Not a Dodge Stealth, not a Mitsubishi 3000GT, but the one we didn’t quite get stateside: a 1997 Mitsubishi GTO Twin Turbo.
It has all-wheel drive, the six-speed manual box and, as the name strongly suggests, a pair of turbos.
The ad paints a good picture: no rust, no smoke, no lifter ticks. Doesn’t sound too modded, either: Tein coil-overs, Evo X wheels and some intake and exhaust tweaks.
Find this 1997 Mitsubishi GTO Twin Turbo advertised on Facebook Marketplace for $26,500. It’s in McMinnville, Tennessee.
Little much for a 3000GT VR4. It's the same car. They just couldn't use the GTO name in the US.
That's all the money for one of these. You can get a good one landed for 23K right now but you'd have to wait. One of my aquaintances has a 98 in stock that has 54K KM on the clock and is pretty minty that could probably be 23K landed.
I was wondering why it's RHD but the brake master is on the left. It uses a "torsion bar" brake pedal.
In reply to bmw88rider :
Yeah, it’s a bit on the high side, but nice to see these cars getting their due.
I went to college with a guy that simultaneously owned three Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4s. There was never an instance where more than one was operational at the same time, and whichever one was operational at the time was never 100% functional.
3KGT VR4s are a bit on the uptick, but like anything Mitsu, parts are essentially unobtainium at this point. If you want one, probably should buy 2 or 3.
This one is kind of neat but price is pretty crackpipe. For stuff like the 3KGT VR4 that was also offered stateside, the USDM ones are usually worth more money, the JDM stuff is neat for a gee-whiz, but the problems with registration, insurance, parts, and living with a RHD vehicle make them less attractive to most people. Same deal with the 3rd gen RX7 and MKIV Supra. Only JDM cars that seem to bring a yuuuuge premium is stuff we never got like Skylines.
I’m trying to remember if I ever had a GTO in Gran Turismo. I drove them IRL but can’t recall if I had one on the sim.
David S. Wallens said:I’m trying to remember if I ever had a GTO in Gran Turismo. I drove them IRL but can’t recall if I had one on the sim.
They were secretly the fastest car in the first game. That car with the race mod and the big engine setup was capable of running down any of the dedicated race cars or any other cars in game no matter the power. HIGHLY broken, and also the first time I ever saw 1000hp applied to something that was ostensibly a street car. The crown was taken by the (obviously) Escudo Pikes Peak for GT2.
In reply to 93gsxturbo :
Parts are out there but you have to look in a lot of places. I have no problems getting parts for my JDM odd-ball Mitsubishi but I also have ASA on my computer and an extensive network of Mitsu freaks like me that know where the good stuff is at and potentially what crossed over to a Dodge or Volvo part number.
These wouldn't be a choice for a DD just for that reason.
In reply to Mndsm :
Cool, not sure I knew that back in the day. I admit, I ran what I liked: Miatas, Civics, Integras, assorted front-drivers. I had a Cobra that was fun, too.
I was actually expecting the price to be worse given what FDs and Supras are priced like these days. Although the 3kGT was always sort of the step child of that genre. And not that I'd pay that much for one, esp not one that's RHD.
A friend's uncle had one in highschool. It was the first legit fast car I ever rode in. The guy had two of them! Seems to be a theme. In 1999, it felt like a rocket. Now a Camry could probably hang with it.
They are crazy heavy for the era, have AWD, twin turbos, a lot of tech for the time. Sort of seems like they were a sign of where sporty cars were going in a lot of ways.
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