2000 Mitsubishi Diamante Affordable luxury. By Ted West, New Car Test Drive .com

Mitsubishi Diamante offers a roomy, first-class cabin, a powerful V6 engine at a very attractive price. Driving the Diamante is a relaxing, gracious experience. Its gentle touring-style suspension blots out expansion strips and broken pavement.

Both come with Mitsubishi's 3.5-liter V6, which puts out 210 horsepower, mated to a four-speed electronically controlled automatic transmission. ES comes with a high level of standard equipment. LS adds leather seating surfaces and upscale trim, a premium Mitsubishi/Infinity stereo and 16-inch tires wrapped around alloy wheels.