Junkyard Find: 1983 Mitsubishi Cordia
The Mitsubishi Cordia was one of the first Mitsubishi-badged cars to be sold in the United States (prior to that, US-market Mitsubishis were Chrysler captive imports). They didn’t sell in huge quantities, and we don’t remember the Cordia as well as the Starion or even the Mighty Max, but I still see the occasional example in California wrecking yards. There was this ’83 Cordia Turbo (from which I obtained the amazing digital instrument cluster), this ’84 Cordia, and this ’87 Cordia Turbo, and here’s this well-worn ’83.
That’s a lot of miles for an early-80s Mitsubishi. Actually, even (non-diesel) Mercedes-Benzes were hard-pressed to get to 200k back then.
This car has been used up.
You can’t talk about the Cordia without showing this maddening Australian-market ad.
This Japanese-market one is a puzzler.
Then there’s this list of “Cars whooped by my Cordia.”
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Murilee--how about a Mitsubishi Mighty Max junkyard find. Having owned a silver 85 Mighty Max for 14 years it would be nice to see an old Mighty Max.
I remember reading a letter to the editor of some car magazine back in the 80s, and while I don't recall what the letter said, I remember that it was signed by "The Cordia Kid."