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Far East turbolenses - Mitsubishi Lancer 2000 Turbo in (historical) test

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Created on April 29, 1981

Reading time 9min

Written by:

Holger Glanz

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Mitsubishi Lancer Turbo (1981) - mit 170 PS einer der schnellsten seiner Zeit

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Mitsubishi Lancer 2000 Turbo (1980) – mit spiegelverkehrtem Schriftzug auf dem Frontspoiler

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Mitsubishi Lancer GSR (1981) – Innenraum

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Mitsubishi Lancer 2000 Turbo (1981) – übersichtliche Armaturen, Lenkrad in der Höhe verstellbar

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Mitsubishi Lancer 2000 Turbo (1981) – Zweiliter-Turbomotor mit 170 PS

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Mitsubishi Lancer 2000 Rally Turbo (1980) – verbreitert, verspoilert und höhergelegt

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Mitsubishi Lancer (1980) - Neuheit aus Japan, mit 1,25- und 1,6-Liter-Motor mit 55 bis 68 PS - Genfer Autosalon 1980

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Mitsubishi Lancer (1981) - Durchsichtszeichnung des vergaserbestückten Normalmodells

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Mitsubishi Lancer 2000 Turbo (1981) - in Weiss

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Summary

A turbocharger makes the Mitsubishi Lancer so powerful that one wonders whether it is not too much for the rather staid sedan. The chassis and gearbox couldn't quite keep up with the 170 hp, as this test report from 1981 shows.

This article contains the following chapters

New technology: injection system
Power delivery: like a six-cylinder
Chassis: with weaknesses
Gearbox: loud and rough
Plus points
Minus points
Data and measured values

Estimated reading time: 9min

Preview (beginning of the article)

It was about 13 years ago. Ford was about to present a new car. It was similar to the American Ford Mustang and was also to bear a name borrowed from the cowboy and western genre: Colt. The graphic designers were just starting to design the brochures when the Ford boardroom got cold feet. Worried about the future image of their new product, the senior executives wondered whether it was advisable to name a car like a shooting iron when there were already enough deaths on the roads. When the car came onto the market, it was called the Capri. Four years later, BMW presented a 2002 Turbo. The Turbo lettering was emblazoned in mirror writing on the front spoiler so that everyone could read who they had to give the fast lane to. Even before the IAA, where the car had been presented, came to an end, the lettering had been erased. The critical voices that influenced the BMW bosses said that using such means to gain overtaking prestige was a little too arrogant.

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