Come on, there’s not a single bit of innocent bystander smeared across the hood…

Fun story. About a month ago it was one of the first sunny days of the year so I was riding my motorbike around town. I saw a cool KTM go by on a cross street so I followed him, wanting to say hi. Well, after about a mile or so he pulls into a subdivision and then into a driveway, and I reluctantly follow, wondering…

I see exactly how this went down..

Having seen a ton of video of people terrorizing neighborhoods and taking over streets, and sidewalks, while riding unlicensed ATV’s and dirtbikes. I understand the message the city is trying to send.

Anybody feel better now?

And nothing of value was lost.

I was literally writing this post while getting fired. A new experience.

that’s one argument that it was merely a matter of central banking. but the reality of how the Japanese cars won goes way deeper into Japanese culture and assistance from it’s government. The end result was putting a lot more car on sale in America than American car companies could do at the time. They also had a…

They didnt use subsidies -not as we understand them anyways.
The Yen was far lower until the early eighties which had the effect of making the 70's cars better ‘value’ than they are now.

Remember when Subaru sold cool wagons in the US? Pepperidge Farm remembers

I think you’re forgetting a little something called THE COOLEST VAN ON PLANET EARTH: The Delica.

montero owner here, and I love it. Picked it up last yer as a snow beater (because south dakota) and it has been fantastic.

Let's not forget how awesome Mitsubishi was in the 90's. Because Jackie Chan.*

You forgot the Mitsubishi Sigma Estate, I remember these as in the UK they were rare as rocking horse crap and were imported from Australia I think (could be a RHD thing).

Back in the mid 90's I worked as a Mitsubishi salesman selling every car you mentioned (save the FTO, which probably would have sold well back then). We were in a dead heat with Nissan at the time, trying to compete for every Japanese performance car buyer in the market. I really did like the Diamond Star lineup then…

So I'm sitting on the bleachers at the NOPI drag races. I'm sitting in a section surrounded by rednecks (Nopi? Go figure!).

I'm posting the Starion not because it's slightly more than 20 years ago but because eve in the 90's, I would have rather had a proper sports car instead of the over weight pig that was the 3000GT.

I REALLY wish we would have had these in the states.

Whenever I pass by my local Mitsubishi dealership, I look at the 'HUGE SALE!' and 'MASSIVE BLOWOUT' signs and think the same thing I say to myself each time I'm greeted by the wrinkled old cougar who winks at me every time I walk into Wal-Mart:

"Maybe 20 years ago, toots."