Floydbax Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Following on from the 'Best previous car' thread, I've not read through it all yet but seems a lot of us have come from FTO's. Just wondering how many Mine was a red '95 GPX Manual. Had it for 14 years of wonderful, trouble free, screaming V6 motoring until the subframe rusted away. Shame as the body and interior were pretty much perfect and the engine had only done 65000 Km mostly at 8500 RPM - So how many of us on here came from FTO's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 My then girlfriend had a FTO GPX auto back when I had my Zed Man, I hated every sodding thing to do with that car. I used to spend half my leave under the bonnet fixing yet another issue with the thing. Yet she would not bloody sell it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEADPHONES Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Back in 05 this was on my longish shortlist of cars to move onto after my Honda Prelude. Lovely shape especially the models with th deeper front spoiler. Personally I think the shape is as timeless as an RX7 or NSX despite being outclassed performance wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEUS Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 I had a silver gpx before the zed, lovely car and never missed a beat once while I owned it. Great cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 I nearly did ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipstream Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 I had one to it was a white GPvR with blue front seats, I loved that car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350jimbobz Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 What are these cars like in terms of handling/performance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyZ Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Well I loved the 4WD racing one in Gran Turismo (first one I think) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT350 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Well I loved the 4WD racing one in Gran Turismo (first one I think) That was epic. 640bhp I seem to recall. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT350 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Well I loved the 4WD racing one in Gran Turismo (first one I think) That was epic. 640bhp I seem to recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Had a GTO NA engine... Automatic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Had a GTO NA engine... Automatic. With a block of wood holding the window up Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 You don't forget anything do you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowhereboy Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 No experience of them here. It's a car that's never caught my attention up until recently, saw a heavily modded one on the road not long ago and it looked awesome. It was full on show car standard, changed my opinion on them somewhat, they certainly have potential. Are they all n/a? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floydbax Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 Well to answer a couple of questions. The power weight ect is the same as the Toyota/Subaru GT86 thingy (20 years before this was made) but the FTO was FWD, not that you would notice, you could still encourage the back end out or a 4 wheel drift through the twists. It won some Japanese award for best handling car in its day. There were 3 engines, an 1800 4 pot and 2 V6's one with Mivec (Mitsubishi's answer to VTEC). There wasn't a lot you could actually do to free up more power. A decent full exhaust and popcharger and aircon delete added maybe 10/15% more but it was fast enough for its age. I was probably saved from being banned by the fact you could actually enjoy the screaming V6 without getting too far into license losing territory. Mine did amazing MPG, one trip up through Germany saw 41mpg @ a steady 108mph !! That's just on cam in fifth, amazing, it was a bit of a shock to come to my Zed where I get 12 - Amy with the light blue roadster had a famous (in FTO circles) green modded one called Kermit if I remember 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwanprice12 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Sister currently has 2...a black one as her current driver and a red one as parts (this has been driven as well). Enjoys the drive and the red one was a de-cat, good note on the V6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cob1980 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 (edited) My last Jap/performance car was an FTO, and the one before that. I had a manual GR, then a GPX. Both ace cars, only sold due to lack of use. Recently spoke to the guy who bought it off me, he said he had 4 good years out of it but the engine suddenly blew without warning. Loved the V6, one reason I wanted the 350. Here's my old GPX Edited July 8, 2017 by cob1980 Images Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyZ Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 We always called them the 'Female Touring Option' Never drove one but thought they looked quite good, don't see many around these days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowhereboy Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Saw one for sale near my local petrol station yesterday. Was up for £900 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowhereboy Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Did a little looking on autotrader out of curiosity... http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/mitsubishi/fto/used-mitsubishi-fto-2-0-v6-gpx-2dr-manchester-fpa-201604303497324?logcode=p Very cool looking car for the money in my opinion, I'd daily one of these happily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEUS Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 That version R is very nice, it's not slipstreams old one is it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipstream Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 That version R is very nice, it's not slipstreams old one is it? No not my one, mine was nicer lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoged Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Me too had GPX mivec ,silver "P" reg was good car never had a problem in 4 years of driving (only changed because of 120000 miles) ,came from a Prelude 2.2 vtec and a Silvia 1.8 turbo all good cars in their day imo ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLee Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 I had one and I miss it terribly!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Far2lively Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Always liked the look of these cars never driven one though, any good?? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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