Mitsubishi FTO version R

[MagicShroom]

alright folks new on the pistonheads forum and i just recently bought an FTO version R , i spent a good few months tryin to find 1 for sale that had manual transmission but havin test drove an auto im glad i waited

quite a rare car with only 300 odd being built and only 50 of those with manual gears , for those not familiar with the version R it was mitsubishi's attempt at beating the honda integra type R - although it failed the result is still a cracking little car to drive that has superb handling for a front drive car and its pretty quick too despite what some say about the FTO

only have a couple of pics that i snapped on my phone but i will get some decent shots on the go soon

[rb5er]

Looks nice. Should be in the readers cars section though.

[bazza1000]

Be good to see some more photos, cool car!

[mazdajason]

Nice, whats the difference between the standard ones and these ones too then?

[MagicShroom]

the main differences are this has a limited slip diff , better suspension set up with bigger anti roll bars plus front and back strut braces as standard and its slightly lighter . came with a nicer interior and different back spoiler . its not really much faster but it handles so much better than my old GPX

[nottyash]

I test drove one of them about 6 years ago. It was up at 10 grand at the time.
Wasnt impressed with the performance and build quality but handling was pretty sharp. Really wasnt worth the money.
Cheap now though so probably a good buy.

[rossw46]

Looks good!

[the chav]

nice car fella my gpx had a lsd in it and it went round corners pretty well and mine was a tip

but the rust worm set up home in my car

[woodytype S]

I had a nice one.Quickish, goodish in the bendies,but it did'nt half drink alot.

[pidsy]

Woody! i remember seeing yours down at Eurospec on several occaisions. very clean.

this was mine:



just scrapped it actually.

OP - get yourself over to www.ftooc.org and get signed up. they are a good bunch and know their stuff. try and get on one of the tunnel runs in london if you arent too far away.

the main (annoying) difference with the GPvR is that it does not have central locking, no digital climate control and no flip-wing mirrors.

feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions.

[Daz_Martin]

I owned one for 5 years, loved it, tiptronic though (5 gears).
Get the MX5 light conversion done on the side indicators cleans it up nicely.