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Old Dec 1, 2006 | 04:06 AM
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Heres another car that we don't see in the US. Didn't even know that this car existed untill i did some searchin for some evo's and found this by accident.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUbnx7EZ98s

http://www.mitsubishi-fto.org/



For aminut I thought it was the GT replacement, but I guess this is another car. (FTO for Fresh Touring Organization).
Old Dec 1, 2006 | 04:27 AM
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hmmm...front-wheel drive 4 cyl mitsubishi? i think we just called it the eclipse stateside...
Old Dec 1, 2006 | 04:28 AM
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Wish Mitsubishi offer the FTO along with the rest of the line-up in the US. This is a great choice for people that can't offer a EVO or STI.
Old Dec 1, 2006 | 05:33 AM
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Originally Posted by draxcaliber
hmmm...front-wheel drive 4 cyl mitsubishi? i think we just called it the eclipse stateside...
Acually is a V6. Believe the same one in the Current eclipse. But the chasis is not the same as the eclipse.
Old Dec 1, 2006 | 05:52 AM
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also, you never noticed this car in gran turismo?
Old Dec 1, 2006 | 05:57 AM
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does ne one else think that it kinda resembles a supra... i love my toyotas but it that car made state side i'd really want 1
Old Dec 1, 2006 | 06:31 AM
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uhmmmm...mitsubishi's record curbs my desires for any of their products, even an evo.
Old Dec 2, 2006 | 05:53 AM
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Hm.. looks pretty nice.
Old Dec 2, 2006 | 06:02 AM
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looks like a rx7 from the front
Old Dec 3, 2006 | 11:55 PM
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this was actually in one of the early GT's i think, so if you people play that, you should know this car by now ...

but yeah, this was the "lower-end" alternative to a GTO for the asian market. great looking car, though it shared many of the same flaws as the GTO.
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 02:21 AM
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The one mitsu i wish we had in the states. is a mitsubishi Starion.
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 02:23 AM
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the FTO i think has a VR-4 option, turbo 4-cyl AWD variant
Old Dec 18, 2006 | 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by TimmyT
The one mitsu i wish we had in the states. is a mitsubishi Starion.
we did have the mitsubishi starion, it was a captive import called the chryler conquest. look it up, you might find one.
Old Dec 20, 2006 | 03:03 AM
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that i did not know ^^ thnx
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