| Mitsubishi 3000GT (Z15A/Z16A) | |
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 Mitsubishi 3000GT | |
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| Manufacturer | Mitsubishi Motors |
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| Assembly | Japan: Okazaki, Aichi (Nagoya Plant) |
| Designer | Masaru Suzuki (1987) |
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| Layout | Transverse front-engine, front-/four-wheel drive |
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| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,470 mm (97.2 in) |
| Length | 4,600 mm (181.1 in) |
| Width | 1,840 mm (72.4 in) |
| Height | 1,285 mm (50.6 in) |
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| Predecessor | Mitsubishi Starion |
The Mitsubishi 3000GT is a front-engine, all-wheel/front-wheel drive grand touring/sports car manufactured and marketed by Mitsubishi from 1990 until 2000 over three different series. Manufactured in a three-door hatchback coupé body style in Nagoya, Japan, the 2+2 four-seaters were marketed in the Japanese domestic market as the GTO, and globally as 3000GT. In North America, it was sold both as the Mitsubishi 3000GT (1991–1999) and the Dodge Stealth (1991–1996), a badge engineered, mechanically identical captive import. As a collaborative effort between Chrysler and Mitsubishi Motors, Chrysler was responsible for the Stealth's exterior styling.[2][3]
The car was based on Mitsubishi's Sigma/Diamante and retained their transverse mounted 3-liter, 24-valve V6 engines and front-wheel-drive layout.[4] The GTO's engines were naturally aspirated or with twin-turbochargers and were also available with active aerodynamics (automatically adjusting front and rear spoilers), four-wheel-steering, full-time all-wheel-drive and adaptive suspension.[3]
Mitsubishi marketed a retractable hardtop variant, which were engineered and converted from coupé models in California by ASC,[5] and sold as the GT Spyder or VR4 Spyder for model years 1993–1995.[6] These were the first fully automated retractable hardtop marketed since the 1959 Ford Skyliner.[7]
The JDM model took its name from the Galant GTO, a two-door hardtop coupé marketed by the company in the early 1970s, which in turn took its name from the Ferrari 250 GTO, short for Gran Turismo Omologata – "Omologata" signifying that it met motorsport homologation requirements.
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- ^ a b Perkins, Chris (January 12, 2016). "The 1994 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4 Was Too Far Ahead of its Time". Road & Track.
- ^ "Near-luxury Mitsubishi Diamante has an Aussie accent". Boca Raton News. AutoWeek. 1997-09-28. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ^ "3000GT Spyder - ASC Production, The Making of a Retractable Hardtop". 3000GT Spyder Registry.
- ^ "History, Revival". Retractable Hardtop Online. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ "Disappearing Top On Auto Worked By Push Button". Popular Mechanics. 63 (2): 253. February 1935. Retrieved 14 August 2013.