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<p>[QUOTE="baskat0007, post: 311855, member: 4041"]For the 1970?75 GTO, see Mitsubishi Galant GTO. </p><p>The Mitsubishi GTO is the name of two different sports cars built by Mitsubishi Motors, both of which were rebadged for many export markets. The first, sold from 1970, was a two-door hardtop coup&eacute; with contemporary American muscle car styling, straight-4 engines and rear wheel drive. After production ceased, the GTO (Grand Turismo Omologato) name lay dormant for fifteen years until Mitsubishi resurrected it for their new flagship sports grand tourer, although in most export markets it was rebadged as a Mitsubishi 3000GT. It was also sold by Chrysler in North America as a Dodge Stealth captive import from 1991 to 1996 with only minor detail/appearance differences.</p><p><br /></p><p>Following the successful showing of the Mitsubishi HSX concept car at the 1989 Tokyo Motor Show,[1] Mitsubishi developed the new GTO as a technically advanced sports coupe to compete with the Mazda RX-7, Nissan 300ZX and Toyota Supra. They resurrected the GTO name, and the car went on to serve as Mitsubishi?s flagship for the remainder of the decade. However, despite the cachet of the badge at home, it was known as the Mitsubishi 3000GT outside Japan; the company was concerned that connoisseurs would object to the evocative nameplate from the highly regarded Ferrari 250 GTO and Pontiac GTO being used on a Japanese vehicle. However, regardless of its badge or eventual target market, every car was built on the same production line at Mitsubishi's plant in Nagoya, Japan.[2]</p><p><br /></p><p>A Dodge Stealth was initially to be used as a pace car for the 1991 Indianapolis 500 race. The United Auto Workers (UAW), however, did not like the idea of a Japanese-manufactured car being a pace car for the race, and a prototype Dodge Viper was substituted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="baskat0007, post: 311855, member: 4041"]For the 1970?75 GTO, see Mitsubishi Galant GTO. The Mitsubishi GTO is the name of two different sports cars built by Mitsubishi Motors, both of which were rebadged for many export markets. The first, sold from 1970, was a two-door hardtop coupé with contemporary American muscle car styling, straight-4 engines and rear wheel drive. After production ceased, the GTO (Grand Turismo Omologato) name lay dormant for fifteen years until Mitsubishi resurrected it for their new flagship sports grand tourer, although in most export markets it was rebadged as a Mitsubishi 3000GT. It was also sold by Chrysler in North America as a Dodge Stealth captive import from 1991 to 1996 with only minor detail/appearance differences. Following the successful showing of the Mitsubishi HSX concept car at the 1989 Tokyo Motor Show,[1] Mitsubishi developed the new GTO as a technically advanced sports coupe to compete with the Mazda RX-7, Nissan 300ZX and Toyota Supra. They resurrected the GTO name, and the car went on to serve as Mitsubishi?s flagship for the remainder of the decade. However, despite the cachet of the badge at home, it was known as the Mitsubishi 3000GT outside Japan; the company was concerned that connoisseurs would object to the evocative nameplate from the highly regarded Ferrari 250 GTO and Pontiac GTO being used on a Japanese vehicle. However, regardless of its badge or eventual target market, every car was built on the same production line at Mitsubishi's plant in Nagoya, Japan.[2] A Dodge Stealth was initially to be used as a pace car for the 1991 Indianapolis 500 race. The United Auto Workers (UAW), however, did not like the idea of a Japanese-manufactured car being a pace car for the race, and a prototype Dodge Viper was substituted.[/QUOTE]
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