Back in the early eighties I had a Mitsubishi Colt 1400 GLX that was a great little car. For it's time and market, well engineered, well specified, and able to run rings around anything that came from Dagenham or similar.
On a flight to Sweden a few days ago, idly perusing one of the motoring monthlies, I noticed that every single current Mitsubishi model bar the Evo warrants nothing more than one star (Poor) or two (Reasonable). Not a single Good or even a Very Good, let alone an Outstanding.
I haven't driven a Mitsubishi in the intervening twenty years, so have no experience to draw on beyond not liking the exterior styling. Are they really as dull as ditchwater, or is this an isolated bad opinion?
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Daimler-Chrysler have a share in Mitsubishi now, so things should start to change.
They are supposed to release quite a few models in the near future, so hopefully thigs will get better.
What I would like to seee is the replacement of the Supra (a great car (the last model, models prior to that were mediocre. With Nissan releasing the new Z and working on the new Skyline, Mazda the Rx8 and rumored to be working on a direct replacment for the RX7 (due out 2004), hopefully this will initiate a (good) response from Toyota.
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Certainly a replacement Supra might be interesting, but I'll have to make do with the chip in the one I have! However, surely what we are concerned with here is a replacement for the Mitsubishi GTO/3000GT, not quite so great a car as the Supra so it should be easier to improve upon.
Tomo as was!
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Having worked in a Mitsubishi dealership in the early nineties I am not suprised.
There were Shoguns lined up for gearbox repairs under warranty, all the older cars were rot boxes and parts availability was appalling.
To order trim parts you had to work out the week of production to get the right part number and then wait weeks for it to come from Japan. Parts backorders even included H4 headlight bulbs.
I'm sure things have improved a lot these days but even then Mitsubishi had a legendary reputation.
Charles
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The new Colt will be out next year. The chassis and running gear will also be used for the new smart four seater.
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I have had 2 Mitsubishis, a mid 80's 1500 Colt, and a 1989 Glant GTI.
Both were wonderful cars. They were very well built, practical and I liked the styling. The Galant was swift, nothing ever broke down (despite my refusal to spend money on servicing) and was built like a Mercedes. Journos didn't like them because of things like the light steering etc, but I thought it was wonderful.
I would have another Galant like a shot, if I could afford one. I did however have one problem (mentioned above) in that it took a long time for some brake discs to arrive, i understand that they had to come from Japan.
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I echo Joe, I had an '81 Galant in Bahrain which was faultless, built like a rock and never gave a moment's worry. Then I had a 1997 L200 Strada turbo diesel 4 by 4 here in the Philippines that was a lovely vehicle. Indeed passengers used to say is this a diesel? It's so quiet. It was fast as well.
I have also heard Mits parts are very expensive. I never needed any apart from routine consumables. In the Philippines the Pajero is the 4 by 4 of choice. They are assembled here with Asian thoroughness. Maybe that's it.
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Is this a UK Mitsubishi issue, certainly in Oz Mitsubishi were the 4th best selling manufacturer with the well respected Lancer and the large rwd Magna. Dealers were good and the spares backup even away from the cities was good.
Ian L.
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The Magna's a nice car. Drove one in Oz 3 weeks ago.
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