i have the distinctive and as far as i know they are the only differences. the suspension is Koni and gives the car better handling i suppose. if you can live without cruise control and the parking sensors then you probably wouldnt notice much diierence with the suspension to be honest

 

Thanks skellster, still torn, but do those that have experienced the both models feel the suspension difference is minimal then I will perhaps go for a Veloce.

 

The Koni is on the 135 Multi-Air and 1.6 JTDm

Not tried one yest to see what the difference isfrom behind the wheel

 

The difference in the suspension is very noticeable. All the crashy ride has gone. Even with 18 inch wheels the new Distinctive is a far far more comfortable ride than an older Mito on 16's.

 

Thank you for the feedback... I have in the last hour taken the plunge and ordered a brand new, well showroom stock, Tornado Blue distinctive... so coming on here now and reading the above makes me feel a bit more positive about the choice I have made :thumbs:

 

Collected my Mito from the dealer in Peterborough yesterday, driven a couple of hundred miles in total since collecting it, over to my family in Nottingham and back down to home in East Sussex and love it, so glad I made the choice, and it looks so nice in Tornado Blue.

I love the Dynamic mode, the car wants to just run away from me, it's like another car under me when you hit that switch. But even in normal mode I blasted down the M1 and around the M25 the car felt so at easy at 80-90mph, it really did not feel like it was straining (my previous 1.4 Mitsubishi Colt did feel the strain at 80mph).

And a bonus when I got there, they had registered it with the first part being AF12 which happens to be my initials, do really chuffed with that.

One minor piece of feedback rather than critiscm is the location of the socket for the sat nav being the wrong side of the gear lever means the cable wraps around the gear lever, so thats not ideal, but not a big deal, so wont spoil the fun of the car!

Overall, I am so far one happy Mito owner.

 

Enjoy.