Mitsubishi Galant GTO

The Mitsubishi Colt Galant GTO, usually called the Galant GTO, was a sporting hardtop built by Mitsubishi Motors from 1970 to 1977. It was shown as the Galant GTX-1 show car at the 1969 Tokyo Motor Show, and sales began in November 1970 as the flagship hardtop of the new Colt Galant sedan range. Hiroaki Kamisago drew it with long-hood, ducktail American muscle car cues and it was only the third Japanese car with pillarless, fully lowering side windows. The first models were powered by the 1600 cc Saturn engine in M1, M2 and twin-cam MR forms, followed from 1973 by Astron 2000 cc engines in SL, GS-5 and GS-R trims. Only a few were exported, mostly to New Zealand, with some going to the United Kingdom and Ireland from 1975. The Galant Lambda replaced it in December 1976, and the GTO name returned in 1990 on the flagship sports GT.