The Rise & Fall of Mitsubishi

The Rise & Fall of Mitsubishi - Past Gas

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Жыл бұрын

The year is 1870. And a samurai has just started a trading operation in a Japan still coming to grips with the modern world. Through hard work, ingenious engineering, and perhaps more than a little war profiteering, that company would later grow to be Mitsubishi - one of the four largest companies in one of the world's four largest economies. But how did sales plummet to just 15 percent of their peak in a few short years? How did the company watch Volkswagen's Dieselgate unfold and then TOP IT? And is Mitsubishi responsible for the trend of naming mid-size crossovers after once-iconic performance models? All that and more on today’s Past Gas - as we learn about the Rise and Fall of Mitsubishi.
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@dth2brny121 Жыл бұрын

James? AND Justin? Alongside Nolan and Joe? AND WE GOT VIDEO AGAIN!!! Life is good once more...

@bombercountyblues Жыл бұрын

Dunno bud . I'm getting some serious deja vu listening to this.. Ithink it might be a re-upload from a couple of years ago..

@dth2brny121 Жыл бұрын

@@bombercountyblues This is the first podcast with Justin, so it's not a repeat.

@bombercountyblues Жыл бұрын

@@dth2brny121yeah,, you're probably right.. still sure I've heard em discussing this before though..I'm 100% certain they've mentioned the Jackie chan evo and his ralliart connection before..

@michaelcianci7944 Жыл бұрын

@@bombercountyblues Mitsubishi gets talked about a fair amount on the podcast because it is such a pivotal company thats indistinguishable from itself 10-15 years ago... and i think there was a lancer dedicated episode that mentioned Jackie chan a lot because of his ties

@jebus456 Жыл бұрын

hell yes!!

@arcticfoam5480 Жыл бұрын

So fucking stoked about video being back. Thank you guys so much! And it’s so great to see Justin here as well!

@KeithZim Жыл бұрын

I don't know, " He's got a face for radio... " LOL you know Im just busting balls LOL

@giorap2625 Жыл бұрын

VIDEOCAST!!! Thanks so much guys I know the video is extra work but we the fans really appreciate it

@ale050505 Жыл бұрын

video is back! love to watch a podcast in video when i come back home even if i listen to it earlier at my job!

@pulloutperformance Жыл бұрын

Heck yeah! Video is back!

@mybloodtypeKRYLON Жыл бұрын

Imma be real here , this is the formula I don't mind waiting a full week or more for this to be the way . Justin was a great add

@masoniain Жыл бұрын

Awesome to have video back. Justin's a great addition too

@yohojones Жыл бұрын

JAMES!!! Welcome back. Missed you.

@brixhodl4765 Жыл бұрын

Can we get a Past Gas where James just does a table read of a Seinfeld script by himself?

@an0gr0br Жыл бұрын

I had to go back. His Frank and Estelle had me in stitches for like five minutes

@shatguin Жыл бұрын

@@an0gr0br It was quite good, really. I had to rewatch it again!

@DudeNews1 Жыл бұрын

Omg… video of my boys 🥰 glad to see those faces

@MrSquirrelsagain Жыл бұрын

Finally!! I love my lancer(08) with 280k miles and am very sad its going downhill.

@gunnarmh Жыл бұрын

I LOVE these podcasts. One of my favourite things about this podcast is when the crew behind the cameras/mics bursts out in laughter.

@electronaut3263 Жыл бұрын

Thank you guys for bringing the video back!! 🎉 As someone who’s been following the show on KZfaq (and didn’t want to switch to spotify & lose track of which episodes I’d already heard)… the extra effort is appreciated. Especially when there’s a dog in the studio for us to see. 🐶Justin was a great guest and it’s so good to hear James again too! Really interesting topic, I have a hard time thinking Mitsubishi will ever get back to their automotive glory days, but hell if I don’t still want an old Eclipse …

@s.platted Жыл бұрын

Man, we love Justin! Something about his aura and personality. Glad we can see more of him

@luckywalker2419 Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR VIDEO BACK!!! Been here since the start and really missed it

@siggy6044 Жыл бұрын

Damn, can't believe we get to see the boys again. And we get Justin sitting in as a bonus!

@logan_mfs5563 Жыл бұрын

THIS IS WHAT WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR!

@arcticfoam5480 Жыл бұрын

So glad the video is back! Just watched the whole episode. To see Justin on more of the future episodes would be great. He seems like a great addition

@nickmonastirsky1605 Жыл бұрын

Guys.....thank you so much for finally listening to fans and bringing back all the best parts.....great way to experience past gas

@FoxMacLeod2501 Жыл бұрын

I'M **SO** HAPPY YOU GUYS ARE FINALLY BACK ON VIDEO!! **edit** add a screenshot of y'all in the studio; I put this on and only realized there was video after 45 minutes of not looking, assuming it was just that thumbnail picture again.

@CaptEvangelion Жыл бұрын

Great to see the live video back and its nice to have other hosts on from the main channel, great story too!

@speedracer2please Жыл бұрын

FANTASTIC podcast! I know doing video for each of these is a ton of extra work, but you went above and beyond. It could just be a quad split that stays up the whole time, I'd be fine! Maybe it's because I just finished Like A Dragon: Ishin, but that intro gave me some vivid mental imagery. I hope MItsubishi gets it back together eventually.

@MastinoNapoletano420 Жыл бұрын

Wow I always thought that Mitsubishi emulated the shape of an engineers scale when you look at it longways. Thanks for sharing guys. Glad to "see" you again on the podcasts.

@turbo1438 Жыл бұрын

19:30 just realized I'm watching an actual video. Great to see you back boys!

@johnnydixon5687 Жыл бұрын

Wow this is one of the best past gas podcasts I’ve listened to I hope you all continue and continue to be more and more successful

@MichaelMitchell9969 Жыл бұрын

I love the show, and I am so happy you are back to the video format. Miss it. Great show! 🎉❤

@stretchymc5126 Жыл бұрын

as a diehard mitsu fan it hurts, im an australian we didnt even get eclipse here (but we got the bastardization crossover) but we got a tonne of evos ralliarts colts magnas as well as the 3000gt and FTO which are rare gems nowadays, base naturally aspirated lancers are everywhere here (ive got an imitation evo X, i'll never afford a real one) and they fucking tear up the khanacross

@dth2brny121 Жыл бұрын

IIRC, wasn't the 3000GT called the GTO in Australia as well? Plus, I learned the 380 (aka the final generation Galant here in N. America) you had down there got a MANUAL TRANSMISSION, while our Galant at that time did not. That's just SACRILEGE on our part up here...!

@stretchymc5126 Жыл бұрын

@@dth2brny121 yeah I mean they've all got GTO badges but because of their appearances in movies and video games as 3000gt the names are used relatively interchangeably, i'll use GTO in person when im talking with a bunch of mates but i'll use 3000gt online cuz its likely more people will recognize that. we have manual 380s but theyre getting a lot harder to find for every manual there's like 10 automatics

@dth2brny121 Жыл бұрын

@Stretchy MC Yeah, the back story on the GTO/3000GT is that the 3000GT name was used in N. America and Europe because the GTO moniker is famously associated with the Pontiac GTO and the Ferrari 250 GTO, so the negative connotations of seeing those three letters on a Japanese car wouldn't fly apparently, lol... So, it is what it is. The GTO name in this instance however, was chosen by Mitsubishi as an homage to the Galant GTO of the 70's, which was huge in Japan.

@TranceF0rmation Жыл бұрын

Just copped a clean 2011 Ralliart last weekend. Never seen one on the road and happened to see one up for sale. Got it 12 hours later and loving it

@wornouttrends Жыл бұрын

First Donut podcast I’ve dropped into in a while and I must say, this set up is PERFECT. The camerawork, the hosts, the conversations; it’s all wonderful and I’m very grateful to witness! Of course switching up who’s on would be great and keep it fresh. Much love, keep up the good work, fellas

@coupe2563 Жыл бұрын

drove a 2010 outlander v6 a couple years ago and it was honestly the most fun car i’ve ever driven. handled like a bad ass somehow

@blakedubois2777 Жыл бұрын

FINALLY THE VIDEO IS BACK, I WILL NOW RETURN TO WATCHING EVERY TIME

@peppercb8428 Жыл бұрын

I love that the Rampage was mentioned ! I have my dad's '82 Rampage and it is absolutely one of my favorite cars 🖤

@jae8204 Жыл бұрын

I had an 82 rampage when I was 17. I wish I never got rid of it. It was an awesome car, defiantly a head turner for sure.

@strawhat532 Жыл бұрын

Guys!!! Totally did not know you had a podcast 😭 until today! Advertise it more😭😭 I needed this

@murphmanmatt11 Жыл бұрын

im so hype you guys went back to video 🙌🏼

@GOOSEYBRUCEY Жыл бұрын

Longtime Spotify listener at work ❤ I like this set up 👌

@johnnydixon5687 Жыл бұрын

Love the video tho especially at this point, love you guys get going on your own rants, I really like these videos where you tell the story of an individual “making it” during times of Great change.

@mikeydeshon5637 Жыл бұрын

Mitsubishi is the first import to ever be covered in hotrod magazine. Back in 2003 John shepherds eagle talon was making over 1000 awhp and was doing 7 second quarter mile times.

@cheharrison7107 Жыл бұрын

Woohoo! Good times! thanks for bringing video back 🤘🤘🤘

@kcm732 Жыл бұрын

glad to see a recorded in person podcast!

@johnnoob Жыл бұрын

love seeing the boys hanging in the office !!

@Girz0r Жыл бұрын

These days, we need to swap the 4 cylinder motor into the mirage hatch

@seanscott7120 Жыл бұрын

My friend designed the 4th gen Eclipse. His concept was pretty radical but by the time it made it to market it had been changed so much he quit Mitsubishi. His direction was to bring back the excitement of the GSX but the upper management wanted watered down FWD automatics.

@xxkrusher1013 Жыл бұрын

are the orginal concepts online anywhere? Id love to see them

@seanscott7120 Жыл бұрын

@@xxkrusher1013 yup, Road and Track did a write up. It was called the Eclipse Concept E

@JNAMOTORSPORTS 9 ай бұрын

They definitely were money laundering and scamming the company

@JNAMOTORSPORTS 9 ай бұрын

It was awd and turbo I remember that car it was also very cool and evo based

@JNAMOTORSPORTS 9 ай бұрын

@@xxkrusher1013it was based on a evo and indeed you can evo swap them today

@PreShitbox Жыл бұрын

Was able to pick up a Gen 2 Montero for 3k and it is literally a low-budged fj80 land cruiser. They are totally slept on!

@addiecore Жыл бұрын

My brother's 2023 Outlander PHEV got a Maserati to blow it's engine at a stop light drag. He's the guy just bought it and blew the engine before the break in period. He looked behind him and saw smoke coming from the hood as he drove away. The 0-60 on the PHEV feels pretty quick, it's just after 60 the car is a bit sluggish. Thing is at least as fun to drive as a Tesla, plus he can get 40-60 miles of electric range. I drove it again last night, it's so smooth compared to my normal 2.5L FWD 2022 Outlander.

@triforsquad856 Жыл бұрын

i bought the phev 1 2 month ago and it really feel like a sleep , make them mercedes go crazy went they see me flying

@cliffp73 Жыл бұрын

15:30 I just had this very same conservation and I agree with James!!

@julioematias9029 Жыл бұрын

2 vids in one day, again! Boy oh boy, aren’t we spoiled!

@pietersmatinworks Жыл бұрын

I think I've watched Jame's Seinfeld impersonation 10 times now... It kills me every time lol. You guys are the best; thank you so much for the great content across your channels!

@deltacharlieecho4732 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for bringing back video

@GreenNutts Жыл бұрын

Love the video back. Nice seeing Justin on the podcast. Has Jer been on yet? That’ll be cool too!

@humbertoarteaga3858 Жыл бұрын

Im a die heart evo owner and i heard some facts here that i wasnt are off. Hats off to the research team

@texholmes3 Жыл бұрын

Worth the wait finally video back

@halfdemon43 Жыл бұрын

So glad there was a video this time 👍

@callumpugh6532 Жыл бұрын

39:26 also grew up in Louisville and was the school you were talking about Saint X

@enriquesepulveda9989 Жыл бұрын

Video Yes!!!! Good to see James is back

@JETZcorp Жыл бұрын

Clarification on the small trucks. The Dodge Rampage was a Chrysler product, based on the FWD K-car platform. That's also what the Charger was btw. The D-50 was a Mitsubishi Mighty Max, and was directly analogous to other minitrucks from Toyota and Datsun, Ford Courier, Chevy Luv, etc. RWD, body on frame. My dad actually has a 1985 Dodge D-50 that he dailies. The Mitsubishi Raider was a rebadged Dakota.

@antifascistskater Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah welcome back to video!

@mk4_krit841 Жыл бұрын

awesome podcast yay for video again!!! 🎉

@imacahguy 7 ай бұрын

My daily is a YELLOW LANCER! It’s a Sportback ralliart wagon. 2004 was the only year we got them in America. Weirdly more rare than my Evo 8 GSR.

@Gowaduv Жыл бұрын

I bought a lightning yellow OZ Lancer in July 2002 and had it until August 2016. When I bought it I had a good job and decent credit but could not get the 0-0-0 financing deal. Meanwhile people I met through Mitsu car clubs were working part time in retail and got the deal. After about a year the club fell apart as so many Lancers were predictably repo'd.

@SpaceApe_Industries Жыл бұрын

All eclipses came with the bulge in the hood it wasn’t for the turbo it was to account for the timing belt cover

@mach1mustangguy992 Жыл бұрын

My buddy has a ralliart lancer. Manual trans, evo front end and wing, with turbo……sick build

@Mechadondada Жыл бұрын

That Jackie Chan movie was my intro to the EVO. Had no idea what it was, but knew it was sick.

@nickdestcroix Жыл бұрын

Great that video is back but honestly can't be bothered to watch this in full with all the ads on KZfaq, just going to listen to this instead

@TheExcelon87 7 ай бұрын

That 25 models in 25 is crazy. As of this moment on the Mitsubishi motors website (in the US) they have 6 models. But technically if you pair that down, that's two versions of the Mirage, the Eclipse Cross and 3 versions of the Outlander. So more like 3 models. Crazy...

@christianibarra4859 Жыл бұрын

currently listening to this while working at a mitsubishi dealership

@michelr.4592 Жыл бұрын

Always been an evo fan. Was a mistake when I didn’t get the evo due to income. And now that I had a decent job ended up getting Outlander sport cause the evo was long gone. They are very budget friendly but slow. But if it’s just for daily life they aren’t bad. I haven’t gotten stuck on the snow due to awd which I seen trucks be stuck (I live in heavy snow area)

@brent_miserwannabe_3thousa38 9 ай бұрын

Even though this is 6 months old, Ill let you guys in on why Papa Murphree's is a take home and bake your own pizza model biz. It's so that people on EBT (what used to be known as "food stamps") can buy their pizzas to take home and bake. As EBT cannot be used to buy prepared food. Shit like grocery store bakery's and deli's that serve warmed prepared food, think Walmart, Publix, etc. rotisserie chicken's and such cannot be bought with EBT cards. The chicken's that are not sold the day of rotary baking are put into the fridge section of the deli, which then they can be bought with the EBT card. So, Papa M's sell their pizza's all put together, but uncooked so that families on the EBT card can get themselves a pizza as for the most part they cannot afford a night of Domino's, Pizza Hut, Papa John's and such. They are choosing not to directly compete with those big nationwide pizza company's and instead focus on the low side of the economy class who depend on the EBT program.

@Pete_Finch Жыл бұрын

"Hey, seems like we are absolutely CRUSHING it and everyone loves our cars. We have to change all of that immediately and in perpetuity." -Mitsubishi

@AppleSlipper Жыл бұрын

Yay, the video is back!

@dannylopez8285 Жыл бұрын

Finally!!!!!! Videos back❤❤❤❤

@learnandthriveee 3 ай бұрын

THAT SEINFELD BIT HAHAHAHAHA IT WAS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT 😅😅😅😅👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@vikas4685 Жыл бұрын

Wooohoo...video is back🥳

@kevonbrown3330 Жыл бұрын

I’m my area their is 06 Galant es for about 6k with 107k miles I’m new to modding but want to get into it should I cop it?

@tylerbossard6323 Жыл бұрын

Hello. First time long time. Please do whatever you need to do to be able to put up images on the screen of all these different cars you're talking about in the podcast . Have a good day

@prettzx 11 ай бұрын

as somebody who has owned a yellow lancer (2007 not 2003), and currently drives a 2014 lancer... they are fine cars, they look decent, they run fairly cheap, reliable, you can sometimes imagine its an EVO....... and in Australia they are easy to find Manuel cars in 2023... and that's something, but yeah..... you get them because they are cheap, and reliable/pretty good cars for the price. I do miss the days that Mitsubishi made more than 4x4s and minivans

@timdaly3478 11 ай бұрын

Did not think I’d get there watching a show about Mitsubishi but I’m going back to knock out Seinfeld on Netflix now. Haven’t watched that since the 90’s

@lo0nyt0onz Жыл бұрын

We get video again? Finally ❤

@borngunner88 Жыл бұрын

Yessss… please do more video podcasts

@TheBryBry420 Жыл бұрын

Please bring back the video versions please!!

@raidenhober5369 Жыл бұрын

On Spotify I can’t listen to it, it only plays like the first 2 minutes of ads

@johnokland1652 Жыл бұрын

One of papa Murphy's biggest markets is low income neighborhoods due to being technically "unprepared" food you can purchase it with food stamps meaning you can have a giant restaurant quality pie for 16 bucks off government assistance

@AbzAden Жыл бұрын

That Seinfeld bit was gold 😂

@josmith213 Жыл бұрын

I really like there being video for Past Gas, only thing that would make it better is flash up an image here and there of the cars amd stuff you talk about

@AliOfBaba Жыл бұрын

Videeeeooooooo let’s goooooo!

@pier-lucgaranddion1527 Жыл бұрын

DEY TUK ER JURBBBS that reference sent me rolling

@jledmist87 Жыл бұрын

Weird i got a mattress firm ad right as he said that

@DM-MilkMan 11 ай бұрын

Whoa whoa, hold on. A Dethklok reference! Feck yeah! You know Toki Wartooth is a volvo bro too btw.

@masonmorrow9300 Жыл бұрын

Yesssss videos back

@OneOfTheLostOnes Жыл бұрын

FUCK YEAH!!!! VIDEO IS BACK! You guys rock!

@countbatculabrucetepes1959 Жыл бұрын

Yo those Seinfeld impersonations were perfection😂

@MichaelMitchell9969 Жыл бұрын

❤ Yes love the video!

@TheZProtocol Жыл бұрын

Mitsubishis are still very popular in Puerto Rico. I bet we amount to at least half of all US sales haha

@TheMindUnlocked Жыл бұрын

I do prefer video podcast!

@gamingwookie4248 11 ай бұрын

19:20 is amazing

@slowedtrans Жыл бұрын

Papa Murphy’s model of take n bake makes it eligible for food stamp purchase / SNAP since the food is not fully prepared for immediate consumption.

@stevemcdowell123 Жыл бұрын

FINALLY BACK

@tylerfrechette7040 Жыл бұрын

this was great

@jebus456 Жыл бұрын

Gonna resub just cause of the video!!

@eurosonly Жыл бұрын

Corrwcruon: the fast and furious eclipse was not a 1995 eclipse. Look at the back up lights. They're in the bumper. The pre face lift had them on either side of the lisence plate. The movie car was from 1997-1999 time period.

@LtNduati Жыл бұрын

Just saw the tiktok and searched for Donut Podcast faster than the speed of like or like 15 buff horses - I'M SO THRILLED THAT THE VIDEO IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@joeschmoe5009 Жыл бұрын

I own a 2014 lancer ralliart, it is all wheel drive and the evo engine, just a smaller turbo, but half the price of the evo. It is a dual clutch only like the u.s market m.r's all are but 5th and 6th are geared different. Its alot of fun and some simple cheap mods and youve got evo performance

@xxkrusher1013 Жыл бұрын

its a shame the transmissions are so finicky though