Banpei.net

Remembering Japanese cars from the past

Tag: mitsubishi 3000GT

Down on the Street: Mitsubishi FTO

Down on the Street: little red Mitsubishi FTO

October 22, 2013 / / 0 Comments

About one year ago I spotted this Mitsubishi FTO in my rear view mirror and when I drove home from work after picking up my brand new Civic I spotted the little red FTO parked on the side of a street:
Down on the Street: Mitsubishi FTO
Of course I could not let it pass, parked my car alongside and started taking snapshots. The old guy in the photo was not related to the car and had no idea to who it belonged nor was he impressed when I told it the car was actually quite special.

Even though the FTO is the little FWD brother of the Mitsubishi GTO/3000GT it is a design of its own: Continue reading

Down on the Street: Mitsubishi FTO

DOTS: little red Mitsubishi FTO

September 23, 2012 / / 1 Comment

In the Netherlands we did receive a couple of the cool nineties-era Mitsubishi products like the Lancer Evo II (and III), GTO (called 3000GT here) and the Eclipse, but the FTO was a Japan-only exclusive model. You can imagine my amazement when I spotted this little red RHD Mitsubishi FTO in my rear view mirror:
Down on the Street: Mitsubishi FTO
Can you see it?

Or here a bit better: Continue reading

DOTS: patient Mitsubishi 3000GT

January 9, 2011 / / 0 Comments


I was cleaning up some old previous phonecam pictures and came across this Mitsubishi 3000GT I shot somewhere in September last year. It was patiently waiting at one of the railway crossings near my work:
Down on the street: Mitsubishi 3000GT
Down on the street: Mitsubishi 3000GT
I could only shoot the picture from behind this van since it was blocking my way (I was biking)

When the railway crossing opened up I was able to follow it and was able to make this action shot:
Down on the street: Mitsubishi 3000GT
Down on the street: Mitsubishi 3000GT
Even for a crappy (Nokia) phonecam I was amazed by the outcome of this picture! ?(ยด???)

The Mitsubishi 3000GT only sold in very low numbers in the Netherlands and this must have been the second time I saw one ever. Oh those fond memories of running this car in the first Sega GT against its Skyline GT-R rivals! (?????)

© 2024 Banpei.net

Theme by Anders Noren — Up ↑