is this the 9G???????

in my personal opinion, the car looks awful
even though the new powerplant is a 3.8L v6, the entire car is hefty and i bet the power/weight ratio is crap

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ScootinIntegra)</div><div class='quotemain'>mitsubishi really messed up on that one...what's with all the shitty evolutions of cars coming out of japan lately? I mean the 03 civic Si sucks real bad, the Galant, the eclipse, the loss of the B-series motor...(grr....that's personal!), the 350Z (where's the god damn turbo?!?!), i mean the list goes on and on. Oh yeah and the RX-8...that thing doesn't even deserve the name RX.</div>
yeah, no joke. i totally agree (although the rx 8 handles pretty well, and i wouldn't mind driving either the z or the rx8) japan is really feeding the us auto market crap, but what else would you expect, we've been getting shafted for years. jezez, the evolution took years and 7 generations to finally hit our shores and we dont even get active yaw? its all total bs. :x

I remember seeing this car at the New York Auto show and the first thing that came to mind was that it looked like a Saturn Ion on steroids. When it comes time to replace my currenlt Galant, I can guarantee it won't be with one of these.

[quote="DrewPinoy85yeah, no joke. i totally agree (although the rx 8 handles pretty well, and i wouldn't mind driving either the z or the rx8) japan is really feeding the us auto market crap, but what else would you expect, we've been getting shafted for years. jezez, the evolution took years and 7 generations to finally hit our shores and we dont even get active yaw? its all total bs. :x[/quote]

I don't think Japan is "feeding" us crap...what they have is pretty much it, what the claim and have is actually on the car(s). Its just that the US market is at a totally end of the automotive market spectrum...plain and simple, Americans want BIG and BEEFY cars, which is why SUV's dominate the American roads...and as for the Japanese automakers...they are just catering to the Americans so they won't loose total grip on their presence in the US automotive market.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(04 GTS)</div><div class='quotemain'>noone bought the RX7 or 300Z with the twin turbos

it's just a matter of economics, they couldn't afford to put all that money into R&D and then have th car flop.

it's sad, but it's the way of life. https://www.thegalantcenter.org/styl...efault/sad.gif</div>
well it wasn't so much the R&D as it was the warranties...THose sequential twin-turbo systems had a nasty tendency to break down quite a bit, and the warranty had to be honored. Not to mention the uber-high sticker price.
I understand what they're doing, it just sucks... :cry:

I still dont like it..

i 2nd, 3rd, & 4th that headache

I think it looks like a Nissan....my mom likes it though....

I love it, I think the styling is fresh, new, and innovative. I tend to think there is something ugly on every new car that comes out, so I am sure that after I drive it, any small flaws that I first saw will seem null and void.

I just don't like it either--it kinda looks like the Maxima, supposedly in the same market as a maxima--if that's the case--just buy a new maxima--what's 3000 more dollars over 5-7 years, I hate to say it but in the maxima, IMO you'd be getting a better car. Besides, in another post some said they raced the 9G GTS(on a test drive) vs. a 3.5SE Altima ('03)--the Altima gave it to the 9G 2X--so verdict --performance--get a maxima, if you don't have that kinda money--get an Altima 3.5SE.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jusmills)</div><div class='quotemain'>I just don't like it either--it kinda looks like the Maxima, supposedly in the same market as a maxima--if that's the case--just buy a new maxima--what's 3000 more dollars over 5-7 years, I hate to say it but in the maxima, IMO you'd be getting a better car. Â*Besides, in another post some said they raced the 9G GTS(on a test drive) vs. a 3.5SE Altima ('03)--the Altima gave it to the 9G 2X--so verdict --performance--get a maxima, if you don't have that kinda money--get an Altima 3.5SE.</div>

The Altima carries more power, but the Galant carries more torque. So whats more important, HP or torque? also, the Galant is still catagorized with the Altima as the new Diamante is in catagoery with the Maxima...yes, but with both the Altima & Galant starting at $21k for a V6, the Galant carries much more features, so I guess then it just deoends on how you drive it...plus the new 7yr 100k powertrain warranty is really nice...