hp on the 109 hp 1.5 CVT. A buyer who needs a measured consumption or acceleration number cannot get it from this catalogue; those parameters are not measured, not omitted.

Generations: nothing later to wait for, nothing earlier to pick

The Ryugi has 1 generation (key 3860), Sedan, from 2014-06-01, stop not measured (still listed without an end). It contains 4 versions. There is no restyling as a separate generation and no second generation with a different engine set. “Which generation” is not a Ryugi question. “Which of the four versions in generation 1” is the whole choice.

Which version to choose

Buy 1.5 MT (109 hp, FWD) if you want the best numbers the Ryugi has: 109 hp, 80 kW @ 6000, 138 Nm @ 4400, 1080 kg, 9.9 kg/hp, 155 mm clearance, 5-speed Manual, FWD, Gasoline, 4 Inline, boost No, 10.5 compression, 75 × 84.7. It is 20 kg lighter than the other 109 hp car and 100 kg lighter than AWD. It is the only Manual.

Buy 1.5 CVT (109 hp, FWD) if you want 109 hp / 80 kW without a Manual. You pay 20 kg (1100 vs 1080) and 2 Nm (136 vs 138), and peak torque moves from 4400 to 4800. You also change engine geometry: 72.5 × 90.6 and 13.5 compression instead of 75 × 84.7 and 10.5. Boost is not measured. Drive stays FWD, clearance stays 155 mm, tank stays 36 L. Specific output matches the Manual at 72.9 hp/L; kg/hp is 10.1 versus 9.9.

Buy 1.5 CVT (103 hp, AWD) if and only if you need AWD. It is the only AWD: Gasoline, 103 hp / 76 kW @ 6000, 132 Nm @ 4400, Variable, 1180 kg, 135 mm clearance, 36 L, 4 Inline, Front, transverse, boost No, 10.5, 75 × 84.7. You give up 6 hp and 6 Nm versus 1.5 MT, 80–100 kg extra kerb weight versus the FWD 109 hp cars, and 20 mm of clearance. Power per litre is 68.9 hp/L; kg/hp is 11.5. There is no AWD Hybrid and no AWD Manual to mix with.

Buy 1.5 CVT (74 hp, Hybrid, FWD) if the requirement is Hybrid, not Gasoline. Specs: 74 hp / 54 kW @ 4800, 111 Nm @ 3600 – 4400, Variable, FWD, 1150 kg, 155 mm, 36 L, 4 Inline, Front, transverse, boost No, 13.4, 75 × 84.7. Versus 1.5 MT you lose 35 hp and 27 Nm and add 70 kg (15.5 vs 9.9 kg/hp). Versus the 109 hp FWD 1.5 CVT you lose 35 hp and 25 Nm and add 50 kg. Consumption, 0–100, top speed, CO2, and eco class — the usual Hybrid selling points — are not measured, so they cannot justify the Hybrid on this page. Rear brakes on this version are not measured; the Gasoline cars use Drum at the rear.

Do not buy on generation, body, tank, or cylinder count. All four are the same generation, Sedan, 36 L, 1496 cm³, 4 Inline, Front, transverse. Those fields do not rank versions.

Short rule: FWD and you will shift — 1.5 MT. FWD and Variable — 1.5 CVT 109 hp, not the 103 hp and not the 74 hp. AWD — 1.5 CVT 103 hp, accepting 1180 kg and 135 mm. Hybrid as a label — 1.5 CVT 74 hp, knowing mpg and 0–100 are not measured.