Howdy Dammit said:

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Scott elder? Your dealer for the people?

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"I'm Scott!"

"And I'm Laurie!"

and I'm turning off the radio

First car I purchased after becoming a working man was a Mitsubishi Galant. I think it was a '98. I put after market wheels on it so it was actually kind of cool looking car at the time. It was this baby blueish silver color.

The brothas loved it. I always got comments and looks from them when I had it.

Howdy Dammit said:

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Never have met someone with that make.

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I saw one today and thought "oh crap I haven't seen one of those in years". Decent looking car. Weird thread timing for me.

My mom had a Mitsubishi Diamante back in the early 90's. It was nice af back then.

All I can add is the cool divorced guy across the street growing up (dad of my best friend at the time) had a convertible Eclipse and a Monterro Sport that could pull his jet ski. Drank Zima. Had a Sega Genesis and a laser disc player. Listened to INXS, Smashing Pumpkins, and No Doubt.

7 year old me thought Mitsubishi was Japanese for "living the dream".

mosdefn14 said:

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All I can add is the cool divorced guy across the street growing up (dad of my best friend at the time) had a convertible Eclipse and a Monterro Sport that could pull his jet ski. Drank Zima. Had a Sega Genesis and a laser disc player. Listened to INXS, Smashing Pumpkins, and No Doubt.

7 year old me thought Mitsubishi was Japanese for "living the dream".

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The original Monteros were pretty damn cool. Land cruiser knockoffs. Not sure why they went away from that.

TSW2012 said:

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Convertible Eclipse was a certified hot chick car in the early 2000s

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AggieChemist said:

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Subaru has a massive market here, and not just for the women who like women.

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Have you ruled out the Outback? I had a 2020 as a company vehicle and wife and I both liked it infinitely better than her current RAV4 Hybrid (company car also). That eclipse reminds me of the RAV

My gf and I drove up to a Mistu at a light a few weeks back. I asked her if she had ever seen a Mitsu dealership before, and neither of us could think of one.

The last couple of Mitsus I've seen around here are an early 3000GT and a 2nd gen Eclipse that it looks like someone put a body kit on around 15 years ago. Both non-running, probably been sitting 5 years or more. I'd take either as a fun car to mess around with if bought at a junkyard price, because that's where they'll probably be before long.

Mitsubishi Eclipses were everywhere in early 90's, A&M buddy had one. Monteros did OK as well. Very odd to watch the brand sales collapse, nearly went the way of Isuzu in the US. I had a 1995 Trooper, 5 speed V6 SUV - I like it. Brother had an older mid 80's wacky Isuzu Impulse when he was in HS. Now - Isuzu gone.

Looked up Mitsubishi sales by year:

90's - running just under 200K annual sales per year, Market share around 1.5%.

2000-2010 - Peaked in 2002 at 345K annual sales, market share over 2%

Sales started plummeting in 2003 and by 2010 annual sales were 56K with market share under 0.5%.

Recovered a bit in recent years, sales back up over 100K (after 9 years below) and market share up around 0.7%. Battled to stay relevant, but I think they must have been close to exiting the market.

Was it an Impulse that Jackie Chan and the other guy were driving in Cannonball Run?

texsn95 said:

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The only Mitsu worth having is a 1st Gen 3000GT VR4.

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Every generation of EVO says hello.

My wife had an endeavor (I think) in college. I mean it was nice inside, but I didn't like driving it. Held up well enough, though. She had it for several years then it went back to her parents and her brother for several more years.

Get a Hyundai. Better build. Better interior. Better quality and nearish to the price point you're exploring

YouBet said:

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mosdefn14 said:

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All I can add is the cool divorced guy across the street growing up (dad of my best friend at the time) had a convertible Eclipse and a Monterro Sport that could pull his jet ski. Drank Zima. Had a Sega Genesis and a laser disc player. Listened to INXS, Smashing Pumpkins, and No Doubt.

7 year old me thought Mitsubishi was Japanese for "living the dream".

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The original Monteros were pretty damn cool. Land cruiser knockoffs. Not sure why they went away from that.

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Because they would rollover if you sneezed at one.

Had a few friends in HS die in a Montero accident.

So, long story short we got a 2023 Rogue SV AWD with the leather and the so called "premium pkg" whatever that all entails besides the huge sunroof and it was like $3k more than the Mitsubishi.