The Mitsubishi Starion and its badge-engineered Dodge Conquest TSi twin were more quintessentially 1980s than neon-colored leg warmers and regulatory fiascos, combined. You had your gloriously ridiculous Japanese-macho lines, bright red interior, and TURBO emblems everywhere you looked. The Starion/Conquest was quick, too, with a big turbocharged Astron four-cylinder engine. Only problem was, the Starion/Conquest was a finicky, fragile machine, best known for maddeningly undiagnosable fuel-system problems, weird electrical-system woes, and general flakiness. Many are tempted by Starion projects, but eventually most of those MitsuDodges sitting under tarps in driveways will end up in The Crusher’s waiting room, as this Denver example has done. (Read More…)
Categories:
Recent Comments
Wheeljack - Ironically Ford did a good job of attracting improt “intenders” to come look at the car, but 2 separate issues...
tonycd - Kyree, you raise a more general question that’s been raised before: Will all the high-end cars of today be essentially unrestorable, even...
mitchw - “There, beneath susurrating trees that send leafy shadows dancing across the Spirit of Ecstasy, safe in the green heart of our city of...
Summicron - Ya, an’ you say it Yoonkers, kinda like Yoopers but a liddle differnt cause it ain’t da same, eh?
doctor olds - @olddavid- Tariffs are just wealth redistribution from consumers to the favored local business. Some have more money(local business and employees), but...
fincar1 - I enjoyed the hell out of this review. I like your writing a lot.
doctor olds - Mr Ryan- I understand you love to confront me, but I said “it is tough to make the business case” with the current conditions. Ford...
fincar1 - I should like to point out that the term Junkers in Germany has more than one meaning.
TW4 - A Wrangler TJ with the 4.0L I-6 and the 3.73 will walk up a 12% grade in 2nd gear. On flat ground, the driver can shift...
Summicron - Only one of those guys shows a proper stance and shouldering of his weapon. The others look like gangstas handed a long gun for the first time.