What a beautiful retro car! Absolutely love it. I remember being in a type of proton as a kid and I was fascinated by the simplicity even then. I wish I could use a car like this as a daily.
Yes, these are surprisingly rare now. Many, many more of the Protons which were based on these survive, due to a longer sales run (1989-96) and cheaper new prices.
Hi Joseph I remember the Colt and Proton in 1987 I was working in Nottingham and I was given a Mitsubishi Gallant and that was the most comfortable and well equipped vehicle it even had a front screen defroster at the time I was driving all over the country servicing shrink wrapping machines good on petrol as well looking forward to watching more of your entertaining and informative videos best regards Andy Allen.
Yes, I actually did review a 1990 Galant 2000 GLSi last year. It was absolutely amazing. Mitsubishi made some really good cars in the 1980s and 1990s. Thank you ever so much indeed for watching and commenting!
First! The last time I saw one of this generation Colt was around 13-14 years parked outside of a block of Housing Association flats in Norwich. Always wondered why Proton gave their Saga 5 door the notchback profile instead of just using this body style as it is.
I think the boot lip is a bit high, and the boot itself is not particularly big, so Proton went their own way, which wasn't necessarily the worst decision. These Colts were not common when new, they certainly aren't common now!
What a great little car….and compare the quality of this to that Seat Ibiza Japanese compacts such as this and the similar looking Mazda 323 from the same era, and the Nissans all have a similar higher pitch engine noise….especially apparent on automatics. Whereas Vauxhall’s & Fords we had of the same generation were a lower rumble (nova, Astra) or just very clattery (eg mk1 & mk2 fiesta)
Yep. We had them as Hyundai Excel here in Australia, and they were pretty popular (cheapest new car on the market at that time I beleive) and saw them often on the road, however, I don't recall seeing this Mitsubishi equivalent at all (maybe they sold very few Mitsibishi versions, which presumably were more expensive, yet, basically the same car?) on the roads. Cheers!
What a beautiful retro car! Absolutely love it. I remember being in a type of proton as a kid and I was fascinated by the simplicity even then. I wish I could use a car like this as a daily.
Yes, these are surprisingly rare now. Many, many more of the Protons which were based on these survive, due to a longer sales run (1989-96) and cheaper new prices.
Quite a stylish little car for its age.
The front styling is markedly different from the early Protons for some reason...
Hi Joseph I remember the Colt and Proton in 1987 I was working in Nottingham and I was given a Mitsubishi Gallant and that was the most comfortable and well equipped vehicle it even had a front screen defroster at the time I was driving all over the country servicing shrink wrapping machines good on petrol as well looking forward to watching more of your entertaining and informative videos best regards Andy Allen.
Yes, I actually did review a 1990 Galant 2000 GLSi last year. It was absolutely amazing. Mitsubishi made some really good cars in the 1980s and 1990s. Thank you ever so much indeed for watching and commenting!
A brilliant little review Sir of a rare Mitsubishi Sir.
Thank you very much indeed, Mr Watters! Yes, a very rare car indeed.
First! The last time I saw one of this generation Colt was around 13-14 years parked outside of a block of Housing Association flats in Norwich.
Always wondered why Proton gave their Saga 5 door the notchback profile instead of just using this body style as it is.
I think the boot lip is a bit high, and the boot itself is not particularly big, so Proton went their own way, which wasn't necessarily the worst decision. These Colts were not common when new, they certainly aren't common now!
What a great little car….and compare the quality of this to that Seat Ibiza
Japanese compacts such as this and the similar looking Mazda 323 from the same era, and the Nissans all have a similar higher pitch engine noise….especially apparent on automatics.
Whereas Vauxhall’s & Fords we had of the same generation were a lower rumble (nova, Astra) or just very clattery (eg mk1 & mk2 fiesta)
Yes, I suppose that the engine note does seem a bit high pitched when compared with something like a Mark IV Escort.
I thought I recognized the location…
I often travel that road.
Yes, near Lyneham in Wiltshire.
Good Morning Sir!! I had a F Plate Hyundai Pony 1.5GLS. Did they also share parts with Mitsubishi?
Yes, that generation of Hyundai Pony was very similar to one of these underneath.
Yep. We had them as Hyundai Excel here in Australia, and they were pretty popular (cheapest new car on the market at that time I beleive) and saw them often on the road, however, I don't recall seeing this Mitsubishi equivalent at all (maybe they sold very few Mitsibishi versions, which presumably were more expensive, yet, basically the same car?) on the roads. Cheers!
both were built for the cheap end of market .
I don't think the Mitsubishi version was particularly cheap back in the day.