What happened to this car?

**stormer** · January 19th, 2003 06:37 AM

I'm talking about the Mitsubishi Galant. It seems that it has quietly disappeared from mitsu's lineup. The VR6 was such a nice car. Nobody seemed to have noticed this disappearance. Any news folks?

**OTEP** · January 19th, 2003 07:48 AM

Hindi ba meron pa? Ewan ko lang kung old stocks yun. Meron pa kasi akong nakitang walang plaka, eh.

Slow sales really crippled it. Halos kapresyo na ng Cefiro which has significantly more content and the Camry na kahit bare ay riding naman on the Toyota badge of reliability.

**papa tots** · January 19th, 2003 10:58 AM

the galant VR was meant to compete directly with the nissan cefiro, another V6 engined midsize sedan.

and of course, the cefiro ate it up in terms of sales.

even though the galant's V6 is more powerful and torquier than the previous cefiro, the cefiro's main selling point was it's engine refinement.

when it comes to features, no contest ang galant.

correction: hindi dapat VR6 ang badge sa galant. VR lang. the VR6 is a volkswagen engine. :P

**BlackMagic** · January 19th, 2003 11:57 AM

pogi pa naman ng Galant. Balita is phased out sa Phil. market ang Galant due to poor sales. Pana panahon yan. Dati ang Altima kamote sa sales compared sa mga Galant. Sana ibalik nila balang araw.

**sauman** · January 19th, 2003 12:41 PM

wag naman sana i-phase out yang Galant dito sa atin. 70's pa meron na niyan dito, remember the Colt Galant nung Chrysler at yung sumunod na Galant Sigma, very popular during those days.

**OTEP** · January 19th, 2003 12:55 PM

Yung Sigma meron kami niyan dati. Tapos yung Super Saloon na '94 naman. Hay, the good old days...

**pajerokid** · January 19th, 2003 01:13 PM

Sayang...... i have always liked the galant. Always one of the sportier mid-size sedans.

**vinj** · January 20th, 2003 01:21 AM

I think they still have the 2.0L version available, that was last year at the least since my friend got one around that time. They probably pulled out the 2.5 V6 VR model becuase the tax and costs for a engine of that displacment probably made it unfeasible to sell competitively.

**1D4LV** · January 20th, 2003 08:32 AM

ang pagkakaalam ko meron pa ah. wala na ba? sayang ang ganda pa naman nung harap nung bagong galang (yung pating yata yun kung tawagin.)

i have also checked out the Mitsubishi Philippines site, and it seems minamarket pa nila to locally. di ko lang alam kung old stocks na nga ito.