The first generation Dodge Colt was a re-badged Mitsubishi Galant and also sold in Canada as the Plymouth Cricket (best cheap car name ever!). The Colt was intended to be Chrysler’s answer to the GM’s Vega & Ford’s Pinto, but really was cross-shopped with Datsun 510 and Toyota Corolla. Today’s 1973 Dodge Colt needs some […]
The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution is a factory hot rod version of the horrible economy car that Mitsubishi Motors calls the “Lancer”. The Evo shares some parts with the base Lancer, but to call them brothers leads to the inevitable comparison with the DeVito/Schwarzenegger film “Twins”. Yes, the Lancer shares DNA with the Evo, but it […]
The Dodge Conquest/Mitsubishi Starion/Plymouth Conquest/Chrysler Conquest was a line of 4 cars built in the 80s by Mitsubishi in Japan – rebadged for Dodge/Plymouth/Chrysler to confuse simpletons. It was the Japanese version of a pony car and the stallion could run! Turbocharged front engine, manual trans, rear wheel drive and limited slip differentials made the […]