Mitsubishi Galant Lambda (first generation)

The first-generation Mitsubishi Galant Lambda, chassis code A120, was introduced in Japan in December 1976 as what Mitsubishi described as a personal luxury car rather than a coupe, since the Lancer-based Celeste already filled the coupe role. It competed in Japan with the Toyota Crown, Nissan Cedric, Nissan Gloria and the Mazda Cosmo coupes. Smaller personal luxury cars were a growing trend in the mid-1970s, and the Lambda had frameless door glass with no B pillar between the front and rear side windows, canopy vinyl roofs, velour interiors, wheel covers with whitewall tires and many power assists. From 1978 it was exported as the Sapporo in Europe and South America, the Dodge Colt Challenger and Plymouth Sapporo in North America, and the Chrysler Sigma Scorpion in Australia, where it was imported as the flagship of Chrysler Australia's Sigma range. The Astron 2.6 litre engine introduced Silent Shaft balance shafts.