Category: Mitsubishi
-
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX: FQ Models, Wagon and Buying Guide
UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX is the 2005–2007 final development of the 4G63-powered Evo saloon. It added MIVEC variable valve timing, revised aerodynamics and sharper response while retaining the Active Centre Differential, Super AYC and rally-bred four-wheel-drive character of the Evo VIII. Quick answer: the Evo IX is desirable because it…
-
Mitsubishi FTO GPX and MIVEC: history and buying guide
UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The Mitsubishi FTO is a compact front-wheel-drive Japanese coupé built from 1994 to 2000. It ranges from the economical 1.8-litre GS to the 2.0-litre V6 GR and the high-revving MIVEC V6 GPX and GP Version R. Its combination of curving styling, accessible performance and grey-import popularity made it one of Britain’s…
-
Mitsubishi GTO and 3000GT: history, specs and buying guide
UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The Mitsubishi GTO, sold as the 3000GT in Britain and North America, was Mitsubishi’s technology-led flagship coupé of the 1990s. Launched in Japan in October 1990, its most ambitious form combined a 3.0-litre twin-turbo V6 with full-time four-wheel drive, four-wheel steering, electronically controlled suspension and active aerodynamics. Quick answer: the GTO…
-
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution
The Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution is one of the strangest factory homologation specials of the 1990s: a compact three-door off-roader developed so Mitsubishi could keep attacking the Dakar Rally under production-based rules. Its swollen bodywork was dramatic, but the important changes were underneath—an exclusive 3.5-litre MIVEC V6, a wider track and independent suspension at all four…