Great video! It’s quite sad to see how far Mitsubishi has fallen in the last decade, compared to the motoring powerhouse they were in the 90s. They were so big back then that they almost bought Honda!
Much appreciated! Yep, pretty sure Mitsubishi were the turbocharging pioneers in Japan, since they even produced their own turbochargers, came a long way to slap the name of an Eclipse onto a SUV...
Great video! I have an 88 TSi. Sophia White with dark red leather. I have owned it for 25 years. Still a blast to drive and always gets lots of attention when I have it out and about. The only thing I noticed in your video was the years for the US spec widebody. Those were available for the 1986 model year. Actually 1986 and 1987 the wide body was optional. So you can have a "flatty" 86-87 or wide body. So many people checked that option that the "Starquests" were only available as wide body for 88 and 89.
I loved my 1986 Conquest! It would get sideways when that turbo kicked in! It had turbo printed all over the seat belts and it had tape deck controls on the steering wheel! So rad.
Thanks! I figured that this car isn't spoken about as much as it needs to be, imho this car is incredibly underrated, given how much did it influence Mitsubishi as a company
I’m British and had two of them, the first a sort of metallic gold/silver and four years later white with caramel interior. Both were extremely reliable, comfortable to drive, but lacked air conditioning (which I had installed after market). They were also economical. Only my Honda NSX was better!
_THAT_ ... was Awesome I'm a huge Conquest Starion fan and I learned a few new things watching this but aside all that, your flow editing and narration was on point ! Good Stuff ✌
I had a 1984.5 US Starion. It had the same features as the 85 model year like limited slip diff, G-lateral rear skid control but it was a narrow body. I had to shop parts at both Dodge and Mitsubishi because depending on who supplied the parts, buying at the other dealer could mean double to triple the parts price. It was a good reliable car but part costs made it not worth owning long term.
I loved these things. Between 1985 and about 2000 i owned 8 UK spec starions from an '82 to a late '88. I had an original 1982 mitsubishi brochure which said the name came from the 'star' constellation of 'orion'. I've heard many people say it was a mispronounciation of stallion but thats one of those stories that has no truth behind it. Early UK cars had a non intercooled 2.0 engine making 168bhp and from '85 they got an intercooler and 177bhp. Very late UK cars got a version of the 2.6litre engine making a little more torque than the the 2.0 but less power which was weird. All the UK spec cars had lsd as standard making coming sideways out of corners part of the ownership experience. In '87 we got the wide body, with its Staggered wheel sizes and wider arches. I sold my last starion, an 88 wide body with rare (in the uk) factory air con and with a garret t3 conversion, custom exhaust, a load of other mods and a private number plate plus an absolute ton of spare parts that I'd collected over the years for £2000. I recently saw a starion sell for 25 grand.! Can't even remember the last time I saw one on the road but I'd buy one in a heartbeat and re-live my youth if I had the spare cash to buy one. Enjoyed the video anyway, brought back many memories of sideways fun.
So far I'm genuinely impressed by how loyal the Star-Quest community is, I have yet to see one more devoted to their cars, 8 Starions is crazy, and I love it😁
Might be me, but I don't remember mentioning Galant Lambda as a hatchback, I said "compared to the regular hatchback" referencing Mitsubishi Starion, as for the suspension, I'm pretty sure it did feature irs in the top, "GSR" models
The Galant Lambda did indeed have independent rear suspension, but only on the GSR Turbo model. Same for the 4-Door Galant Sigma Turbo. And the Starion is based on a shortened Galant Lambda GSR Turbo chassis.
In fact, they originally wanted to release the Starion a slight bit earlier, ahead of the whole "wedge-y" competition, (Porsche 944 came out in 1982) but they ended up releasing it when this wedge design became the norm in contemporary sports cars 🙁
The death of the group B Starion led to the Galant VR4. The reason the 6 bolt 4G63 has such big intake ports is because it was designed with the all out power of group B in mind. After a rule change Mitsubishi transferred the Galant drive train with changes / improvements into the smaller Lancer.
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Current owner of JA #007 (Australia) checking in. Great video!
Great video! It’s quite sad to see how far Mitsubishi has fallen in the last decade, compared to the motoring powerhouse they were in the 90s. They were so big back then that they almost bought Honda!
Much appreciated! Yep, pretty sure Mitsubishi were the turbocharging pioneers in Japan, since they even produced their own turbochargers, came a long way to slap the name of an Eclipse onto a SUV...
Yup, they and Nissan are basically the Dodge of Japan now. Uninteresting lower tier cars that nobody cares about
Great video! I have an 88 TSi. Sophia White with dark red leather. I have owned it for 25 years. Still a blast to drive and always gets lots of attention when I have it out and about. The only thing I noticed in your video was the years for the US spec widebody. Those were available for the 1986 model year. Actually 1986 and 1987 the wide body was optional. So you can have a "flatty" 86-87 or wide body. So many people checked that option that the "Starquests" were only available as wide body for 88 and 89.
Starion/Conquest are my favorite cars. I've owned 2 of them. They are just so cool looking.
I also had 2, 1987 black then I upgraded to 1988 yellow with HKS exhaust and eibach lowering springs (best car I ever owned)...
@@scottl.6721 I had a mostly stock 89 and an 89 with a 2JZ-GTE swap. The 2J made that car scary fast.
2J-swapping a Starion? Sounds crazy, I like it, they even put V8s in these🤩
I loved my 1986 Conquest! It would get sideways when that turbo kicked in! It had turbo printed all over the seat belts and it had tape deck controls on the steering wheel! So rad.
When i was a kid, a neighbor pulled up in one of these, brand new, minty, red red red. It was a jaw dropper, nothing like it. Nothing.
Very good ....not enough Mitsubishi content on here ....
Great history on the beautiful Starion ....those wide bodies are gorgeous ....
Keep it up
Thanks! I figured that this car isn't spoken about as much as it needs to be, imho this car is incredibly underrated, given how much did it influence Mitsubishi as a company
The Starion was one of the coolest cars in CannonBall Run II driven by Jackie Chan and "Jaws"
Your videos are excellent. I don't understand why you get so few views.
I’m British and had two of them, the first a sort of metallic gold/silver and four years later white with caramel interior. Both were extremely reliable, comfortable to drive, but lacked air conditioning (which I had installed after market). They were also economical. Only my Honda NSX was better!
I always thought the later cars with the flared wheel arches like the Porsche 944 looked better. But I haven't seen one on the road in years.
Very well done video. You deserve more subscribers!
Glad you liked it! All but a matter of time! 😁
dream car right here
My Dad had one. It had a digital dash. Everyone loved that car. I learned how to drive a manual on it.
_THAT_ ... was Awesome
I'm a huge Conquest Starion fan and I learned a few new things watching this but aside all that, your flow editing and narration was on point ! Good Stuff ✌
Thank you! Glad you found out something new about these cars!😁
id love to have one of these! im a celica guy first and foremost, but this was def an underestimated car.
Yep! You really don't hear about them as much as they deserve to be heard of
I had a 1984.5 US Starion. It had the same features as the 85 model year like limited slip diff, G-lateral rear skid control but it was a narrow body. I had to shop parts at both Dodge and Mitsubishi because depending on who supplied the parts, buying at the other dealer could mean double to triple the parts price.
It was a good reliable car but part costs made it not worth owning long term.
I loved these things. Between 1985 and about 2000 i owned 8 UK spec starions from an '82 to a late '88.
I had an original 1982 mitsubishi brochure which said the name came from the 'star' constellation of 'orion'.
I've heard many people say it was a mispronounciation of stallion but thats one of those stories that has no truth behind it.
Early UK cars had a non intercooled 2.0 engine making 168bhp and from '85 they got an intercooler and 177bhp. Very late UK cars got a version of the 2.6litre engine making a little more torque than the the 2.0 but less power which was weird. All the UK spec cars had lsd as standard making coming sideways out of corners part of the ownership experience.
In '87 we got the wide body, with its Staggered wheel sizes and wider arches. I sold my last starion, an 88 wide body with rare (in the uk) factory air con and with a garret t3 conversion, custom exhaust, a load of other mods and a private number plate plus an absolute ton of spare parts that I'd collected over the years for £2000. I recently saw a starion sell for 25 grand.! Can't even remember the last time I saw one on the road but I'd buy one in a heartbeat and re-live my youth if I had the spare cash to buy one. Enjoyed the video anyway, brought back many memories of sideways fun.
So far I'm genuinely impressed by how loyal the Star-Quest community is, I have yet to see one more devoted to their cars, 8 Starions is crazy, and I love it😁
And true gem💪
Amazing! Thanks for your videos.
Thanks for your frequent commentary!
Really enjoyed this video. Excellent research and nice production vslues. Learned some cool stuff about Mitsu
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
It was interesting to see a photo of my old car at 4:46
Even more interesting for me to see a viewer commenting about finding their old car in the video! What are the odds?🤩
I had a teacher in high school Mr. Fleming had a silver 87 Starion.
He was definitely the coolest teacher out there, that's for sure!😎
The Galant Lambda was not a hatchback. You can see it had curved rear glass and a trunk. It also did not have irs and had a solid axle instead.
Might be me, but I don't remember mentioning Galant Lambda as a hatchback, I said "compared to the regular hatchback" referencing Mitsubishi Starion, as for the suspension, I'm pretty sure it did feature irs in the top, "GSR" models
The Galant Lambda did indeed have independent rear suspension, but only on the GSR Turbo model. Same for the 4-Door Galant Sigma Turbo. And the Starion is based on a shortened Galant Lambda GSR Turbo chassis.
@@mrspandel5737 I stand corrected. We never got the GSR here in the US.
Also notable that Mitsubishi licensed the dual balance shaft system to Porsche for their competing ...and similar looking 924/944 .
In fact, they originally wanted to release the Starion a slight bit earlier, ahead of the whole "wedge-y" competition, (Porsche 944 came out in 1982) but they ended up releasing it when this wedge design became the norm in contemporary sports cars 🙁
@RedLine_Car_Show they can bring that car back anytime and I'd take one . They can go ahead and bump it to 3 liters this time.
The death of the group B Starion led to the Galant VR4. The reason the 6 bolt 4G63 has such big intake ports is because it was designed with the all out power of group B in mind. After a rule change Mitsubishi transferred the Galant drive train with changes / improvements into the smaller Lancer.
Yep, Starion was essentially a test for the technologies, later implemented in the Evo
STALION / STARION
My mates mum bought one brand new, hit a kangaroo and it went straight through her windscreen.
Oh man, It's a shame🥲
I tell u wat Mitsubishi, if u don’t made any more hero car I’m gonna buy a Toyota supra 😊
Fue un fracaso de la Mitsubishi. Paso sin pena ni gloria 💩💩