Video: Mitsubishi GTO/3000GT – (New Zealand) One Take

Remember the 1990’s? Some of us do; and what stood out to me most about the early 1990’s was the invasion of Japanese super coupes: The Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo, Toyota Supra, and Mitsubishi 3000GT, which was sold in Japan in top-trim as the GTO.  All these cars got priced out of the American market around 1998-99, just in time for The Fast and the Furious to inspire kids to scoop them up used and shove a bunch of boost under the hood. The 3000GT is a rare sight on the road today, as they tended to suffer catastrophic engine failures later in life, sending most of them to a dusty graveyard, but we seem to have found a cherry example in New Zealand. While filming the insane R34 Skyline, a kind gentleman named Rene, who happens to be an editor at NZ Performance Car Magazine offered up the keys to his super-clean 1991 Mitsubishi GTO, and we couldn’t resist a quick spin. Check out the video, then have a look at Rene’s Wheelwell page to see the details about the car.

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