Comments on: Next Generation Mitsubishi Galant?

By: Teng Bok

Teng Bok — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 07:23:09 +0000

I had the pleasure of driving the Mitsubishi 380 last month when I was in Melbourne.
It was wonderfully quiet and nicer handling than my own Toyota Camry which is a 2009 car.
I hoped Malaysia will get a decent engine inside because this car is for sure a very comfortable car for outstation trips.

By: Lachlan

Lachlan — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:10:09 +0000

if this were to be the next 380/galant, im sure that it would be an excellent car. it is bigger overall than the 380 and is roaming into falcon/commodore size. im sure also that if they added the mivec setup to the current 3.8lt V6 and dropped that under the hood and this new diesel engine im pretty sure it would be a fantastic competitor to falcon/commodore, not saying it isnt now.

keep up the good work mitsu

By: Damo

Damo — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:39:12 +0000

About time you guys put this article up. If I recall correctly, I sent you guys a message about this article some time ago and you didn’t even post a thankyou message at the end of the article. Not impressed.

By: Damo

Damo — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:34:26 +0000

alec Says:
October 23rd, 2007 at 7:25 pm
Hey Nick,
I don’t know where the 600 million went, are you sure it wasn’t 60-100 million?? It has the exact same sheet metal as the USA Galant except for front bumber and grille. The interior is also very similar. But I agree it is a good car.

No, seriously 600 million was spent. Did you ever think that maybe not all of it was spent on the car but where the car was made? It was on a new platform so most of the cash would have been spent on upgrading the tonsley park factory which the abc still likes to make up bs and state that it will close. The rest of the cash was spent on redesigning the engine, materials, ect…

By: jbot

jbot — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:10:25 +0000

Looks like a combination of the new Lancer and an Audi. I like it.

By: Kenny

Kenny — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:53:37 +0000

The new concept looks nice. I am certain the new concept zt is the replacement for Galant/380 or the medium car to compete against the Camry, yes it will get more refined by the time it reaches production stage. It will probably be used to update the US Galant in 2009. Also Mitsu might do the Camry Aurion thing with the Concept zt with slight smaller car with 4cyl Petrol or diesel and the larger car with the V6. The future Mitsu Models will be global models like the lancer, Outlander. From what I have read on the net the future Galants will be a global model to save engineering costs.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:26:18 +0000

uk guido, its a 2.2L engine, of course a 3L engine produces more power.

By: samir

samir — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:19:00 +0000

Would be great if it had EvoX specs, with a bigger motor. Need more Modeo/Vectra sized cars with AWD and DCT.

By: Guido UK Boy

Guido UK Boy — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:09:07 +0000

the diesel output is Ok but not as good as a BMW 3.0tdi they are more like 170KW. Even my crappy 3.0CDTI Vectra produces 138KW. Come on Mitsu push harder.

I find the Mitsu a bit boring to look at really but then hey I’m in euroland with nice Beemers, Mercs and Audi’s everywhere

By: Richo

Richo — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:44:10 +0000

Mitsubishi 380 – fantastic car dressed up in boring styling. NEVER let yanks do the design stuff.. it just never ever works