1995 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4: Regular Car Reviews 

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These cars are either the most prized possession in someone’s garage or sitting in a field rotting away since 2002. No in between whatsoever.

Owned a BMW E64 with an S85 and a 3000gt VR4. My kid will attend community college.

"You feel like you're in a fighter plane in this." Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4, the official car of Mitsubishi honouring their grandfathers soaring on the divine wind.

" everyone has a Hank hill, no one has a good Hank hill" lmfao ahh that's some nostalgia

My neighbour has one of these. Every sunday, the building shakes a bit when he turns it on and goes for his weekly drive. Brilliant sound.

Back when Mitsu was a major player in the game...now the normal versions of these cars are taking up space in a Dollar General parking lot somewhere, with a floor covered in broken-off fake nails and cigarette packs

My mind's tellin' me NO! But my body, my body's telling me YES.

I've got a 95 VR-4 with 52k miles. Garage kept, sunday driver. Such a fun and beautiful car. Always the eye catcher at every car show i bring it to, and always the only one. To find one of these in the wild, let alone in good condition is near impossible.

No Eclipse on Eclipse Monday...

The official car of Facebook Marketplace over-promising and under-delivering.

Also love Brian’s enthusiasm. He’s an old millenial and these are their muscle cars

The VR4 was the Sega Dreamcast of the 90's turbo charged Japanese sports cars.

That Award is the Motor Trend Car of the Year, which is a tiny bit more meaningful than JD Power, but still akin to a Grammy.

The official car of: I'm tired of lof losing in gran turismo 1.

The original Gran Turismo in 1997 gave you $10,000 to buy your first used car. I sh*t you not, mine was a forest green Mitsubishi 3000GT. ... I still want that car to this day.

Fun to drive, NIGHTMARE to work on.

I love how the climate control beeps exactly like my mitsubishi air conditioner

Wow, this car still looks absolutely fantastic

The 3000GT was the Demo car in Gran Turismo. It was the first car I drove and it was fastest one after the GTR and then Impreza.

He loves it, so much that it became a proper review

I own a 96 Galant 2.0 V6. Mitsubishi definitely peaked in the 90s

Yes. I've put 3 engines in one of these things within the span of 40k miles back in the day. It was so fancy.

I rarely see Mitsubishis from this era, but when I do they are all leaving behind a thin-to-moderate haze of blue smoke.

Techmoan had already explained that the notches on top of the cassette tall the player what type of tape is.

I had this car right after highschool it was so awesome. I still miss it 20 years later. What a beauty. Definitely ahead of its time.

My best friend growing up got a Dodge Stealth r/t for his first car, then later sold it and got a fiji blue 3000GT VR-4. The years we spent driving around turning heads with that thing are some of my fondest memories. I just found out late Friday night that he died suddenly. RIP buddy, you'll be missed. I hope to get a VR-4 someday in Fiji blue and relive the memories.

I’ve had 5 vr4’s, 2 spyder vr4’s (which I don’t like as much tbh) and currently a 99 VR4. These cars are NOT as unreliable/hard to work on as everyone says they are. I love them and will keep my 99 vr4 forever. Glad someone gives them some love in the reviews . If you’re ever in the Grand Rapids MI area, you’re welcome to my 99 vr4 (completely stock, I daily drive it though!)

I owned a Stealth RT, which is a less complicated version of this car. I loved it. It was an incredible car with incredible memories. And I would never own one today, even given away. The maintenance and repairs on these is insane and wallet-draining.

What a joy it must have been to have money in the 90’s to purchase such well tuned and balanced cars.

What coincidental irony that you recalled the Pontiac GTO as being a wild factory car sold to consumers when the 3000GT is literally named the Mitsubishi GTO in Japan lmao.

I thought you would have paid more attention to the Dodge Stealth R/T in this review. 5 years ago you called it overpriced, overhyped, overly complex, and slow. You described the engine as if it's made out of glass. Is there something I missed in this review that sets the Dodge Stealth and 3000GT apart?

Dodge Stealth R/T / 3000GT VR-4 are classics that never really had the respect they deserved. Too bad they are so hard to find these days.

I remember riding in my aunts Saab 900 in the late 90s when a 3000GT flew past us on the highway in the north of Sweden. When we arrived at my grandmas cabin in Finland a few hours later I told my my parents about the car and my aunt goes “That guy in the ferrari drove like a maniac” to which I still can hear my 7 year old self answering “That was not a ferrari, it was a Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4!” I had seen those tail light hours upon hours playing Gran Turismo and would recognize them in a heartbeat.

I was a tech at a Mitsubishi dealership for little while. Got to drive these basically new. They were VERY FUN to drive. Insanely horrible to work on! EDIT: That is a Pioneer CD cartridge rebranded as Mitsubishi, neat! Also these cars had ACTIVE AERO!!!!!

I know it's controversial, but I do like the pop up headlights better

"This motor is more fragile than a Proud Boy's self-efficacy." -RCR reviewing this car in 2018.

My dad bought a 3000 GT new and when he brought it home, my mom wouldn’t talk to him until he returned it.

I love that the ball cooler vent is adjustable so I can manspread and still know my car has me covered.

You flip flopped like CRAZY from the stealth video and actually spoke facts this time.

I miss the relationship Dodge had with Mitsubishi in the days in which Chrysler had a stake in the company. Not only could you order up this badass car as the Dodge Stealth, but my first car, a 1990 Dodge Colt, was a base model Mitsubishi Mirage. I bought mine for brand new for $6500 out the door- crank windows, no AC, no air bags (motorized seat belt alternative) manual transmission. It got 45 MPG. Loved that car!

I'm also a car journalist and i recently drove the dodge stealth rt twin turbo and i was mind blown by how good it was. You're so right this car is the most underrated car ever and where i live, Quebec Canada, collectors have starts to collect them

The adjustable ball cooler is the entire reason to own the car, everything else is just gravy

I still have mine. Lately, this car is turning more heads as I go down the road and getting more thumbs up from people as I drive by. To see a running example is rare these days, since most of the kids from 2001-2009 kissed them with trees trying to be "fast and furious". I'm so glad I kept mine all these years, I wouldn't even want to begin to search for one unless it came from a known good standing member in the 3S community. To get a 3000GT/Stealth today, will require deep pockets to keep it running, and I'm by no means bulls87tting you on that. This is not a car you just decide to get into. It's a commitment.

Damn i miss mine... Twin Turbo V6, AWD, 4 wheel steering, active aero, digital AC, crazy stereo equalizer. The 95 is the best year.

The VR4 with snow tires is the most amazing vehicle to drive in Minnesota winters.

Eearly 2000s I knew a guy in high school who had one of these, about 500 horsepower. Local police pulled him over and ripped up his seats convinced that he had drugs somewhere in the car. He did not in fact have drugs, and explained that this car was bought for him because he was a rich kid not a drug dealer.

i had the same 6 cd changer on my pioneer disc player, freaking incredibly satisfying pulling the disc trays in and out

You don't even need Techmoan, cassette tapes have cutouts on their spine that denote if the tape is type 1, (ferrous), type 2 (chrome) or type 3 (ferrochrome) or the hallowed type 4 (metal). It's not wizardry, very basic tape decks will be able to distinguish between the different types. The real kicker here is that the car stereo is capable of recognising and type 4, not every tape deck could do that, so it's something special.

This was one of my all time favorite car interiors and I always liked the overall car design. Turbo 6, AWD and longer and sleeker than the Eclipse, it was the working man's supercar. The ONLY short coming making it less than some Italian supercar was the engine placement. I think it was a very, very underrated car and it deserves all the collectable and classic status it gets.

Didn’t Mr. Regular completely trash the equivalent Dodge Stealth Turbo? WTF.

The 3KGTVR4 is one of my favorite cars out there despite it's short comings with the reliability. It and the 300zx both aged like a fine wine. Both look like new cars still today. But the 3KGT had so much tech from active aero, damping, and 4ws. The interiors are great as well. But to me a 3KGT is a bit of a forbidden fruit. You know you want one, but you know it's going to come with downtime, and hard items to service. If you can't do it your self, its going to come with hefty service bills as well. If you want to modify it, you know it's fragile and already built to it's limits from the factory. (unlike the Supra which was overbuilt) I think we all want one, but sometimes just know better than to buy one. To me, it's on my bucket list of cars, but at a low priority.

This car instantly reminded me of the Turbo sound effects of the first Gran Turismos ❤

Amazing that there was ZERO mention of the 300ZXTT considering it was the progenitor of the six cylinder twin turbo GT car. When the GTO here was designed, there was no 4th gen Supra; it was gunning for the Z. It even ripped off Nissan tech like all-wheel steering. It's a far more apt comparison than a 4th gen Supra or a NSX. Heck, with all the mentions of fighter jets and ad talk, you didn't even mention that the Z32 ad FEATURED a fighter jet. I think the lack of recognition lends creedence to that car being the ACTUAL dark horse of the 90s.

Never thought id see the day comments get removed from this channels comment section 😢

I thought you hated the Dodge Stealth

9:40 Mr.Regular is driving past the standard Windows XP background 😅

the commercial was for when the Mitsubishi 3000GT won the 19991 Motor Trend Import car of the Year

I used to want one of these at one point at time not a vr4 just a 3000GT in general so I used to ignore people telling me that parts are few and in between and how cramped the engine bay was. One day i was at a car meet and met a guy with a blue one he popped his hood and i took a look at the engine and said damn it really is cramped in here

I absolutely LOVED the 3000GT VR4 back in the 90s! We got this instead of the Skyline GTR.

FM diversity is just a fancy way of saying it had multiple antennas. The Subaru SVX also had that, but it's not advertised on the head unit. Basically, the radio can switch between the antennas, depending on which one has a stronger signal at the time. It's pretty cool how well it works, but you'd never really know it was there unless you installed an aftermarket head unit since most of them only utilize one of the antennas.

For those that went right to rage posting: he does address his previous sentiments on the stealth at 19:27. I went back and watched the Stealth review since everyone is up in arms - he still praises a lot for the same weirdness and echoes the sentiments about Mitsubishi shooting their shot with all their tech, and it looking sharp. In this one, he actually seems to drive the vehicle, forgoing the criticisms about the MSRP (which was one of the biggest hangups), how the Stealth RT was overshadowed by the Viper, and the forum-echoed sentiment of their powertrain fragility and comes away with a new appreciation from just driving it. By separating his usual nuanced views on value and society and whatnot, and just driving the car - he learned to really appreciate it, or maybe HE SALES PITCH GIVEAWAY AND IS BAD.

The smaller turbos, low end torque, and AWD made this thing a unbeatable from stoplight to stoplight.

my Ex got one of these back then, parked her 89 Turbo TA to keep miles of it, and got this car. i really miss it, was a 91. really handled, fast, and the active exhaust thing was pretty cool.. hit a button and it got louder. and i think the rear spoiler flipped up when you went over 45, 50, something like that. was pretty sweet! ☮

Glad to see you come around on these! Your dodge stealth review was pretty savage 😂

Bruh, that mic in the engine compartment was a terrific idea. Fuck me

This makes me so happy that you loved driving this car. As an owner, I always had to "explain" why this was my favorite JDM legend.

wow yall really figured out shutter speed on this one

I remember when yall reviewed the non-VR4 and the entire review was about how fragile these are, how expensive repairs are, and how parts are hard to find.

Own a JDM GTO TT6 in the UK. Been waiting for a regular review of one of these!!

Will never forget the guy who took CHP on an hours long chase along SR-299 in one of these. Was in the late nineties between Redding, CA and the coast. SR-299 is a windy mountain road for a significant portion. The ball cooler came in handy for that drive I'd wager.

You're right. The "*take deep breath" Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 Twin Turbo is fan-freakin-tastic.

re Metal Tapes there are extra holes in the top of cassettes inboard of the write protect holes, near the centre, to indicate metal tape

Good luck finding someone willing to work on this thing when the time comes.

I've been fascinated by the 3000GT VR4 since the mid-90s. Never got a chance to drive one, though. A kid at my daughter's high school drives a really well-preserved base model 3000GT in dark blue, which is kinda cool. It occurs to me that would be akin to one of my classmates having something like a 60's Mustang or Camaro back in the day. Damn, I'm old!

I saved all my pennies as a kid and bought one of these for my first car. It had issues but i drove the balls off of it down PA back roads having some of the best fun of my life... then i totalled it. I will always remember that car and always consider getting another one. Thank you for shedding some much needed attention on such a legend ❤

I have so many RCR mugs at this point, but the 3000GT VR-4 is my unicorn, and it's my birthday this month.

The only problem with winning this car is you'll never be able to afford the upkeep.

Please review a 300zx twin turbo to compliment the 3000gt! It would make an interesting comparison against this and your mk4 supra video.

Thank you for doing RCR. These videos bring me lots of joy.

I remember when you tested a Stealth R/T back then and you said it was too complicated and potentially unreliable. Is it the same feeling with this one?

It's ironic that you said the car is like being in a fighter plane, because if you didn't know, Mitsubishi made fighter planes during WWII. 😊

I still love these so much. One of my dream cars growing up, got a non-turbo in HS, begrudgingly sold it after college, now the nostalgia bug has hit me hard and I'm lusting after a proper VR-4 before they're unattainable. Maybe I'll go buy a mug..

Maybe my favorite car of the 90's. We had one that wasn't a vr4 and it was still crazy fun.

Stark difference from your other review where you shit on it the entire time. Weird.

and yes..i remember your Stealth video and was surprised by your reaction....i honestly think that one had boost leaks..it seemed slow, and you are correct...these cars are meant for a twisty back road or long high way cruise...

The best part for me is i never saw that commercial for this. I heard one growl by me as i walked to school one day and became obsessed.

For whoever wins it, have fun with maintenance. The rear bank of cylinders are angled up against the firewall with about an inch of space to work with and you have to take off the entire intake and plenum to check your back 3 plugs. It's really annoying

I think metal tapes had a notch in them that good players could feel with a switch.

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Brings me back. I remember in the late 90s in high school oogling the Dodge version of this thing for sale at a dealer next to the school. Just to tease all us teenage boys they made sure it was right out front and of course as close to the entrance road to school as they could put it. There was many a sad boy the day it finally sold.

Love these cars! Every time i drive by one sitting in the field rusting away, I get a little misty eyed. As a child of the 90's, these will always be special to me.

They need to bring ball coolers back in cars

I was gonna buy one of these as a fun project car. My mechanic friend said , good luck with that, don't bring it to me for service. Not fun to work on I guess.

I knew someone that had one of these back in the day. It had a lot of features that i had never seen before. It was the first car with active aero that I had ever seen. The spoiler moved as you increased speed. And it would pump up the front shocks under hard braking to keep the nose from dipping. It was an amazing car for it's time.

Mitsu was balls to the wall in the 90s. I had an 95 eclipse GS-T and it was a pretty nutty for being the "smaller, cheaper, beginner" of their sports car lineup.

I knew a guy with a dodge stealth. Same car underneath. The thing was shitkicked.

Shout out to Techmoan! (Not technoman)

I love opening RU-vid and seeing a retro review of one of my favorites

What a minute. Didn't you troll a Dodge Stealth years ago?