I know sad..... mitsubishi is now just a shadow of its former self

Make Mitsubishi great again!

Kyle Soler hehe yeah

Kyle Soler i agree

???huh??? they made these shitty things for years. all mitsubishi's sucked till they made the lancer gsr even vr4 handle badly lots of body roll without aftermarket suspension, gear box were a horrible long shifts 2 but went well in a straight line lmao

I still drive it. Its 30 years old by now.

I can say the same and that's why I drive one again. 05/1991 231tkm by now.Love it !

There’s still a few of these rattling around Australia. All of them have exhaust smoke pouring from them.

You are right ! But it has to do with globalisation. My dealer just told me there is alliance of Renault,Nisan and Mitsubishi and they are planning to built cars together in the future on the same platform !

@@jamesmcgowen1769 Oh I still have one in America-a 2003 model with every option and it's quite dependable even after 200k miles.

@@chazzcoolidge2654 an ‘03 model? I’ll have to google what they look like Cheers

@@jamesmcgowen1769 Oh thanks! It's the 2nd to last model year they were sold here! It'll be a future classic,I hope.

A Sigma Car for the Sigma Male.

You can also call it by its original Japanese badging "Diamante" since it translates to "Diamond" in Portuguese, which is fitting for the good ol' reliable Sigma (F16A). It's available either FWD or AWD (the latter's recommended for better traction).

Where do you live? I seek one of these to try. Ive got a galant from 91 and i love it

The styling changed in 1995

+Alex Povolotski Well, that depends heavily on where you live. For instance german gets 11 different models and sweden gets 8 different models, the US gets 6 different models. And why is the Lancer or the Outlander not worth talking about? They aren´t supposed to be V8 Slaying Supercars.

Renault-Nissan Alliance bought it, don't you think?

Actually Nissan (read this: they will get out from Renault after Carlos Ghosn retires) took that 34% (yes, it's actually less than Renault's 44% of Nissan) controlling interest to ULTIMATELY ELIMINATE THE BRAND. Mitsubishi right now ('18) doesn't have much that is not available already in other brands, like Nissan (maybe some "green tech", Kei-class tech in JDM, which left Mitsubishi Auto into this predicament in the first place, and potentially SUV tech, but that's about it...). So letting it die in '20-21 won't be a great loss...

And this will be like a Brexit situation means that Nissan leaving Renault is absurd and may put an end on crazing towards such "Mainland European" b.s. just like what Brexit does since today is the second anniversary of the historic vote... :(

Then, tell that those who drive lousy-a** Toyotas and Mazdas and greedy-a** Mercs, Bimmers and V-Dubs (Audis as well) to shut their mouth up for ruining Renault (Nissan and Mitsubishi) but so does other fellow rivaling "Mainland European" automakers Fiat (Chrysler) and Groupe P.S.A. (Peugeot, Citroën and Opel). And it's Nissan who became the first and (East) Asian (Japanese) automaker to takeover a "Mainland European" automaker, the Chinese Geely went on to follow Nissan's footsteps and took over Volvo from Ford then similarly, Mitsubishi already took over by Nissan along with Renault (struggling for a CEO and to stop the Toyota, Bimmer and VW threat) and other (East) Asian automakers in my thinking/bet may be next to follow the footsteps of Nissan, Geely and Mitsubishi in order to influence the origins of some "Mainland European" automakers like Hyundai and Kia trying to take over Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (hence Hyundai-Kia is more stronger than #FCA), Groupe P.S.A. for Honda/Acura (Honda is strong as Hyundai while Groupe P.S.A. is less stronger than Honda) and more. :P

Mate that's weird, never heard of them warping front discs! Falcons on the other hand.....

95k miles in 3 years? That's impressive!

@@64bakes I was an IT consultant working all over the UK @ 63p/mile fixed travel allowance. Quids in! 😉

Is it still alive?

I’m sure Mitsubishi’s marketing department gave him a hymn sheet to sing from when filming this. It’s only at the very end that he would give his overall opinion of the vehicle. But this was a time when he was not as popular as he is now.

@@paulsz6194 Absolutely but he had to start somewhere.

@@beagle7622 which is why he can be so blunt now with cars he truly doesnt like, no need for polite formalities. He's been popular(on a global scale) since the mid 2000's.

Too gear was a different format then. His being a fool is what made his version of Top gear so popular

You thought Mercedes over built the shit out their cars. Mitsubishi built the hell out of everything back in the late 80s early 90s. Cars, boats, TVs...you name it. They made literally everything.

​@@Turshin Funny that you mention Mercedes. My brother paid more for repairs of his merc in the last 2 years than I paid for my whole Mitsubishi. Which is funny, because both cars are almost the same age, while mine has a lot more kilometres on it. Don't neglect a Mitsubishi, service it on time, and it will work for ever. Ok, it's a Galant, so not as many features as a Sigma, but still.

lol maybe in fantasyland

Wrong. Not the same engine. Derrrrrrrrr.

6G72 24v DOHC, Same engine.One has turbochargers, one does not.

dodgeviper89 that would seem to be a big difference there bob! what do you say? "yep! probably different internals, compression, etc too!"

I stand by my statement. 6G72 DOHC 24v.I do understand your point of view however.

That's what it looks like (SPONSORED CONTENT, as they would call it nowadays...). The one review one year before for the same Sigma / Diamante is the REAL DEAL.

Clarkson had better times too, like Mitsubishi.

James May

A typical

Lachlan Cook V.1 clarkson.

Very early days Jeremy while he was still getting his feet in the door of the bbc. Once he was established, the 'pronounced association' went out of the window.

Just out of charm school

This model, in "Magna" form NEVER had TCL. Sigma, DIamante yes, Magna, no.

This was the diamanté in the States literally the same car.

Trace Control Logic is dreadful. Kills engine power when you need it most. No way it's safe in some situations.

These were NOT rebadged as Magnas in Australia. They were totally re-designed for our market, we got entirely new rear suspension, different interior, and most importantly, two different engines. Not close to being a re-badge

@@dodgeviper89 were they? I knew about the suspension difference. They had the same body, same interior and a FWD V6 Here’s what I found online about the Australian version In Australia, the second generation (1991-1996) inherited the already wide-body Japanese Mitsubishi Sigma platform on which it was based with the Astron II 4 cylinder and the Japan and Europe released Cyclone 3.0 Litre FWD V6 with either the INVECS 4 speed Automatic Transmission or 5 speed manual transmission. As Australian built Sigma’s ceased in the mid 1980’s Mitsubishi Australia opted to use the Magna nameplate used on the Australian built 1st generation (1985-1991) Magna instead of the Japanese and Europe badged Sigma and Diamante. The luxury model carried the Verada nameplate in both Australia and New Zealand

@@GODEES77 They were different. I've still got a 1993 magna, owned two 1st generation Diamante's, wrecked 4 1st generation Diamante's and pull apart close to 30 TR magnas. Interior is close - I have a set of German spec Sigma doorcards which I imported. Speakers are moved halfway up the doors - all Magna/veradas had them located at the bottom. So the front door inner skins are 100% different. Rear doors are the same inside and out. Dashboard - magnas got a half plastic/half squishy dash. All Sigma's/Diamante's got a one piece squishy dash. All little things to cut costs to keep the cost in line with it's competition of the time. All Sigma Wagons were built in Australia and exported. But yeah. Extremely close. But they were simply not a rebadge. ALOT was changed to make it suitable for local markets

The 6G7x Cyclone engines do burn oil. The Australian market only had 12V engines, the SOHC version. The DOHC was introduced in 1996 on the Diamante based Magna.

+osamaFXX this is first car with it.

+osamaFXX That's the thing, that Mitsubishi had it before Mercedes, and it is not developed by Bosch in Mitsubishi's. ;) Nowadays the systems can be roughly divided in two types; "ESP" like system to avoid crash, and Traction control to get and keep the car moving on slippery surface. Most cars have both type of systems, but there is many different implementations of them. Newer systems obviously have improved.

You had the never generation also. And awd versions. We never had it!

SERDAROTmkd there can be lots of shilling these days so u gotta do more research

Different various aimed at different buyers. Fleet = GLX. Everyday consumer, Executive, want a smidge more luxury? = SE. Or full verada. Remember over here they were designed to complete with Falcon/Fairmont and Commodore/Calaise, Overseas they were designed to compete with BMW and Mercedes

@@dodgeviper89 Also the Elite on the TR series, similar to Verada Xi but with the Astron II engine.