Mitsubishi 380 Photos

[dave_au]

Wheels mag has published images from it's october issue on it's website, including images of the new 380 before it's release.

Looks better than expected IMHO.
(though I'd prefer the car on the left of the front cover first)

What is everyones thoughts excluding the whole fwd thing?
http://wheels.carpoint.ninemsn.com.au/d/w/wheels/about/cover_oct05.jpg
http://wheels.carpoint.ninemsn.com.au/d/w/wheels/about/02.jpg
(ignore the last two photos obviously)

[cwhast]

it looks great, not painful on the eyes at all. clean lines, modern, not too chunky...
i hope this works for them coz a lot of ppl will go hungry if it backfires

[NickS]

Looks good, is it just me or is there a bit of Subaru Liberty in the front and a bit of BA Falcon in the sides ...

I really don't like FWD but this should do well, especially if it's built well.

[cwhast]

i hope they didnt cut costs on built quality just to save a buck because that will ruin them... remember all the faults with the pajero over the last 15 years that they played down? did u know 'pajero' is spanish for tosser... seriously :lol: . just thought i'd throw that in lol :p
ps. mitsu oz should change the pajero's name back to montero. :bash:

[Demon 8]

Looks good, I'm glad they got rid of that nose thing. My first car was a Magna Sprots so I do have a soft spot for Mitsu built Aussie cars..as for FWD, who cares?, I remember having as much fun in my Magna Sports as I have had in my SS....okay I'm having MUCH more fun in the SS, but that's due to the engine and looks from other drivers not that it is RWD......

[cwhast]

yea although there will always been rwd enthusiasts, the majority of cars are fwd mainly for cost reasons, but i dont think fwd are that bad. theyve definately improved.

[mad_monaro]

I with you Nick - a lot of BA in that roof line.

FWD - reverse dohies anyone :D

[Danv8]

If Mitsu was really serious about selling it. They would release a 380 AWD available with a real manual gearbox and of course an auto option.

[LS1UTE]

The 380 will be coming with manual standard ( not awd yet though ) with a 5 speed auto option, saw the car in the flesh at the dealer launch, one killer package. definately worth the money. And at the drive day at calder park the 380 was easily beating the 6 cyl VY, BA and Camry in both quarter mile, braking and cornering. :eek:

[Drewie]

Looks good....hope they do well with it. FWD wouldn't bother me.

[Danv8]

The 380 will be coming with manual standard ( not awd yet though ) with a 5 speed auto option, saw the car in the flesh at the dealer launch, one killer package. definately worth the money. And at the drive day at calder park the 380 was easily beating the 6 cyl VY, BA and Camry in both quarter mile, braking and cornering. :eek:


I am far from a Mitsu fan but they sound rather impressive. I hope it does well for them so people can keep their jobs.

[Doug]

Thank god they got the front to look nice - looking forward to seeing the car in the flesh.

[XLR8 V8]

Looks a country mile better than their last abismal effort. Not bad at all in fact ... need to get a good look at the back though as there are plenty of cars out there with nice fronts and shocking tails

[V-Car]

i hope they didnt cut costs on built quality just to save a buck because that will ruin them...

I guess because they are only planning on building about 30,000 per year, money just wasnt available to alter it too much from the US Galant on which its based.

[Ghosn]

I Like it... coupled with a 10 year warranty, the old people can't go wrong :)

[Ghia351]

The 380 will be coming with manual standard ( not awd yet though ) with a 5 speed auto option, saw the car in the flesh at the dealer launch, one killer package. definately worth the money. And at the drive day at calder park the 380 was easily beating the 6 cyl VY, BA and Camry in both quarter mile, braking and cornering. :eek:
Why didn't they have a VZ or is that what you meant and if so was it the 175 or 190 Alloytec?

[msnealo]

There is no doubting the current magna is a well built car..........it's just plain fugly!
And there is no doubting what a "hero" car does for a manufacturer. Holden having the SS and Monaro, I believe has contributed greatly to their success over the last five years. Let's hope that MMA can turn things around and keep Australian jobs and also get better cars. They have had some great cars in the family that we have unfortunately missed out on and maybe now they've added the MIVEC 2.4 Lancer and mayber a fair dinkum sports 380 in the works will keep them going for a few more years yet.

[fester1]

Amazing, a posting on a mitsubishi on a holden forum and everyone wishing it does well for the sake of the aussies who depend on it.

Take a bow guys, that's class.

[Falcon Freak]

I told you guys that the Mitsubishi 380 will have unqiue frontal styling:

http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=44117

FF

[M85Iroc-Z]

im assuming this is a completely new model from Mitsubishi? i've never heard of this car before.

[V-Car]

im assuming this is a completely new model from Mitsubishi? i've never heard of this car before.

New model in Australia, but based on what you already know it in Montreal as THIS. (http://www.mitsubishicars.ca/MMSA/jsp/galant/index.jsp)

[Nobby]

It sounds the goods, but it wont be able to touch falcon/commodore. Hopefully it will annihilate the camry though. Go mitusbishi!

[LS1UTE]

Why didn't they have a VZ or is that what you meant and if so was it the 175 or 190 Alloytec?

Yes sorry, it was a VZ. Base model so im assuming the 175kw alloytec, by the way the 380 will be 175kw/334nm throughout the range.

[SS_Fury]

Looks a country mile better than their last abismal effort. Not bad at all in fact ... need to get a good look at the back though as there are plenty of cars out there with nice fronts and shocking tails

Like the VY/VZ for example? :D (Puts flame suit on)

I am also impressed by the missbitchy....sure beats the hell out of those ricey lookin 1.8L Lancers, with all their altezza lights and big ass exhuasts etc...i really hate those Lancers, me and thems, thems and me, we got issues :eek:

[Merlin]

Looks good, is it just me or is there a bit of Subaru Liberty in the front .

Looks pretty good - but I agree - I can see a lot of Liberty in the front

[dave_au]

Found more photos of the 380VRX including rear shots here: http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=25168

[McobraR]

WOW, just WOW. A fresh face, new powerful engine, and new interior, what else do you want?
Magnas used to accelerate faster than the falcon/commdore 6 from before 2002. i wouldnt be surprised if they start out accelerating the current 6's from ford/holden. way to go mitsubishi!

[smoke]

GO Mitsu!!!!! Competition makes better cars all round. Hope it sells well for all involved. Used to own one a few years ago (not current shape) nothing wrong with it on the highways or around town..... BUT not a v8 :D

[V-Car]

Full details are now up on Mellors e-news.

HERE. (http://www.mellor.net/mellor/enews.nsf/edition/B659A784F0EBE64BCA2570890033A3DC/$file/GoAuto_enews306.pdf)

[VXSSV8]

:hmmm: I expected more to be honest. The car looks a lot better integrated than the one it replaces but I dunno... The VRX and GT look ok, probably will look better in real life. I don't mind mitsi's, they make a quality product but whether its enough to sway buyers I'm not sure. They definitely need more grunt in the gofast models, stupid having the base model as your fastest only because its the lightest. Guess only time will tell.

:)

http://carpoint.ninemsn.com.au/carcontent/reviews/mbishi/2005380Detail04.jpg

http://carpoint.ninemsn.com.au/carcontent/reviews/mbishi/2005380Detail05.jpg

[Wezza]

Meh.
I was expecting a better looking car. It tapers off on the sides at the back too much. Interior looks ok though. Still a huge leap over the old feral looking Magna.

P.S. I also agree with others, 1st thing i thought when i saw it was an old Liberty.

[McobraR]

Just saw base model photos, not that good-lookin after all. the VRX and GT model are the pick of the litter for me.

[fester1]

Having seen all the photos now, I am disappointed. I expected much, much more than what appears on the surface to be only a bit of a shift from the current styling.

I appreciate they didn't have a lot of money to play with but with the VE and revised Falcon (and the camry) around the corner I think they are in a lot of trouble.

Given the fact that Mitsubishi has been a loss maker locally for years and there is no more money in the HQ coffers, this was supposed to be the car that changed their fortunes.

Sad to say but this is not that car. :(

[dave_au]

Time will tell - problem is that Mitsubishi is the first to release the next generation of cars, so it may date quickly.

However, Mitsubishi traditionally has had a pretty good build quality, and usually pretty good value too - if the price is right it will do really well - at least the VRX will. If you have a look around there are a tonne of TL VRXs (the boulay nosed one) on the road. It's old nemsis is due to come out soon, and Im sure Toyota has been able to spend some big bucks too - although the next camry will lose the v6 -only the avalon replacement will have the v6.

Additionally with any luck quite a few consumers will take to the GT/VRX in the same way XR6 sales account for a larger proportion of falcon sales than what they used to, eating into the XT's sales. A sale of a baseline model is great, the sale of an upper spec model is better.

[gollum]

Wheels mag has published images from it's october issue on it's website, including images of the new 380 before it's release.

Looks better than expected IMHO.
(though I'd prefer the car on the left of the front cover first)

What is everyones thoughts excluding the whole fwd thing?
http://wheels.carpoint.ninemsn.com.au/d/w/wheels/about/cover_oct05.jpg
http://wheels.carpoint.ninemsn.com.au/d/w/wheels/about/02.jpg
(ignore the last two photos obviously)

Hard to call from pics, need really to see in real steel,...for a long time now a black cloud over the whole Aust. side of operations. Didn't the Aust. government sink several million dollars in a rescue/insentive plan to keep the plant going in Australia a couple of years back ?????
by the by,....is that Rachelle Splatt in the last pic ????..heard a rumour of the team trying to put something together for top fuel.

[gollum]

.........Rachelle is not only "pretty fast",...she is also "pretty" and "fast". :D

[tlr1000]

.........Rachelle is not only "pretty fast",...she is also "pretty" and "fast". :D
I used to see her years ago driving around in a clubsport.

[gollum]

[QUOTE=TCB 57].........Rachelle is not only "pretty fast",...she is also "pretty" and "fast". :D[/QUOTI used to see her years ago driving around in a clubsport.

Married now and a couple of kids, was on 60 minutes ( i think ) a while back. Hope she can get back into racing soon.