Like any other new car, it would suck. Think about your first car as a kid. Think about the family hauler when you were little. Today's cars are so forgettable in comparison. But they do have plenty of cup holders!
@@landyachtfan79 I have seen videos of someone starting their 1985 and 1986 Monte Carlo CL models and they STILL used a scary buzzer, even though they should NOT have been doing so by that time.
@@landyachtfan79 I have seen some videos of post 1982 Cadillacs and the Deville and Fleetwood Broughams from about 1983-1989 use electronic chime tones for the headlights and key in ignition reminder with a mechanical chime for the seatbelt reminder which makes no sense at all.
+Owlrich Or buy a brick Volvo, and surprise them in a stoplight to stoplight run. Volvo put turbo engines in some of their 80s cars, but they didn't use any fancy emblems.
+Skyline Fever Except for when they DID put big giant-ass "TURBO" badges on 'em like, say, this one: i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--F_c0x3Oc--/18rvgq8a43jt5jpg.jpg Why the world needed to know your car was not only was turbocharged but intercooled is anyone's; guess.
+Ronald de Rooij And this is a real drama of today! Ecoterrorists and climate change religion believers destroy what the CARS are about! We should be having 6cylinder 2.4-3.5 litre engines, and not this downsized 1.0l turbos which used to crank and broke down after 40 000 kms haha. EU is so economically 'cause of this ECOISLAM !!!
I've been watching starion/conquest videos, I've noticed people liking the door chime. One thing I've not seen or read is that the door chime on these cars had another option, yes you can change the door chime. If you have one of these cars and don't know about it. Look under the drivers seat. There's a small metal box with a switch, the switch has 2 positions.
When I was 13 years old, I was flipping channels on a Saturday morning when I came across MotorWeek for the first time. This review of the 1983 Starion was being aired on PBS that day. I watched MotorWeek religiously between then and 1988 which is when I went off to college. Good memories.
no not really.. they are for sale in europe, but not very often, its a rare car. here i found one www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de//s-anzeige/mitsubishi-starion-2000-turbo-eci/631040415-216-3234
TRANSLATION NOTE: In Japan, there's no grammatical equivalent to the letter "L." The Japanese always pronounced anything with an L with an "R;" hence the reason why many people thought the name "Stallion" was the name of the car.
Wow. I do not even remember seeing many of these in the 1980s which is too bad. Looks like one of the nicest vehicles they have ever made. Also never knew they had ABS brakes. That was a year before Mercedes offered them. Early 70s Lincolns, Cadillacs and Imperials had them, but was gone by the late 70s for some reason, only coming back around 1990 on those.
+Burt Sampson There's a few here and there, but aqua's pretty much right. Most are either rusted and burnt out, or worse...riced out. Any that are relatively original and in good shape cost big $$$.
+Burt Sampson Not many. They were very susceptible to rust. I had a 1989 Conquest, and by 1997 the rocker panels were already rusted all the way through. I looked around for one in 2005 or so just out of curiosity, and a good clean specimen was very difficult to find. Most of the ones for sale were advertised as rollers and/or donor cars to keep the few decently running ones on the road. If you want one today, you'll just about need to buy 'em two or three at a time to cobble one decent one together out of the two or three. The good news is nobody considers them "desirable collector cars" or whatever so they're still fairly cheap.
These narrow bodies Starions always remind me of the 1st Cannonball Run movie where Jackie Chan and Richard Kiel(Jaws from the Bond movies) drove an all black one full of techno-gizmos, you'd be hard pressed to find an early Starion these days, the wide-body versions survived better as they were more desirable.
I had an '83 with the same paint job as the one in the vid. Loved that car so much. Then some lady runs a stop sign. That was the end of my Starion. Sad day :(
yes I still have a narrow body JA in the garage waiting for the new turbo and L300 EFI intake manifold. One day I will fit it.. turboclub.com/RTO/06100005/Default.htm
I was riding in my friend's '79 Z28 sometime around 1988. It was late at night and there was hardly anyone else on the highway. A Starion flew by us. My friend and I freaked because it came out of nowhere. He nailed the gas and I thought for sure we would catch him. The tail lights disappeared around a gentle bend in the highway never to be seen again. The top speed of a 1987 Starion was around 125. Salt n Peppa never pushed it so hard.
I remember the first time (and possibly the only time) I saw one of these in person. I was looking for a first car with my dad and we stopped at a gas station in the car we were test driving to switch drivers (we both test drove every automatic we looked at, I couldn't drive stick back then) and parked next to one. It was a red one, and it was beautiful. Definitely a car I'd buy one day if I could find one.
Right, it wasn't THE fastest car off the line, but going from 30 to 70 mph was quick because that turbo boost had a chance to kick in. I had the 1985 model. I'd keep it in 2nd gear from about 30-50, then quickly switch to 3rd and it was at 70 mph in no time. I don't recall actually timing it, but it sure felt fast. I once took mine to 134 mph on a remote stretch of I-25 in New Mexico, and the only thing that really scared me was the prospect of jail time. It was a nice stable ride.
The 80's...the days of fun,different,stylish cars. Not all that looked exactly like every other car. OR was crammed full of power everything! Adding weight to a 'sports car', power this and power that...and the good ol' flip up headlights! Best thing about 80's cars!!
I was 11 yrs old and very much into cars when My parents brought home a candy apple red 83 starion. First one in our small rural ATL suburb. My brothers and I were awe struck. I had forgotten the door jingle until I saw this. Wow blast from the past. The car stayed with us for years being very reliable. It then became my oldest brothers car when he graduated high school in 1988 it got him thru all 4 yrs at UGA but then was totaled in about 1993 when a lady ran a red in ATL and he t boned her. No serious injuries. But that was the end of the starion. I bet it would be worth some serious coin today if still in good condition. Thx MW for this one!
Can you post the review of the widebody Starion/Conquest? Interested in seeing the reviewers comparison in handling and power compared to the narrow body model.
"Gone are the days of cars with meaningless numbers." Sadly, nope. They just reached in to a pair of Scrabble bags. One with letters, the other numbers. Whatever came out was the name they go with. Nissan/Infinity, I'm looking at you.
The roots of the turbo AWD Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution came form the Galant VR-4. Mechanically, at least. If you're referencing the Mitsubishi rally heritage, that is mostly found on their Lancer lineup of vehicles.
Very Datsun Z car looking..I think Japanese people really do make their l's sound like r's ..so rumor has it that it was supposed to have been called stallion , and the mustang and other American pony cars may have been the influence for the name
I owned a 1986 Starion, and it was one of my favorites. Great cockpit design, and all around style. I miss that car. The turbo seals were on their way out when I sold it.
I've wanted one of these for so long, but it seems they all have disintegrated by now. I'd especially love one with the working open-door space music haha. Chrysler Conquest TSi is on the same platform, with wider fender panels, but those also seem impossible to locate in even acceptable condition now.
Fun fact the Galant Lambda/Challenger/Sapporo luxury-oriented sport coupes were made from 1978 and were replaced by the Starion/Conquest in 1983. In 1991 the Starion/Conquest was replaced by the GTO/Stealth/3000GT
mitsu named many of there engines after different star consolations, the starion was named after the brightest star in the constalation Orion, hence, STARION. nothing to do with horses,
Coincidentally, in 1985, Subaru would do something similar. Their sports coupe was named the Alcyone, the brightest star of Pleiades. Also a car trying to join the 1980's tech-crazy bandwagon with other neat features like a gauge cluster that pivoted with the steering wheel tilt.
i had this same model, bought it for $200, sold it for $675, wish i would've never sold it! great solid, strong car, would've been an excellent city/errand/commute car!
Truly Mitsubishi should've kept this car to it's RWD nature and in turn been a Mustang, Camaro, Challenger rival. Granted it would've probably fallen more in line with a 370Z or Supra.
The car was nice for the period, but there a big lack of power, these day a 2.6 L turbo could probably do 100 H.P., more then the little 145 H.P., of this Starion from Mitsubishi.
As a grocery store boxboy in 1988-9, I recall a stereotypical yuppie couple who drove one of these. They seemed like nice people, but seemed right out of Central casting.
I just bought a 1983 starion last week. interior and exterior is in good condition but it isn't in good running condition. and the previous owner changed the carburetor and the turbo isn't there anymore. I want to build my car to its best running condition. I would be glad if anyone could help me because I think I have the only starion in my country. I'm from Sri Lanka. thank you.
This was a great looking car and got even better in 1986. What as that gibberish about the name being computer generated? Mitsubishi says "Starion" is a contraction of "Star of Arion" - and refers to both a star and the mythical horse, Arion.
Only the government could solve the problem of people not buckling the seatbelt by requiring either strangulation motorized belts or a canvas bag exploding in your face.
@3:57 Baby astronault door chime! How cool is that!! Imagine it playing today in a Nissan Cube!!! Also, about its name; ''Starion = Star + Ion'', anyone??? That's why it was called a ''Spaceship''!!!
MafiosoItaliano458 It was named after a mythical horse called Arion, like other Mitsubishi's at the time, but using a play on words "Star of Orion". You were close!!
Really?? Wow!! ''Star of Orion''! Very cool! :-D Also, I should've imagined the names you said! ''Arion'' and ''Star of Orion''! Because I come from their country of origin! Haha! ;-P But I can't recall Mitsubishi names from greek mythology!! I remember many Mitsubishi cars being named after space or aircrafts! ''Lancer'', ''Space Wagon'', ''Mirage'', ''Stealth'' (Dodge, yeah, but with Mitsubishi tech!), ''Laser'' (again, despite being a Plymouth!) and ''Eclipse'', which, now that I rethink of it, combines both themes!
Y'all ever notice that the test drivers are definitely not drag racers? Wheel spin robbed every car by a second. Still I miss Sunday mornings in late 80s and early 90s to see motor week
