Mitsubishi Colt is coming to America

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12-03-2009, 04:36 AM
mko

Mitsubishi Colt is coming to America

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/02/m...ng-to-america/

Well, its been 20 years since Mitsubishi Colt was introduced in the USA as a Dodge Colt in the late 80's and now its coming back. Some of you may know that these cars are very hard to come by, especially the GT version 1.6L 16V DOHC, and they make a very good candidate for 4g63 swaps. There are even colts that are converted to AWD /Pinks All out/ .

On a side note, now that we've missed all the good years /90's/ of Colt, we get to see another Lancer/Evo based front end which I think is pathetic.
12-03-2009, 08:17 AM
mitsu_vic

Is the new Outlander sporting the same front? I thought I saw a commercial the other night but only caught the end.
12-03-2009, 08:53 AM
polishmafia

^ It is. There are going for the same concept as Mazda and Ford is doing lately. Actually now that I think about it, most car companies are doing the same thing. Meh...
12-03-2009, 09:17 AM
shovelman

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Originally Posted by mitsu_vic

Is the new Outlander sporting the same front? I thought I saw a commercial the other night but only caught the end.

Yea, the new outlander has the Lancer front.
12-03-2009, 10:28 AM
DFX

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Originally Posted by polishmafia

^ It is. There are going for the same concept as Mazda and Ford is doing lately. Actually now that I think about it, most car companies are doing the same thing. Meh...

yeah. but if you think about it, Chrysler, GM and Ford have been doing that for the past 20 or 30 years. as of 05ish they just made it more obvious.

i remember seeing colts all the time in germany. pimp little cars. the new ralliart 2dr doesnt look too bad though.

http://www.superhonda.com/photopost/...t_SR_4X_-1.jpg

https://www.mitsubishiclub.cz/graphi...9x44211nl8.jpg
evo conversion?

http://imgcdn.adoosimg.com/054d3d359...401983-1-3.jpg
12-03-2009, 10:51 AM
remarque

looks like an Aveo with a Evo front bumper. 4B11 swap anyone?
12-03-2009, 01:34 PM
mko

Colt is the hatch back version of Mirage, and the pics above are tits. Ive always wanted one like these. Sweet lil rides
12-03-2009, 01:50 PM
VegasMatt

My first car was a 1986 Colt.
12-03-2009, 02:13 PM
4g63lover

I'd rock the five door.
12-03-2009, 02:17 PM
6g72lover

in my opinion the red looks nice
12-03-2009, 05:19 PM
JoeRad

my first car was 1990 colt, i loved it untill my neighbor backed into
12-03-2009, 05:35 PM
xcore

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoeRad

my first car was 1990 colt, i loved it untill my neighbor backed into

sorry, that actually makes me laugh...lol
12-03-2009, 06:28 PM
VegasMatt

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoeRad

my first car was 1990 colt, i loved it untill my neighbor backed into

Wow to funny, this is how my colt died.

In high school I was parked next to a light pole at the bottom of a hill in our school parking lot. A Toyota 4-Runner slipped out of gear, came rolling down the hill and hit the back of my Colt. It then kept rolling coming to a stop on the roof of my car. So the back and roof was totaled by the Toyota, and the front was damaged by the light pole when the weight of the Toyota pushed it into it. I can't really say I liked the car, it had no A/C, a cheap fm radio with tape player, but it did have 2 12s in the trunk that made the car rattle to shit.
12-03-2009, 07:16 PM
seth98esT

I was excited until I saw it. I thought it was going to be this:
http://www.auto123.com/ArtImages/933...t-czt-0001.jpg

Colt Ralliart:
http://i3.tinypic.com/1177ixc.jpg

Man, the new one just looks like a Prius minivan or something.
http://www.3dexport.com/models/1656/...09_5door_1.jpg

I was hoping the Colt would compete with the Fit ... but I would rather have a Fit then that.

[eDIT]
I guess the white Ralliart posted in the link looks a lot better then a base model.
12-05-2009, 12:58 PM
charris

Oh, man. That Ralliart would totally kick the pants off the Honda Fit (which I despise).
12-05-2009, 05:39 PM
tjones156

Man, the new one just looks like a Prius minivan or something.
http://www.3dexport.com/models/1656/...09_5door_1.jpg

I dont think that one looks that bad. Because of the fact its Mitsubishi, i'd rather have that then the Honda Fit. Looks the same to me
12-06-2009, 03:22 AM
big&bad

To the red one CJ0 with the turbo....

The owner is the son of Hermann Gassner, who is a Mitsubishi-Dealer, triple german rally-champion and general dealer for Ralliart here. The car is a prototype build by Gassner, it has the Evo VII engine with something about 300 hp and AWD...

All parts are handmade, the fenders out of alloy. It´s a real beautifull car and runs like hell - v/max is something about 270 km/h....

For me as longtime-owner of Colt hatchbacks the new one is disappointig. Colts have allways been the direct contrahent to the Honda Civic, espiacilly to the CRX. The new Colt Ralliart is a pimped housewife-shopping-car, no longer a toxic compact.

Every year I´m at Coltmania, the german Colt-driver-Meeting, here some impressions...

http://mitglied.lycos.de/Mitsufan/ga...09/cm09_48.jpg

http://mitglied.lycos.de/Mitsufan/ga...09/cm09_79.jpg

http://mitglied.lycos.de/Mitsufan/ga...9/cm09_141.jpg

http://www.magix-photos.com/permamed...5AE6E74E360803

http://www.magix-photos.com/permamed...0EAADC4E360803

Colt sucks, but only the older ones...