Used Car of the Day: 1996 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4

by Tim Healey

Published: May 15th, 2025

used car of the day 1996 mitsubishi 3000gt vr4

We haven't too many Dodge Stealths/Mitsubishi 3000GTs in this feature, but we do have a 1999 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4 for you today.

This one has a list of mods -- we'll refer you to the actual listing for them -- and it looks relatively clean, at least on the exterior.

This could be a way to get some nostalgic '90s speed for a dedicated Mitsu fan.

If you're interested, this one is for sale for $23,000. The location is not listed.

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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El scotto on May 16, 2025

Crack Pipe; I had to get that one in. A heavily modified and ran hard 30 year old car with unobtanium parts? Hard Pass.

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SPPPP on May 17, 2025

Nice cars. Fast, but not quite as sporty as the styling would have you believe. Not so easy to work on ... just check out how densely everything is packed under the hood.

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- Joe Turnes on May 18, 2025
  
  Take a look under the hood of a modern Challenger - & that's rear wheel drive & then look at a '70 with no a/c.
  
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- Kate on May 18, 2025
  
  Totally agree, these are nice cars. Fast, but not quite as sporty as the styling might suggest. And yeah, the engine bay is packed.
  
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- SPPPP on May 19, 2025
  
  @Joe Turnes - Yeah, but the Mitsubishi in question is already a classic car. The amount of jam-packery was pretty exceptional back then.
  
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