Amazing! I still remember the number for mine. Such an under-rated car. Ugly… but great. Though, disabling the rear steering and adding a stiffer rear sway bar helped a lot.
I’ll never forget racing this car at a motor speedway in around 1997 and thinking to myself I would smoke him. When the race ended I in fact did not smoke him and he ran a high 11 in the quarter mile and I was in disbelief. I went over to the guy and opened up the passenger door to ask him what his mods were and it was a younger skinny kid no older than 18 or 19 and he had wires hanging out of his dashboard and a laptop computer as thick as a phone book sitting on his passenger seat. He told me the car was bone stock and that he just remapped the fuel system somehow turned up the boost. That was the moment I realized we didn’t need 8 cylinders to go fast anymore. It was also the last time I ever saw a Gallant VR4 until now.
Is it me or do these old classic cars seem like a breath of fresh air between the new reviews and the super car/‘how much money I spent on my cars” videos. I miss these.
LOUD means LOUDNESS, which boosts the bass and treble at low volumes to compensate for the way our ears hear. It was a common adjustment on audio equipment for decades.
Doug is known for knowing nothing about audio. While it may irritate audio guys, to his credit, he didn't pretend that he knows anything about it. But yeah, would be nice if Doug reads about it first after those years of car reviews. By the way, I love the LOUD button on my 92 Accord head unit. sounds good when I cranked the volume and listening to 80s glam metal albums lmao.
Always had it turned on in my 1987 Ford Fairmont. It was a pioneer unit fitted to the Fairmont, Fairlane & LTD that didn't have the premium audio package.
As a vr4 owner (676/2000), it was interesting to learn about the speed sensitive windshield wipers. Something that was missed in the video is that the front seats fold back level with the rear seat so you have two beds, making for a comfortable place to take a nap, while waiting for a tow truck.
How you described the vr-4 is exactly how I feel every time i get into my 06 Lancer Evo. Even though its not as old as this, it always brings me back to when cars were more about driving and less about all the tech thats in them now. Its a more raw, visceral experience.
Back when Mitsubishi was an actual enthusiast car company and not building trash like they are now. I like this Galant generation and the one that came after it.
So much prettier in white. In my early 20s I had a 92 Talon TSI AWD, my roommate had a 90 TSI AWD, my neighbors had a 95 GST, 90 Talon TSI FWD, and a Galant VR4. Later one of them had TWO Galant VR4s. I was always jealous.
I came from a mostly muscle car minded family, though some of my relatives did have some odd choices in vehicles like a Nissan 350Z and a Ford Excursion with the V10 diesel engine.
Thank you for being outside again. I HATE the echo and bad lighting in the bunker. I have always appreciated these and liked Mitsubishi tucked waist stying of this period. Even the Diamanté looked good at this point in time.
My dad was one of the owner of Mitsubishi official house in Dominican Republic. He ordered one for himself. A brand new 1993 7thG. I perfected my driving skill in manual transmission in this amazing car ❤
@menfisretrospace you drove a 7g vr4? Those are cool, never got them in the states- v6 twin turbo! I had a bland automatic 7g with 4g64 and it was nice, but slow
A few corrections/explanations: It wasn't a feature of radios. It was a features of amplifiers (sure, in a car, those functions are combined, but the loudness contour has nothing to do with the tuner section). "Enhance" means nothing. It increases the bass and treble for when listening at lower levels as our hearing is less sensitive to these frequency ranges at lower levels. As levels get louder, our hearing becomes more sensitive to these frequencies, so if you leave the loudness contour switch on, it tends to sound bad, especially the lower frequencies, which will sound muddy. The reason turning this switch on makes things sound louder is because it is in-fact boosting certain frequency ranges of the sound. See "equal-loudness contour" and "loudness compensation" for more information.
Not original. Not humorous. Truly pathetic comments from the king of the village idiots, @jamesmurmurzancone4532. Go away. Millions will appreciate you keeping your stupid comments to yourself.
Really like the outside videos. Feels more natural (duh), and the audio quality is way better. Please keep filming outside on days when it's nice out!!!!
I love when Doug posts videos on old obscure cars, those are my favorite, even more than hyper cars. I'd love to see him do average Joe vehicles just because I love how he narrates things.
My grandpa had a Galant Vr4 in the 90s when I was a kid. It was this exact green, so this video brought back some great memories! What a fantastic car...
2000 NUMBERED units were imported for MY1991 and 1000 for MY1992. There were also another 9 UNnumbered units imported for 1991/1992 combined, for a total of 3009.
Also, not that anybody cared, but the "Loud" button activates a little bass and treble boost to the sound for listening at low volumes. It was called "Loudness" on old stereos, go look it up.
Been waiting for this one forever. I saw this car in one of your other reviews and wondered why it hadn't been reviewed. Always loved this car, I had a friend who had one.
Friend of mine had a VR-4 in 1999. Was running a 16g turbo along with a boat load of other mods. That car was ridiculously fast (by late 90’s standards) and he would regularly surprise a LOT of muscle cars at red light to red light runs lol.
@@mitsuturboummmm.. the Galant amg 2.0 TURBO Type II was naturally aspirated? And I wouldn't call it slow. For 1991 170hp and 140lb-ft was pretty good numbers. I mean that's higher numbers than the base 3000GT.
I'm old enough to remember when this was new. I really much prefer the 90's seat belts. I love almost everything about this car. I would buy it if I could. I wish cars were still like this. Thank you.
in New Zealand Mitsubishi had a big history of turbo cars in the 1980's, we had the Cordia Turbo, Tredia Turbo, Sigma GSR Turbo and (GSR-X), Mirage Turbo, Starion Turbo, 3000 GTO, Galant VR4, all Awesome cars, Well ahead of what other companies were doing at the time. I had 2 Sigmas a GSR and GSR-X and would love to own one again some day. Sadly, they stopped all that.
I actually learned how to drive with my father's 1992 Mitsubishi Galant GTi 16v manual (similar look, top of the line non-VR4) when I was 13. I remember my brother saying how cool and rare was the VR-4 trim of that car, which I never was lucky enough to drive one. Thanks Doug for reviewing this car, reminded me a lot of good childhood memories.
50 more horses would make this an exceptionally fun car. You wouldn’t have to totally destroy the car to get 50HP. There are 700-1000hp modded versions of these on TH-cam. The 700hp sleeper (looks completely stock) is awesome 😂 Also, there’s a very rare AMG model too that was only made for the Japanese market if I remember correctly. Yeah, as in AMG Mercedes.
the US-compliant front intercooler really choked this car. Replacing the intercooler with just about anything else and adding a mild exhaust wakes this car up a TON.
I had a Laser (the forgotten DSM triplet) with an Evo 3 16g turbo on it (and a couple other upgrades) and it was a ROCKET, I don't think it had more than 300 hp but it was so, SO much fun to whip around in, i've always wanted one of these Galants since getting rid of that one tbh
I had multiple DSMs, but I kept my 1990 Eclipse GSX stock and only increased the boost from the stock around 10 psi to 14PSI. That increase alone made it feel much funner. I've also modded my 1997 Talon TSI AWD a lot, and when I had just a turbo back exhaust, boost at 17psi and simple fuel management, I could run 13.6 1/4 mile all day long with no reliability problems. Once I got into the lows, 12s and 11s engine was reliable, but the transmissions started to have problems. I mostly kept breaking center differentials. Most people who blow their engine just cranked up the boost without monitoring their knock level. At least I knew many that did it that way.
This is cool. There was a period in the early 90s where sporty manual transmission 4 door sedans were a thing like the Nissan Maxima SE etc and It's cool that this was also a player
Hi from Oz Doug. My brother in law had two of those Down Under. The first one was a white stocker, meaning in Oz rear wheel steer, power windows etc. From memory they had about 140kw, and it was pretty quick for its day. The second one he had was an RS, which was quite a special car. The RS was the homologation special for rallying. It was lighter, with a close ratio gearbox and front and rear LSD's. The engine was developed with help from AMG, which was actually on the rocker covers. Again from memory I think this model had about 180kw and it was an absolute weapon. He bought it from a car dealer but it was personally imported by the then CEO of Mitsubishi Australia as a toy.
When I moved places I noticed one of my neighbors has one, not a VR4 but an avance, such beautiful car. I have been in love with the 8th gen ever since
The "LOUD" button stands for "Loudness". It's function is to boost the high and low frequencies at lower volume settings so music sounds richer at lower volume settings, as the human ear has a hard time perceiving bass and treble frequencies at low volumes. When you raise the volume to moderate to high levels, the toggling of the loudness button would not be perceived. (Audio engineer here)
When I was in high school in the 90s here in Australia a mates father owned one of these - I still remember getting pushed back into the seat when he was driving us around and the boost kicked in. These were awesome cars for their time and very very rare. My mate was proud of the fact that his dad had his specially imported.
There is a man that has one he's been upgrading for years, it's built, turbocharged, he's been going through everything for years, from cv axle problems to trying to fit tires sticky and big enough to get traction and much more, great guy, he's got a TH-cam channel, I'm subscribed but can't remember his channel name.... I'm going to look and coming back to let everyone know because he deserves the views and it's the absolute least I could do for him sharing the journey and information
My parents first ever new car was a 1986 Galant, with all the “luxury” features. It had multiple speed-sensitive things. The windshield wipers, but also the radio volume automatically increased as you went up in speed, and it even had an adjustable suspension that automatically lowered at a certain speed! (Or you could manually lower it by pushing the “sport” button.)
A 348 doing 0-60 mph in the mid-to-high 4s? Forget about that, rather make it mid-to-high 5s. In those days, below 5 was something for the truly elite, like the F40 or 959. As for the "loud"-button, that's probably for "loudness", which isn't really about the volume but a system to boost certain frequencies to make the sound to be percieved louder than it actually is. Standard fare on most audio equipment in the 80s and 90s.
My dad had a 1994 Super Saloon 4WD (short bumpers of course) and still to this day looks awesome. Back then when Mitsubishi was in a roll. Super sedan.
I used to work a guy who owned one of these, so obscure when he got rear ended the insurance company paid out for a standard galant, he got screwed he bought it back from the insurance company, I'm sure he still has. He loved that car, what's up Ray if you're still alive
Love to finally see these getting love. After buying a 90 AWD talon as my first car at 13, I bought and drove 1299 throughout high school. Wasn’t the coolest to girls but word always was that it was the fastest in the school parking lot, which as a 13.0-12.99 sec car in 2006, it was. From then on I went on to own just about every 4g63 powered Mitsubishi from then, lost count in the 30’s. From colts, mirages, talons, eclipse’s, lasers, and finally a real lancer evo 3 before getting out of them. Those cars taught me mechanics, and will forever have a special place in my heart.
If I remember correctly the VR4 and the Buick Grand National were 2 cars you could not buy in Connecticut. Because the state troopers used them as chase cars. You had to go to Mass or NYC to get them. I’m sure Rapasi motorsports remembers those days.
Hey Dougie Fresh... Loud button increases base. Nothing to do with volume. Similar to Sony mega base on boom boxes.b and once again our gracious host shows us what a speed snob he is
It’s awesome to see this. I had an eclipse with this engine and transmission. I sold it after Fast and Furious came out for more money than I had in it 😊
re: "LOUD" button: You always gaff up the "loudness" button. What it does is it applies an EQ curve which slightly increases treble and significantly increases deep bass, to balance out the sound at lower volumes since speakers tend to be most efficient in the midrange so the highs and lows roll off a bit at lower volumes. re: Seatbelt cubbies and cutouts: This isn't so they don't "get lost" but so that the seat belts don't make indentations in the leather (or vinyl. Ick.) when you fold down the seats. Cars with cloth seats tend to omit these details.
The "Loud" button is a setting called Loudness. This doesn't make things louder, at least not directly. Loudness features boost the high and low frequencies and are intended to produce richer sound at low volumes. Our ears are naturally tuned for human voices, which reside in the frequency range that we call midrange. Because of this, and the way out brain automatically boosts those frequencies when processing the signals, by scooping out the midrange in relation to the other frequencies the sound will appear better balanced at low volumes. These settings where pretty common across most consumer audio gear and even some TV's. You can still find this feature on many pieces of audio equipment.
Brian, from regular car reviews also does a great review of the Galant VR4. I used an 89' Galant VR4 in Forza Horizon 3 to win most of my drift challenges. I even created my own paint scheme to make it look like a ZERO.
I owned #960/1000 and like most GVR4 and DSM owners, modified the everloving snot out of it. That car provided me with some of my best and favorite automotive memories that to this day no other car has been able to top. I daily drove it for 13 years and took it drag racing, autoxing, rallying, and to track days almost every weekend. By the time it had 230k on the clock, it was well and truly used up but man did we have some good times. Thanks for the memories!
Hi Doug! Amazing video as always, but just wanted to point out that on vintage stereo equipment you will sometimes see a “loudness” or “loud” button or switch. This is because if you were listening to a powerful stereo setup at low volume (such as night time listening) you would lose some fidelity in the music. The loudness button is to send extra power to the head unit in order to retain the reactivity and effectiveness of the speakers at higher wattage, but with a lower volume as to not disturb the sleeping rally kids in the back. Keep up the great work!
The LOUD button does not simply turn up the volume. It ups the bass eq, which is needed to compensate for road noise - not that that matters on the old home stereo - but that's what it does.
Hi Doug thanks for reviewing one of these. I was fortunate to spend the day with one of these back in the 90’s in Australia when I worked in the printing industry. The thing that really surprised me then for a sporty car was the ride comfort was extremely good on crappy Australian roads. It would give many small cars with their huge and unnecessary tyre and wheel combos today a run for their money that is for sure. I drive a Lexus Coupe now and it is definitely not in that sort of class but for a mod so Mitsubishi Sedan it was pretty outstanding. I have always had a bit of a soft spot for the Gallants in general. Just never been a fan of the Evo. I was also a big fan of the carpeted lower door interior trim that you rarely see today on most cars.
The first car I remember growing up was my dads 1999 Mitsubishi galant. I remember looking at the "snowflake" on the front grille when it wouldve been eye lever to 4 year old me. Eventually he sold the car to "tall tommy" although the older i get the more i realise he was more of an average size tommy...
All the GVR4s had color-matched wheels for both model years in the US. You couldn't get silver wheels on any of them. In 1992, the "Kensington Grey" color was added and of course those wheels were also painted grey in the center.
8:40 "The loudness control is simply intended to significantly boost low and high frequencies when listening at low levels so that the ear perceives an overall flatter sound pressure level. In other words, if the loudness contouring control is not enabled at low volume levels, bass and treble appear to be lacking."
Used to service a customer's Gallant VR4.The old school mechanic that owned the shop didn't get why I was always so impressed with it.He came from the time when 2nd gen Henis ruled the roads,actually he owned 2 Hemi Belvederes an auto and a manual back in his day.He laughed when I said the Gallant would give them a run for the money.Robert Short was legendary in my home town street scene.RIP old friend.
I was working for a Mitsubishi dealer in St. Louis when the Galant VR4 and 3000 GT VR4 came out. As myself, the service manager and a few others were racers and/or enthusiasts and we could not wait for them to arrive! Our dealership received one 3000 GT VR4 in red with black interior and it went right on the showroom floor as it had been pre-sold but was displayed for at least a month before delivery. I did get to test drive it before delivery as the final OK and holy moly it was FAST. The dealership received a white and green Galant VR4's and those were equally cool to me, but then I have always liked practical but outrageous cars. I seem to recall Eclipse GSX's (I think that's correct), the 4wd version were far more popular and available. My racing partner and I bought an Eclipse GS to race in SCCA SSA competition and it was a very impressive race car, once cheated up enough to make it go! :)
This is the exact kind of car that highlights so many things about me and Doug. I don't watch his videos because I would ever have an interest in a car like this - I have none. I just love watching Doug get excited about something I don't really understand. It's so cool seeing someone else have a passion for something at the level Doug likes quirks and features.
@RDEnduro I had a 323GTX for several years, buying a 1988 model in 1995 as my first car. I loved that little rally car, but it was terribly expensive to maintain.
Drove my neighbor's VR-4 Galant back in the early 90s. Fast car back then. Was already a rally fan, so I totally got it. Grateful to have driven such a rare car. I think his was number 200 and change. He was stoked I knew what it was when he bought it.
17:00 I agree 100%! The 90’s are a feeling and an emotion. It’s about feeling the nostalgia. This is why I love my Dodge Stealth RT/TT exactly the way it came from the factory!
I just sold mine. Silver VR-4. I found a collector so I was on the lucky end even though I wasn't gettin rid of it if the price wasn't right. Paid off and cheap on insurance. I got my price
Brought one in Darwin Australia 2nd hand in about 2008ish , loved it , went like a cut cat , loved it for about 12 months and sold it , Like all these they were max'd out with 208 hp by law . Sad that day it was gone , but , soon after I got me a 2002 BA Australian Ford Falcon , Barra 6 TURBO with 5 real gears ! Look out for a BA TURBO in the USA , Doug , it would be a winner of a video , like this one . Thanks for the memory mate ..
Hi, UK viewer here. There was one of these in my hometown, I always knew what it was as my Dad worked for Mitsubishi, however the VR-4 of this era was never imported into the UK so this particular car was incredibly rare. We received the N/A 2.0 GTI, which I believe still had the 4WS.
Just a great and under rated car of the 90's. I find it fun (and funny) to always come out of a grocery store to find a note under my windshield wiper asking for a call if I want to sell my VR-4. It's fascinating that so many young folks know exactly what she is, even though few remain and she is now nearly twice their age. While I'm the second owner, I purchased it from a doctor in 1992, so I feel like it has been with me since her beginning. I've owned 12 other vehicles from Rustangs, to Lexus to Jaguars since then, and while they come and go, my unmolested Galant remains.
I had the '89 "2000 GTi-16V Dynamic 4" which was basically a naturally-aspirated spec of VR-4 for Europe. It had all the stuff, the 4 wheel steering, 4 wheel drive, the 4G63 engine, just without a turbo. God I miss that car. Owned it 2012-2018, sold it for 4x times I paid for it and still felt I was robbed.
How cool is this! I had a regular Galant sedan in the 90s and while it wasn’t a performance car it was a fun car to drive. It was a great road trip car and I’d take out the passenger seat and rear seat to load it up when I’d move in college. Mitsubishi made some pretty decent stuff back in the day. Great video!
That's a loudness button, not a loud button (just abbreviated on the small button). It doesn't make the volume louder, it boosts low and high frequencies when listening to the stereo at lower volumes (sort of like a graphic equalizer, which also used to be popular "back in the day")😂. Love the channel.
The button labeled LOUD is for Loudness control, an older-style equalization preset that boosts low and high frequencies, good for listening at low volumes or under high ambient noise. It doesn't turn up the volume louder.
I had the base Galant model in 1991. I passed on the VR-4 because I didn't like the side cladding and was worried about the reliability of all that technology. It had the same 2 ltr engine without turbo etc. I kept it for 7 years and 110,000 miles and had zero issues with it. Back then, Mitsubishi made really good cars.
It’s not a quick car on a drag race, but few modern cars would be able to follow it on a gravel stage. At one point every production category (group N) rally was won by one of these and it was rare to see any other make/model in the top 10. Truly a legend.
I owned two Galant GTi in the late 90's/early 2000's. It was the same as the VR-4 (4g63, 4wd, 4ws) but no turbo so only 144bhp. I loved the car, it was light, handled well, and had lots of grip. I would do 4-wheel power slides round bends and all sorts. I tried to get an actual VR4, and eventually found one to import from Japan, but the cost of insurance was prohibitive so I gave up on the it. A few years later I bought a RVR super sports gear which was Lancer EVO in a small SUV body, so same engine and running gear, but a smaller turbo so only produced 230ish bhp. It was a good amount of power for the car, though I always yearned for more. I also wanted to lower the suspension cos, although I put larger wheels with lower profile tyres, which made a night and day difference to the handling, there was still a lot of body roll from the high suspension. I never got round to doing it, and eventually blew the head gasket and sold it on. The next buyer did all the mods I had wanted and more, and turned it into a drag car.
Hi. I think it’s with remembering that these cars were genuinely impressive and successful in rallying. Below from Wikipedia…remember that these wins in huge races are around the time the Integrale would have also competed: a car people pay $80k for easily today and was also delivered with ‘only’ 200 bhp. Between 1988 and '92, it was campaigned by the official factory outfit, Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe, winning three events in the hands of Mikael Ericsson (1989 1000 Lakes Rally),[3] Pentti Airikkala (1989 Lombard RAC Rally)[4] and Kenneth Eriksson (1991 Swedish Rally).[5] It was also driven to outright victory in the Asia-Pacific Rally Championships by Kenjiro Shinozuka (1988) and Ross Dunkerton (1991-92), and the American National GT Championship (1992) by Tim O'Neil.[6]
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THIS... is the Galant VR-4 auction! crsnbds.com/vr4
i already thought its AMG version o well
Thank you! Finally you uploaded the Galant:D back when Mitsubishi was strong and had cool cars
Amazing! I still remember the number for mine.
Such an under-rated car. Ugly… but great. Though, disabling the rear steering and adding a stiffer rear sway bar helped a lot.
@@pb7087 the hatchback looks better
Take the car guy to say it's cool because it doesn't look cool but I love it because it's an old Japanese car
doug casually making all my dream cars expensive before i can buy them
Gues we can kiss goodbye to the Galant...
For like what, two weeks? I think you’ll be fine
I was just thinking that haha but in all reality they are going up in price regardless
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Hello, I really thought Doug was going to review a brand new car built today.@@john2boosted
I’ll never forget racing this car at a motor speedway in around 1997 and thinking to myself I would smoke him. When the race ended I in fact did not smoke him and he ran a high 11 in the quarter mile and I was in disbelief. I went over to the guy and opened up the passenger door to ask him what his mods were and it was a younger skinny kid no older than 18 or 19 and he had wires hanging out of his dashboard and a laptop computer as thick as a phone book sitting on his passenger seat. He told me the car was bone stock and that he just remapped the fuel system somehow turned up the boost. That was the moment I realized we didn’t need 8 cylinders to go fast anymore. It was also the last time I ever saw a Gallant VR4 until now.
Kool story bro
ah, your introduction to 'milk and juice' and snails
My god…. him was there?!?!?
That’s so cool! Thank you for sharing your experience, I often wonder what it was like to live when these cars have first come out!
You realize it was cheesy movie reference...right? @@diegomartinez-dz5jg
This video is way better than most of your recent ones, really feels like old school Doug again
Cause it was done outside, instead of in the CaB bunker
@@kylebrooks3683 came here to say the same thing 😂
How lmao it's identical format
Including that he still doesn't know what a "loud" button is for.
@@umakegoodcookies And he never will.
Is it me or do these old classic cars seem like a breath of fresh air between the new reviews and the super car/‘how much money I spent on my cars” videos. I miss these.
Yeah I was excited for the return of classic Doug until it became a shameless self-promotion for cars and bids and his buddy.
LOUD means LOUDNESS, which boosts the bass and treble at low volumes to compensate for the way our ears hear. It was a common adjustment on audio equipment for decades.
Came here to say this. Doug always fcuks up any audio related explanations. Makes sense with the garbage mic equipment he’s always used
Doug is known for knowing nothing about audio. While it may irritate audio guys, to his credit, he didn't pretend that he knows anything about it.
But yeah, would be nice if Doug reads about it first after those years of car reviews.
By the way, I love the LOUD button on my 92 Accord head unit. sounds good when I cranked the volume and listening to 80s glam metal albums lmao.
Was looking for this comment! Loudness just makes the sound "richer" at low volumes.
Always had it turned on in my 1987 Ford Fairmont. It was a pioneer unit fitted to the Fairmont, Fairlane & LTD that didn't have the premium audio package.
I remember so many aftermarket decks in the 90s had a LOUD button on them. Everybody always had them activated. lol
As a vr4 owner (676/2000), it was interesting to learn about the speed sensitive windshield wipers. Something that was missed in the video is that the front seats fold back level with the rear seat so you have two beds, making for a comfortable place to take a nap, while waiting for a tow truck.
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Too soon bro 😔
Absolutely love the reviews of old cars
Why? So the ladder could be pulled up from obscure car enthusiasts?
Agreed! Make sure you like the video to show we still enjoy the weird, older cars.
Same ;)
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@@DougDeMuroim a big fan of the first gen Subaru Legacy turbo.!! I’ve owned many and you’ve never reviewed one. I have a mint one for you to review.
How you described the vr-4 is exactly how I feel every time i get into my 06 Lancer Evo. Even though its not as old as this, it always brings me back to when cars were more about driving and less about all the tech thats in them now. Its a more raw, visceral experience.
Back when Mitsubishi was an actual enthusiast car company and not building trash like they are now. I like this Galant generation and the one that came after it.
You mean a car company, don’t have to specify enthusiast. 😂 I’m not exactly sure what they make now.
@@jrfish007 They make wack crossovers now. Like the Eclipse Cross, the harshest-riding crossover I've ever rented.
@@80s_Boombox_CollectorYeah, that thing is blasphemy like the Mustang Mach-E. Way to smear a legendary nameplate.
They were caps back as well as now.
Its not the manufacturers fault. You got to thank liberal policies and the EPA for that.
So much prettier in white. In my early 20s I had a 92 Talon TSI AWD, my roommate had a 90 TSI AWD, my neighbors had a 95 GST, 90 Talon TSI FWD, and a Galant VR4. Later one of them had TWO Galant VR4s. I was always jealous.
I came from a mostly muscle car minded family, though some of my relatives did have some odd choices in vehicles like a Nissan 350Z and a Ford Excursion with the V10 diesel engine.
The green on this is just so incredibly nice looking. Not too bright, not too metallic- just the right amount of subtlety.
Thank you for being outside again. I HATE the echo and bad lighting in the bunker. I have always appreciated these and liked Mitsubishi tucked waist stying of this period. Even the Diamanté looked good at this point in time.
My dad was one of the owner of Mitsubishi official house in Dominican Republic. He ordered one for himself. A brand new 1993 7thG. I perfected my driving skill in manual transmission in this amazing car ❤
The 6th gen VR4 was not available in 1993.
@@mitsuturbo I never said 6th. For 93 is 7th.
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@menfisretrospace you drove a 7g vr4? Those are cool, never got them in the states- v6 twin turbo! I had a bland automatic 7g with 4g64 and it was nice, but slow
Loud buttons were not quirks back in the early 90"s. Almost every radio had a Loudness button then. It just enhanced the sound. Damn your young..
Yeah it enhanced the bass and treble
They still have em. My 2016 Pioneer has it.
A few corrections/explanations:
It wasn't a feature of radios. It was a features of amplifiers (sure, in a car, those functions are combined, but the loudness contour has nothing to do with the tuner section).
"Enhance" means nothing. It increases the bass and treble for when listening at lower levels as our hearing is less sensitive to these frequency ranges at lower levels. As levels get louder, our hearing becomes more sensitive to these frequencies, so if you leave the loudness contour switch on, it tends to sound bad, especially the lower frequencies, which will sound muddy. The reason turning this switch on makes things sound louder is because it is in-fact boosting certain frequency ranges of the sound.
See "equal-loudness contour" and "loudness compensation" for more information.
@@audioman612shut up dork
Doug the kind of guy who cruises his neighborhood late at night looking for cars he can break into to steal the owners manual.
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Not original. Not humorous. Truly pathetic comments from the king of the village idiots, @jamesmurmurzancone4532. Go away. Millions will appreciate you keeping your stupid comments to yourself.
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Really like the outside videos. Feels more natural (duh), and the audio quality is way better. Please keep filming outside on days when it's nice out!!!!
I love when Doug posts videos on old obscure cars, those are my favorite, even more than hyper cars. I'd love to see him do average Joe vehicles just because I love how he narrates things.
Check out Shooting Cars, he reviews anything and everything he can get his hands on.
@@bwofficial1776 no way! I watch both Zach from Shooting Cars and Doug DeMuro as well!
My grandpa had a Galant Vr4 in the 90s when I was a kid. It was this exact green, so this video brought back some great memories! What a fantastic car...
2000 NUMBERED units were imported for MY1991 and 1000 for MY1992. There were also another 9 UNnumbered units imported for 1991/1992 combined, for a total of 3009.
Also, not that anybody cared, but the "Loud" button activates a little bass and treble boost to the sound for listening at low volumes. It was called "Loudness" on old stereos, go look it up.
Been waiting for this one forever. I saw this car in one of your other reviews and wondered why it hadn't been reviewed. Always loved this car, I had a friend who had one.
Friend of mine had a VR-4 in 1999. Was running a 16g turbo along with a boat load of other mods. That car was ridiculously fast (by late 90’s standards) and he would regularly surprise a LOT of muscle cars at red light to red light runs lol.
There was a version of the Galant that was tuned by AMG.
Yes, Doug told this in "strange brand's coloboration" video
The car that's more AMG than the C43 and other 43 and 53 models 😂
It was only FWD, slow and naturally aspirated.
@@mitsuturboummmm.. the Galant amg 2.0 TURBO Type II was naturally aspirated? And I wouldn't call it slow. For 1991 170hp and 140lb-ft was pretty good numbers. I mean that's higher numbers than the base 3000GT.
@@DeezLouizebut the base 3000gt wasn't the one you worried about...it was the TT that got you worried
I'm old enough to remember when this was new. I really much prefer the 90's seat belts. I love almost everything about this car. I would buy it if I could. I wish cars were still like this. Thank you.
I remember when these came out and I was obsessed with them. Back when Mitsubishi made genuinely cool cars.
You must be old.
in New Zealand Mitsubishi had a big history of turbo cars in the 1980's, we had the Cordia Turbo, Tredia Turbo, Sigma GSR Turbo and (GSR-X), Mirage Turbo, Starion Turbo, 3000 GTO, Galant VR4, all Awesome cars, Well ahead of what other companies were doing at the time.
I had 2 Sigmas a GSR and GSR-X and would love to own one again some day.
Sadly, they stopped all that.
I believe the loud button wasn't to make it louder but to make the music sound like you were playing it loud at lower levels.
Yes, an abbreviation of “loudness”, a common feature of audio systems both then and now.
gives the stereo speakers more power
I actually learned how to drive with my father's 1992 Mitsubishi Galant GTi 16v manual (similar look, top of the line non-VR4) when I was 13. I remember my brother saying how cool and rare was the VR-4 trim of that car, which I never was lucky enough to drive one.
Thanks Doug for reviewing this car, reminded me a lot of good childhood memories.
50 more horses would make this an exceptionally fun car. You wouldn’t have to totally destroy the car to get 50HP. There are 700-1000hp modded versions of these on TH-cam. The 700hp sleeper (looks completely stock) is awesome 😂 Also, there’s a very rare AMG model too that was only made for the Japanese market if I remember correctly. Yeah, as in AMG Mercedes.
I keep wishing @TomsTurboGarage would come back with some more Galant (or any other) content, but it's gone all quiet over there.
But that's also the reason these engines don't last. They're worth more stock now cuz parts are hard to come by cuz they don't last modded.
the US-compliant front intercooler really choked this car. Replacing the intercooler with just about anything else and adding a mild exhaust wakes this car up a TON.
I had a Laser (the forgotten DSM triplet) with an Evo 3 16g turbo on it (and a couple other upgrades) and it was a ROCKET, I don't think it had more than 300 hp but it was so, SO much fun to whip around in, i've always wanted one of these Galants since getting rid of that one tbh
I had multiple DSMs, but I kept my 1990 Eclipse GSX stock and only increased the boost from the stock around 10 psi to 14PSI. That increase alone made it feel much funner. I've also modded my 1997 Talon TSI AWD a lot, and when I had just a turbo back exhaust, boost at 17psi and simple fuel management, I could run 13.6 1/4 mile all day long with no reliability problems. Once I got into the lows, 12s and 11s engine was reliable, but the transmissions started to have problems. I mostly kept breaking center differentials. Most people who blow their engine just cranked up the boost without monitoring their knock level. At least I knew many that did it that way.
This is cool. There was a period in the early 90s where sporty manual transmission 4 door sedans were a thing like the Nissan Maxima SE etc and It's cool that this was also a player
How clean is the engine bay! You know the car is in loving hands!
Or it's been prepped for sale. I always clean my cars before I sell them because no one wants a dirty car.
That thing is way more than just clean. Looks like it rolled right out of '91.
Hi from Oz Doug. My brother in law had two of those Down Under. The first one was a white stocker, meaning in Oz rear wheel steer, power windows etc. From memory they had about 140kw, and it was pretty quick for its day. The second one he had was an RS, which was quite a special car. The RS was the homologation special for rallying. It was lighter, with a close ratio gearbox and front and rear LSD's. The engine was developed with help from AMG, which was actually on the rocker covers. Again from memory I think this model had about 180kw and it was an absolute weapon. He bought it from a car dealer but it was personally imported by the then CEO of Mitsubishi Australia as a toy.
Can't wait for Doug to review an 8th gen Galant / Legnum VR4. Had one, truly fantastic cars. When they work.
When I moved places I noticed one of my neighbors has one, not a VR4 but an avance, such beautiful car. I have been in love with the 8th gen ever since
The "LOUD" button stands for "Loudness". It's function is to boost the high and low frequencies at lower volume settings so music sounds richer at lower volume settings, as the human ear has a hard time perceiving bass and treble frequencies at low volumes. When you raise the volume to moderate to high levels, the toggling of the loudness button would not be perceived. (Audio engineer here)
Doug the type of guy to get out of the pool and put his Talon
@ChrisPBacon-gt3nq false genius comment, listen to the video again lol
@ChrisPBacon-gt3nqyou sound like loads of fun
i knew i wasnt the only one that heard that lmao
It sounded more like Ta- lawn to me.
First "Tonneau" and now "Talon". But I bet he says "Poor-SHA" and "Jag-U-ar" properly....
When I was in high school in the 90s here in Australia a mates father owned one of these - I still remember getting pushed back into the seat when he was driving us around and the boost kicked in. These were awesome cars for their time and very very rare. My mate was proud of the fact that his dad had his specially imported.
Reminds me of my 1990 Eagle Talon TSI AWD Turbo, enjoyed for five year's before trading it in on my next car.
Talons were my achievable dream car in my 90s teenage years!
There is a man that has one he's been upgrading for years, it's built, turbocharged, he's been going through everything for years, from cv axle problems to trying to fit tires sticky and big enough to get traction and much more, great guy, he's got a TH-cam channel, I'm subscribed but can't remember his channel name.... I'm going to look and coming back to let everyone know because he deserves the views and it's the absolute least I could do for him sharing the journey and information
Jafromobile is his name. He's put a lot of effort into his ride please check him out
My parents first ever new car was a 1986 Galant, with all the “luxury” features. It had multiple speed-sensitive things. The windshield wipers, but also the radio volume automatically increased as you went up in speed, and it even had an adjustable suspension that automatically lowered at a certain speed! (Or you could manually lower it by pushing the “sport” button.)
I despise speed sensitive volume.
The "LOUD" button was probably for loudness compensation, which boosts bass and treble at low volume levels.
A 348 doing 0-60 mph in the mid-to-high 4s? Forget about that, rather make it mid-to-high 5s. In those days, below 5 was something for the truly elite, like the F40 or 959.
As for the "loud"-button, that's probably for "loudness", which isn't really about the volume but a system to boost certain frequencies to make the sound to be percieved louder than it actually is. Standard fare on most audio equipment in the 80s and 90s.
I remember these so well. I had a Starion and lusted after a 3000GT back in the early 90’s.
My dad had a 1994 Super Saloon 4WD (short bumpers of course) and still to this day looks awesome. Back then when Mitsubishi was in a roll. Super sedan.
I used to work a guy who owned one of these, so obscure when he got rear ended the insurance company paid out for a standard galant, he got screwed he bought it back from the insurance company, I'm sure he still has. He loved that car, what's up Ray if you're still alive
Yes!!!! This kind of review is exactly why i love this channel so much! Will watch this right now with few cold ones , cheers
Love to finally see these getting love.
After buying a 90 AWD talon as my first car at 13, I bought and drove 1299 throughout high school. Wasn’t the coolest to girls but word always was that it was the fastest in the school parking lot, which as a 13.0-12.99 sec car in 2006, it was.
From then on I went on to own just about every 4g63 powered Mitsubishi from then, lost count in the 30’s. From colts, mirages, talons, eclipse’s, lasers, and finally a real lancer evo 3 before getting out of them. Those cars taught me mechanics, and will forever have a special place in my heart.
If I remember correctly the VR4 and the Buick Grand National were 2 cars you could not buy in Connecticut. Because the state troopers used them as chase cars. You had to go to Mass or NYC to get them. I’m sure Rapasi motorsports remembers those days.
Hey Dougie Fresh...
Loud button increases base. Nothing to do with volume. Similar to Sony mega base on boom boxes.b and once again our gracious host shows us what a speed snob he is
Growing up in Chicagoland, the AMS vr4 was the ultimate sleeper in the early 2000’s
My older brother bought a new one of these back in the day. It was a good car. The ability to adjust the suspension was mind-opening at the time.
That car is so sick. There is one of them in fort collins colorado and everytime I see it I have to chase it down and talk to the guy.
It’s awesome to see this. I had an eclipse with this engine and transmission. I sold it after Fast and Furious came out for more money than I had in it 😊
I've never waited so long to hear Doug talk about a seat belt 😂😂😂😂😂
re: "LOUD" button: You always gaff up the "loudness" button. What it does is it applies an EQ curve which slightly increases treble and significantly increases deep bass, to balance out the sound at lower volumes since speakers tend to be most efficient in the midrange so the highs and lows roll off a bit at lower volumes.
re: Seatbelt cubbies and cutouts: This isn't so they don't "get lost" but so that the seat belts don't make indentations in the leather (or vinyl. Ick.) when you fold down the seats. Cars with cloth seats tend to omit these details.
This is finally a review I've been waiting for GALANT is so nice
The "Loud" button is a setting called Loudness. This doesn't make things louder, at least not directly. Loudness features boost the high and low frequencies and are intended to produce richer sound at low volumes. Our ears are naturally tuned for human voices, which reside in the frequency range that we call midrange. Because of this, and the way out brain automatically boosts those frequencies when processing the signals, by scooping out the midrange in relation to the other frequencies the sound will appear better balanced at low volumes. These settings where pretty common across most consumer audio gear and even some TV's. You can still find this feature on many pieces of audio equipment.
Brian, from regular car reviews also does a great review of the Galant VR4.
I used an 89' Galant VR4 in Forza Horizon 3 to win most of my drift challenges. I even created my own paint scheme to make it look like a ZERO.
I owned #960/1000 and like most GVR4 and DSM owners, modified the everloving snot out of it. That car provided me with some of my best and favorite automotive memories that to this day no other car has been able to top. I daily drove it for 13 years and took it drag racing, autoxing, rallying, and to track days almost every weekend. By the time it had 230k on the clock, it was well and truly used up but man did we have some good times. Thanks for the memories!
Hi Doug! Amazing video as always, but just wanted to point out that on vintage stereo equipment you will sometimes see a “loudness” or “loud” button or switch. This is because if you were listening to a powerful stereo setup at low volume (such as night time listening) you would lose some fidelity in the music. The loudness button is to send extra power to the head unit in order to retain the reactivity and effectiveness of the speakers at higher wattage, but with a lower volume as to not disturb the sleeping rally kids in the back. Keep up the great work!
The LOUD button does not simply turn up the volume. It ups the bass eq, which is needed to compensate for road noise - not that that matters on the old home stereo - but that's what it does.
Been waiting on this review for a while
Hi Doug thanks for reviewing one of these.
I was fortunate to spend the day with one of these back in the 90’s in Australia when I worked in the printing industry.
The thing that really surprised me then for a sporty car was the ride comfort was extremely good on crappy Australian roads.
It would give many small cars with their huge and unnecessary tyre and wheel combos today a run for their money that is for sure.
I drive a Lexus Coupe now and it is definitely not in that sort of class but for a mod so Mitsubishi Sedan it was pretty outstanding.
I have always had a bit of a soft spot for the Gallants in general. Just never been a fan of the Evo.
I was also a big fan of the carpeted lower door interior trim that you rarely see today on most cars.
Yes!!! Love reviews like this! Please keep them coming!
The first car I remember growing up was my dads 1999 Mitsubishi galant. I remember looking at the "snowflake" on the front grille when it wouldve been eye lever to 4 year old me. Eventually he sold the car to "tall tommy" although the older i get the more i realise he was more of an average size tommy...
All the GVR4s had color-matched wheels for both model years in the US. You couldn't get silver wheels on any of them. In 1992, the "Kensington Grey" color was added and of course those wheels were also painted grey in the center.
8:40 "The loudness control is simply intended to significantly boost low and high frequencies when listening at low levels so that the ear perceives an overall flatter sound pressure level. In other words, if the loudness contouring control is not enabled at low volume levels, bass and treble appear to be lacking."
Doug, the guy who doesn’t know the difference between electric and electronic… and cannot comprehend that 7 sec to 60 is fast whatever the decade.
Used to service a customer's Gallant VR4.The old school mechanic that owned the shop didn't get why I was always so impressed with it.He came from the time when 2nd gen Henis ruled the roads,actually he owned 2 Hemi Belvederes an auto and a manual back in his day.He laughed when I said the Gallant would give them a run for the money.Robert Short was legendary in my home town street scene.RIP old friend.
we need a 90s Mazda MPV 4WD review
im shocked RCR beat him to it lol
That 8:20 vent dial is genius. Why can’t we still have simple ergonomic controls in modern vehicles-withOUT ELECTRONICS
It's not that obscure to any car enthusiast who was actually alive in the 1990s...
I was working for a Mitsubishi dealer in St. Louis when the Galant VR4 and 3000 GT VR4 came out. As myself, the service manager and a few others were racers and/or enthusiasts and we could not wait for them to arrive! Our dealership received one 3000 GT VR4 in red with black interior and it went right on the showroom floor as it had been pre-sold but was displayed for at least a month before delivery. I did get to test drive it before delivery as the final OK and holy moly it was FAST. The dealership received a white and green Galant VR4's and those were equally cool to me, but then I have always liked practical but outrageous cars. I seem to recall Eclipse GSX's (I think that's correct), the 4wd version were far more popular and available. My racing partner and I bought an Eclipse GS to race in SCCA SSA competition and it was a very impressive race car, once cheated up enough to make it go! :)
"TOWEL-ONN" bruh lol
Tauw -laun. Lol
Someone commenting on his weird pronunciation was way too far down the comments lol.
This is the exact kind of car that highlights so many things about me and Doug. I don't watch his videos because I would ever have an interest in a car like this - I have none. I just love watching Doug get excited about something I don't really understand. It's so cool seeing someone else have a passion for something at the level Doug likes quirks and features.
Far more interesting than an expensive supercar most people could never afford.
Coolest garage: Galant VR4, Celica GT4, Dodge Spirit Turbo, Taurus SHO. edit*Mazda 323 GTX Turbo
Add Mazda 323 GTX
Yes forgot the Mazda@@ththejackjumper
Dodge Stealth
@RDEnduro I had a 323GTX for several years, buying a 1988 model in 1995 as my first car. I loved that little rally car, but it was terribly expensive to maintain.
I want an Isdera Imperator
Drove my neighbor's VR-4 Galant back in the early 90s. Fast car back then. Was already a rally fan, so I totally got it. Grateful to have driven such a rare car. I think his was number 200 and change. He was stoked I knew what it was when he bought it.
These VR4's were great in all white!
Finally !! lol I’ve been praying for a galant vr4 review from Doug. I’ve been building one for almost a year now
Aaaand now it's no longer affordable
17:00 I agree 100%! The 90’s are a feeling and an emotion. It’s about feeling the nostalgia. This is why I love my Dodge Stealth RT/TT exactly the way it came from the factory!
If the manufacturers thought they could increase power without reducing reliability they would probably do it.
First crash I had was with a Galant back in 1995... what a memory...
and anyone should care why?
I just sold mine. Silver VR-4. I found a collector so I was on the lucky end even though I wasn't gettin rid of it if the price wasn't right. Paid off and cheap on insurance. I got my price
Yes, the Eagle Tal-ONN.
Brought one in Darwin Australia 2nd hand in about 2008ish , loved it , went like a cut cat , loved it for about 12 months and sold it , Like all these they were max'd out with 208 hp by law .
Sad that day it was gone , but , soon after I got me a 2002 BA Australian Ford Falcon , Barra 6 TURBO with 5 real gears !
Look out for a BA TURBO in the USA , Doug , it would be a winner of a video , like this one .
Thanks for the memory mate ..
Hi, UK viewer here.
There was one of these in my hometown, I always knew what it was as my Dad worked for Mitsubishi, however the VR-4 of this era was never imported into the UK so this particular car was incredibly rare.
We received the N/A 2.0 GTI, which I believe still had the 4WS.
10:28 - True film aficionados will remember that one of those belts gave Rob Lowe a really bad evening back in 1995.
Just a great and under rated car of the 90's.
I find it fun (and funny) to always come out of a grocery store to find a note under my windshield wiper asking for a call if I want to sell my VR-4. It's fascinating that so many young folks know exactly what she is, even though few remain and she is now nearly twice their age.
While I'm the second owner, I purchased it from a doctor in 1992, so I feel like it has been with me since her beginning.
I've owned 12 other vehicles from Rustangs, to Lexus to Jaguars since then, and while they come and go, my unmolested Galant remains.
4 wheel steering in 1990 that's really Amazing WOW! I mean mercedes is loudly and proudly showing it, while mitsubishi did it in the 90s
So did Honda! My Prelude Si
I had the '89 "2000 GTi-16V Dynamic 4" which was basically a naturally-aspirated spec of VR-4 for Europe. It had all the stuff, the 4 wheel steering, 4 wheel drive, the 4G63 engine, just without a turbo. God I miss that car. Owned it 2012-2018, sold it for 4x times I paid for it and still felt I was robbed.
How cool is this! I had a regular Galant sedan in the 90s and while it wasn’t a performance car it was a fun car to drive. It was a great road trip car and I’d take out the passenger seat and rear seat to load it up when I’d move in college. Mitsubishi made some pretty decent stuff back in the day. Great video!
That's a loudness button, not a loud button (just abbreviated on the small button). It doesn't make the volume louder, it boosts low and high frequencies when listening to the stereo at lower volumes (sort of like a graphic equalizer, which also used to be popular "back in the day")😂. Love the channel.
The button labeled LOUD is for Loudness control, an older-style equalization preset that boosts low and high frequencies, good for listening at low volumes or under high ambient noise. It doesn't turn up the volume louder.
This felt like a vintage Doug review from 6 years ago. Thank you for doing reviews outside again
doug looks so happy in this video i think it’s bc he’s outside instead of the dungeon that is his garage
I had the base Galant model in 1991. I passed on the VR-4 because I didn't like the side cladding and was worried about the reliability of all that technology. It had the same 2 ltr engine without turbo etc. I kept it for 7 years and 110,000 miles and had zero issues with it. Back then, Mitsubishi made really good cars.
It’s not a quick car on a drag race, but few modern cars would be able to follow it on a gravel stage. At one point every production category (group N) rally was won by one of these and it was rare to see any other make/model in the top 10. Truly a legend.
I owned two Galant GTi in the late 90's/early 2000's. It was the same as the VR-4 (4g63, 4wd, 4ws) but no turbo so only 144bhp. I loved the car, it was light, handled well, and had lots of grip. I would do 4-wheel power slides round bends and all sorts. I tried to get an actual VR4, and eventually found one to import from Japan, but the cost of insurance was prohibitive so I gave up on the it. A few years later I bought a RVR super sports gear which was Lancer EVO in a small SUV body, so same engine and running gear, but a smaller turbo so only produced 230ish bhp. It was a good amount of power for the car, though I always yearned for more. I also wanted to lower the suspension cos, although I put larger wheels with lower profile tyres, which made a night and day difference to the handling, there was still a lot of body roll from the high suspension. I never got round to doing it, and eventually blew the head gasket and sold it on. The next buyer did all the mods I had wanted and more, and turned it into a drag car.
petition:Doug has to review Honda Prelude 2.2 vti with 4ws!
Hi. I think it’s with remembering that these cars were genuinely impressive and successful in rallying. Below from Wikipedia…remember that these wins in huge races are around the time the Integrale would have also competed: a car people pay $80k for easily today and was also delivered with ‘only’ 200 bhp.
Between 1988 and '92, it was campaigned by the official factory outfit, Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe, winning three events in the hands of Mikael Ericsson (1989 1000 Lakes Rally),[3] Pentti Airikkala (1989 Lombard RAC Rally)[4] and Kenneth Eriksson (1991 Swedish Rally).[5] It was also driven to outright victory in the Asia-Pacific Rally Championships by Kenjiro Shinozuka (1988) and Ross Dunkerton (1991-92), and the American National GT Championship (1992) by Tim O'Neil.[6]