The Rise & Fall of Mitsubishi - Past Gas
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 เม.ย. 2023
- The year is 1870. And a samurai has just started a trading operation in a Japan still coming to grips with the modern world. Through hard work, ingenious engineering, and perhaps more than a little war profiteering, that company would later grow to be Mitsubishi - one of the four largest companies in one of the world's four largest economies. But how did sales plummet to just 15 percent of their peak in a few short years? How did the company watch Volkswagen's Dieselgate unfold and then TOP IT? And is Mitsubishi responsible for the trend of naming mid-size crossovers after once-iconic performance models? All that and more on today’s Past Gas - as we learn about the Rise and Fall of Mitsubishi.
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James? AND Justin? Alongside Nolan and Joe? AND WE GOT VIDEO AGAIN!!! Life is good once more...
Dunno bud . I'm getting some serious deja vu listening to this.. Ithink it might be a re-upload from a couple of years ago..
@@bombercountyblues This is the first podcast with Justin, so it's not a repeat.
@@dth2brny121yeah,, you're probably right.. still sure I've heard em discussing this before though..I'm 100% certain they've mentioned the Jackie chan evo and his ralliart connection before..
@@bombercountyblues Mitsubishi gets talked about a fair amount on the podcast because it is such a pivotal company thats indistinguishable from itself 10-15 years ago... and i think there was a lancer dedicated episode that mentioned Jackie chan a lot because of his ties
hell yes!!
So fucking stoked about video being back. Thank you guys so much! And it’s so great to see Justin here as well!
I don't know, " He's got a face for radio... " LOL you know Im just busting balls LOL
VIDEOCAST!!! Thanks so much guys I know the video is extra work but we the fans really appreciate it
Heck yeah! Video is back!
video is back! love to watch a podcast in video when i come back home even if i listen to it earlier at my job!
Awesome to have video back. Justin's a great addition too
Imma be real here , this is the formula I don't mind waiting a full week or more for this to be the way . Justin was a great add
JAMES!!! Welcome back. Missed you.
Omg… video of my boys 🥰 glad to see those faces
Can we get a Past Gas where James just does a table read of a Seinfeld script by himself?
I had to go back. His Frank and Estelle had me in stitches for like five minutes
@@an0gr0br It was quite good, really. I had to rewatch it again!
Finally!!
I love my lancer(08) with 280k miles and am very sad its going downhill.
THIS IS WHAT WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR!
I LOVE these podcasts. One of my favourite things about this podcast is when the crew behind the cameras/mics bursts out in laughter.
Man, we love Justin! Something about his aura and personality. Glad we can see more of him
I'M **SO** HAPPY YOU GUYS ARE FINALLY BACK ON VIDEO!! **edit** add a screenshot of y'all in the studio; I put this on and only realized there was video after 45 minutes of not looking, assuming it was just that thumbnail picture again.
Damn, can't believe we get to see the boys again. And we get Justin sitting in as a bonus!
Thank you guys for bringing the video back!! 🎉 As someone who’s been following the show on TH-cam (and didn’t want to switch to spotify & lose track of which episodes I’d already heard)… the extra effort is appreciated. Especially when there’s a dog in the studio for us to see. 🐶Justin was a great guest and it’s so good to hear James again too! Really interesting topic, I have a hard time thinking Mitsubishi will ever get back to their automotive glory days, but hell if I don’t still want an old Eclipse …
19:30 just realized I'm watching an actual video. Great to see you back boys!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR VIDEO BACK!!! Been here since the start and really missed it
love seeing the boys hanging in the office !!
drove a 2010 outlander v6 a couple years ago and it was honestly the most fun car i’ve ever driven. handled like a bad ass somehow
Longtime Spotify listener at work ❤ I like this set up 👌
Wow I always thought that Mitsubishi emulated the shape of an engineers scale when you look at it longways. Thanks for sharing guys. Glad to "see" you again on the podcasts.
So glad the video is back! Just watched the whole episode. To see Justin on more of the future episodes would be great. He seems like a great addition
Mitsubishi is the first import to ever be covered in hotrod magazine.
Back in 2003 John shepherds eagle talon was making over 1000 awhp and was doing 7 second quarter mile times.
2 vids in one day, again! Boy oh boy, aren’t we spoiled!
FINALLY THE VIDEO IS BACK, I WILL NOW RETURN TO WATCHING EVERY TIME
These days, we need to swap the 4 cylinder motor into the mirage hatch
Guys.....thank you so much for finally listening to fans and bringing back all the best parts.....great way to experience past gas
as a diehard mitsu fan it hurts, im an australian we didnt even get eclipse here (but we got the bastardization crossover) but we got a tonne of evos ralliarts colts magnas as well as the 3000gt and FTO which are rare gems nowadays, base naturally aspirated lancers are everywhere here (ive got an imitation evo X, i'll never afford a real one) and they fucking tear up the khanacross
IIRC, wasn't the 3000GT called the GTO in Australia as well? Plus, I learned the 380 (aka the final generation Galant here in N. America) you had down there got a MANUAL TRANSMISSION, while our Galant at that time did not. That's just SACRILEGE on our part up here...!
@@dth2brny121 yeah I mean they've all got GTO badges but because of their appearances in movies and video games as 3000gt the names are used relatively interchangeably, i'll use GTO in person when im talking with a bunch of mates but i'll use 3000gt online cuz its likely more people will recognize that.
we have manual 380s but theyre getting a lot harder to find for every manual there's like 10 automatics
@Stretchy MC Yeah, the back story on the GTO/3000GT is that the 3000GT name was used in N. America and Europe because the GTO moniker is famously associated with the Pontiac GTO and the Ferrari 250 GTO, so the negative connotations of seeing those three letters on a Japanese car wouldn't fly apparently, lol...
So, it is what it is. The GTO name in this instance however, was chosen by Mitsubishi as an homage to the Galant GTO of the 70's, which was huge in Japan.
Just copped a clean 2011 Ralliart last weekend. Never seen one on the road and happened to see one up for sale. Got it 12 hours later and loving it
FANTASTIC podcast!
I know doing video for each of these is a ton of extra work, but you went above and beyond. It could just be a quad split that stays up the whole time, I'd be fine!
Maybe it's because I just finished Like A Dragon: Ishin, but that intro gave me some vivid mental imagery. I hope MItsubishi gets it back together eventually.
Great to see the live video back and its nice to have other hosts on from the main channel, great story too!
I love that the Rampage was mentioned ! I have my dad's '82 Rampage and it is absolutely one of my favorite cars 🖤
I had an 82 rampage when I was 17. I wish I never got rid of it. It was an awesome car, defiantly a head turner for sure.
Woohoo! Good times! thanks for bringing video back 🤘🤘🤘
My friend designed the 4th gen Eclipse. His concept was pretty radical but by the time it made it to market it had been changed so much he quit Mitsubishi. His direction was to bring back the excitement of the GSX but the upper management wanted watered down FWD automatics.
are the orginal concepts online anywhere? Id love to see them
@@xxkrusher1013 yup, Road and Track did a write up. It was called the Eclipse Concept E
They definitely were money laundering and scamming the company
It was awd and turbo I remember that car it was also very cool and evo based
@@xxkrusher1013it was based on a evo and indeed you can evo swap them today
im so hype you guys went back to video 🙌🏼
I love the show, and I am so happy you are back to the video format. Miss it. Great show! 🎉❤
First Donut podcast I’ve dropped into in a while and I must say, this set up is PERFECT. The camerawork, the hosts, the conversations; it’s all wonderful and I’m very grateful to witness! Of course switching up who’s on would be great and keep it fresh. Much love, keep up the good work, fellas
Guys!!! Totally did not know you had a podcast 😭 until today! Advertise it more😭😭 I needed this
Wow this is one of the best past gas podcasts I’ve listened to I hope you all continue and continue to be more and more successful
Worth the wait finally video back
glad to see a recorded in person podcast!
My brother's 2023 Outlander PHEV got a Maserati to blow it's engine at a stop light drag. He's the guy just bought it and blew the engine before the break in period. He looked behind him and saw smoke coming from the hood as he drove away. The 0-60 on the PHEV feels pretty quick, it's just after 60 the car is a bit sluggish. Thing is at least as fun to drive as a Tesla, plus he can get 40-60 miles of electric range. I drove it again last night, it's so smooth compared to my normal 2.5L FWD 2022 Outlander.
i bought the phev 1 2 month ago and it really feel like a sleep , make them mercedes go crazy went they see me flying
I think I've watched Jame's Seinfeld impersonation 10 times now... It kills me every time lol. You guys are the best; thank you so much for the great content across your channels!
Was able to pick up a Gen 2 Montero for 3k and it is literally a low-budged fj80 land cruiser. They are totally slept on!
So glad there was a video this time 👍
Videeeeooooooo let’s goooooo!
Thanks for bringing back video
Clarification on the small trucks. The Dodge Rampage was a Chrysler product, based on the FWD K-car platform. That's also what the Charger was btw. The D-50 was a Mitsubishi Mighty Max, and was directly analogous to other minitrucks from Toyota and Datsun, Ford Courier, Chevy Luv, etc. RWD, body on frame. My dad actually has a 1985 Dodge D-50 that he dailies. The Mitsubishi Raider was a rebadged Dakota.
Hell yeah welcome back to video!
currently listening to this while working at a mitsubishi dealership
Video Yes!!!! Good to see James is back
awesome podcast yay for video again!!! 🎉
All eclipses came with the bulge in the hood it wasn’t for the turbo it was to account for the timing belt cover
Love the video tho especially at this point, love you guys get going on your own rants, I really like these videos where you tell the story of an individual “making it” during times of Great change.
15:30 I just had this very same conservation and I agree with James!!
That Jackie Chan movie was my intro to the EVO. Had no idea what it was, but knew it was sick.
Im a die heart evo owner and i heard some facts here that i wasnt are off. Hats off to the research team
Even though this is 6 months old, Ill let you guys in on why Papa Murphree's is a take home and bake your own pizza model biz. It's so that people on EBT (what used to be known as "food stamps") can buy their pizzas to take home and bake. As EBT cannot be used to buy prepared food. Shit like grocery store bakery's and deli's that serve warmed prepared food, think Walmart, Publix, etc. rotisserie chicken's and such cannot be bought with EBT cards. The chicken's that are not sold the day of rotary baking are put into the fridge section of the deli, which then they can be bought with the EBT card.
So, Papa M's sell their pizza's all put together, but uncooked so that families on the EBT card can get themselves a pizza as for the most part they cannot afford a night of Domino's, Pizza Hut, Papa John's and such.
They are choosing not to directly compete with those big nationwide pizza company's and instead focus on the low side of the economy class who depend on the EBT program.
My daily is a YELLOW LANCER! It’s a Sportback ralliart wagon. 2004 was the only year we got them in America. Weirdly more rare than my Evo 8 GSR.
Finally!!!!!! Videos back❤❤❤❤
Yay, the video is back!
Wooohoo...video is back🥳
I do prefer video podcast!
I bought a lightning yellow OZ Lancer in July 2002 and had it until August 2016. When I bought it I had a good job and decent credit but could not get the 0-0-0 financing deal. Meanwhile people I met through Mitsu car clubs were working part time in retail and got the deal. After about a year the club fell apart as so many Lancers were predictably repo'd.
That 25 models in 25 is crazy. As of this moment on the Mitsubishi motors website (in the US) they have 6 models. But technically if you pair that down, that's two versions of the Mirage, the Eclipse Cross and 3 versions of the Outlander. So more like 3 models. Crazy...
One of papa Murphy's biggest markets is low income neighborhoods due to being technically "unprepared" food you can purchase it with food stamps meaning you can have a giant restaurant quality pie for 16 bucks off government assistance
Love the video back. Nice seeing Justin on the podcast. Has Jer been on yet? That’ll be cool too!
Yessss… please do more video podcasts
THAT SEINFELD BIT HAHAHAHAHA IT WAS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT 😅😅😅😅👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
❤ Yes love the video!
this was great
Yesssss videos back
"Hey, seems like we are absolutely CRUSHING it and everyone loves our cars. We have to change all of that immediately and in perpetuity." -Mitsubishi
My buddy has a ralliart lancer. Manual trans, evo front end and wing, with turbo……sick build
39:26 also grew up in Louisville and was the school you were talking about Saint X
Did not think I’d get there watching a show about Mitsubishi but I’m going back to knock out Seinfeld on Netflix now. Haven’t watched that since the 90’s
as somebody who has owned a yellow lancer (2007 not 2003), and currently drives a 2014 lancer... they are fine cars, they look decent, they run fairly cheap, reliable, you can sometimes imagine its an EVO....... and in Australia they are easy to find Manuel cars in 2023... and that's something, but yeah..... you get them because they are cheap, and reliable/pretty good cars for the price. I do miss the days that Mitsubishi made more than 4x4s and minivans
We get video again? Finally ❤
Yay!!!!! Video again!
That Seinfeld bit was gold 😂
DEY TUK ER JURBBBS that reference sent me rolling
FUCK YEAH!!!! VIDEO IS BACK! You guys rock!
LET'S GOOOOO, own an auto Lancer and I hate what they are now.
Please bring back the video versions please!!
Great that video is back but honestly can't be bothered to watch this in full with all the ads on TH-cam, just going to listen to this instead
19:20 is amazing
Mitsubishis are still very popular in Puerto Rico. I bet we amount to at least half of all US sales haha
FINALLY BACK
Ah yes the evo excellence
Whoa whoa, hold on.
A Dethklok reference! Feck yeah!
You know Toki Wartooth is a volvo bro too btw.
Just saw the tiktok and searched for Donut Podcast faster than the speed of like or like 15 buff horses - I'M SO THRILLED THAT THE VIDEO IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yo those Seinfeld impersonations were perfection😂
LETSSSSSS GO A VIDEO
Always been an evo fan. Was a mistake when I didn’t get the evo due to income. And now that I had a decent job ended up getting Outlander sport cause the evo was long gone. They are very budget friendly but slow. But if it’s just for daily life they aren’t bad. I haven’t gotten stuck on the snow due to awd which I seen trucks be stuck (I live in heavy snow area)
Corrwcruon: the fast and furious eclipse was not a 1995 eclipse. Look at the back up lights. They're in the bumper. The pre face lift had them on either side of the lisence plate. The movie car was from 1997-1999 time period.
That Seinfeld impression was so spot on.
Papa Murphy’s model of take n bake makes it eligible for food stamp purchase / SNAP since the food is not fully prepared for immediate consumption.
this one kind of hurts my feelings, in the car realm. i loved Mitsubishi. even the rebadged ones like the gen 1 avenger, the talon, and the stealth. the 3000 GT VR-4 was a rolling masterpiece of technology for its time.
i may be one of the few guys who LOVED owning a gen 4 eclipse. i didn't even have the cool one lol. i owned a 2006 GS 5 speed. i actually plan to, eventually, get my hands on a gen 4 GT, possibly even a spider.
but... i am happier driving a dodge journey than i ever would be in a "gen 5 eclipse" lol
A standard thin crust pepperoni pizza from Papa Murphy’s is actually fiiire.