RE: Spotted: Mitsubishi Lancer 2000 EX Turbo
Discussion
Graebob said:
s m said:
Graebob said:
A colleague brought me in an issue of Autocar from 1982. Here's an ad for the Mitsi from inside
There's also a review of it against the BMW E21 323i called "Boy Racer Salloons"
Cheers - S.
s m said:
MX7 said:
john_r said:
Great car!
But... £8k?!
Is it any more unrealistic than a RS2000?But... £8k?!
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3140912.htm
i.e. an unmolested low mileage Tommi Mak EVO VI would be a similar price - often mentioned as one of the greatest drivers cars of all time. Never seen the 2000 EX Turbo in that bracket.
shmooauto said:
But why would you want an Ford RS Turbo when you could have this?
personal choices i supose, i've always been a Ford fan, and since i was a little lad i've wanted an S1 RSTurbo. everyone on here has their vehicle preferences, mine happens to be Fords, clearly others in this thread have a lot of time for the Lancer.
as for eveyone knowing what car you drive (if i had the S1) its just the ease of not having to repeat myself everytime someone passed it, and i'm 90% sure most (chavvy)petrol heads that grace car shows will end up saying . . . "how much did you pay!? you should have got a proper evo mate" (this i have been witness to after a mate built a full spec 4x4 rally rep out of his old basic Charisma, to have almost every other 'enthusiast' at the Mitsu meet say it, only a handfull appreciated the work/time/effort put in to the finished car)
MX7 said:
s m said:
MX7 said:
john_r said:
Great car!
But... £8k?!
Is it any more unrealistic than a RS2000?But... £8k?!
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3140912.htm
The point was more that £8k isn't a lot compared to the price of some classics - I wouldn't pay millions for an old Ferrari ( even if I had it ) but some would
loudlashadjuster said:
GravelBen said:
FWIW Mitsi-lovers also have a habit of referring to the 1st-gen Galant VR4 as the Evo 0 even thought it wasn't one either.
Allow me to get my pedant hat on for a minute. Technically the most convincing claim to the title "Evo 0" is the Lancer GSR that the original Evo (full and correct title: Lancer GSR Evolution) evolved from.I've always preferred the Subaru option personally!
Edited by GravelBen on Thursday 13th October 11:37
Just had a rake in my old car files, thought I had a copy of the original dealer brochure on the Turbo, I do have the brochure for the model after that one though.
After owning a Mitisubishi Mk1 Sapporo from 1983 till 1989 and done 200K, I was fed up of balancing the silent shafts in the engine, I nearly bought a 2000 Turbo from a garage in Kent, they wanted £3250 for it back then, and it had 23,000mls on clock, good nick plus went like a rocket.
Nice though it was, I much prefered my Sapporo, silent shaft's and all.
That car would have to be in absolute Mint condition for £8000 though.
TW>>>
After owning a Mitisubishi Mk1 Sapporo from 1983 till 1989 and done 200K, I was fed up of balancing the silent shafts in the engine, I nearly bought a 2000 Turbo from a garage in Kent, they wanted £3250 for it back then, and it had 23,000mls on clock, good nick plus went like a rocket.
Nice though it was, I much prefered my Sapporo, silent shaft's and all.
That car would have to be in absolute Mint condition for £8000 though.
TW>>>
MX7 said:
I happen to agree! I like the Ford RS's, but some of them are fetching silly money (£15k+). This car is very very rare, less than 50k miles. I remember these things going about, they were regarded as pretty fast in their day (which they were - slightly over 1000kg and 168bhp)and still no slouch considering it's standard and 30 years old.
I like it, a lot! I don't happen to think that's quite so overpriced are some are saying. Very cool car!!
@hiltoa- woooops, my memory is clearly twisted lol........
Was it ever a film pursuit car do you know? I seem to remember the backwards writing coming up in someone's rearview mirror. Bow to your wisdom and I feel like a t
t, Soooo I take it back, the 2000 is crap
(only joking) although I remember spanking one (driven by a local wealthy Son of) in my old MK1 Fiesta track car (it had 150bhp) that said 1.1L on the back. He was laughing absurdly showing off to a couple of girls in his car at the lights. Left him for dust so only remember the cool reversed 2000 Turbo sticker disappearing backwards.
A wonderfully irrelevant but satisfying teenage memory! I still think they looked great all in White with red stickers though!
Was it ever a film pursuit car do you know? I seem to remember the backwards writing coming up in someone's rearview mirror. Bow to your wisdom and I feel like a t
t, Soooo I take it back, the 2000 is crap (only joking) although I remember spanking one (driven by a local wealthy Son of) in my old MK1 Fiesta track car (it had 150bhp) that said 1.1L on the back. He was laughing absurdly showing off to a couple of girls in his car at the lights. Left him for dust so only remember the cool reversed 2000 Turbo sticker disappearing backwards.
A wonderfully irrelevant but satisfying teenage memory! I still think they looked great all in White with red stickers though!
I remember these well for one good reason - at the age of 65 my Grandfather bought one.
He'd always bought British until a Rover P6 proved the last straw and he converted to a Colt (as Mitsubishi where then called) Sigma, one day he happened to be visiting the showroom and instead of buying a pickup which is what he went out for, he ended up buying one of these - for what reason I'm still clueless, he was never a Petrolhead.
He was a farmer and I enjoyed many journeys up and down the farm track with my dad flooring the accelerator and waiting for the kick in the back when the turbo's spooled up. I also loved the reverse lettering on the spoiler.
As nice as it was he didn't have it long before swapping it for a Colt Sapporo, again much loved by me/my brother as this seemed to be pretty close in looks (well it was pillarless) to the Pontiac Firebird of that era.
He'd always bought British until a Rover P6 proved the last straw and he converted to a Colt (as Mitsubishi where then called) Sigma, one day he happened to be visiting the showroom and instead of buying a pickup which is what he went out for, he ended up buying one of these - for what reason I'm still clueless, he was never a Petrolhead.
He was a farmer and I enjoyed many journeys up and down the farm track with my dad flooring the accelerator and waiting for the kick in the back when the turbo's spooled up. I also loved the reverse lettering on the spoiler.
As nice as it was he didn't have it long before swapping it for a Colt Sapporo, again much loved by me/my brother as this seemed to be pretty close in looks (well it was pillarless) to the Pontiac Firebird of that era.
sinbaddio said:
Graebob said:
s m said:
Graebob said:
A colleague brought me in an issue of Autocar from 1982. Here's an ad for the Mitsi from inside
There's also a review of it against the BMW E21 323i called "Boy Racer Salloons"
Cheers - S.
I'll give it a scan later and upload it if anyone's interested
Graebob said:
sinbaddio said:
Graebob said:
s m said:
Graebob said:
A colleague brought me in an issue of Autocar from 1982. Here's an ad for the Mitsi from inside
There's also a review of it against the BMW E21 323i called "Boy Racer Salloons"
Cheers - S.
I'll give it a scan later and upload it if anyone's interested
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