The Mitsubishi Galant VR-4, short for Viscous Realtime 4WD, was the range-topping version of the Galant, sold with the sixth, seventh and eighth generations of the car. It began as a homologation special for the Group A rules of the World Rally Championship, using four-wheel-drive hardware from the cancelled Starion rally project, and won three WRC events between 1989 and 1991 before the Lancer Evolution took over Mitsubishi's competition role. The sixth generation had a turbocharged 2.0 litre four-cylinder with four-wheel steering, the seventh a twin-turbo 2.0 litre V6, and the eighth a 2.5 litre twin-turbo V6 of 280 PS with Active Yaw Control, offered as a sedan and as the Legnum wagon. Variants were sold as the Eterna ZR-4 and XX-4. The last car was meant for Japan alone but a grey import trade made it a cult model, and production ended in 2002.
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was the range-topping version of Mitsubishi Motors
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originally planned to be exclusively for the Japanese domestic market
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Sixth generation
Mitsubishi developed its first high performance four-wheel drive vehicle in 1987, when it equipped the Galant VR-4
Eighth generation
production finally ceased two years later due to the revision of vehicle emission standards in Japan
Sixth generation, body style
In road-going trim the four-door sedan produced up to 195 horsepower
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premium unleaded fuel
Seventh generation
the old inline-four was superseded by a smoother twin-turbo 2.0-litre V6
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was the range-topping version of Mitsubishi Motors
Eighth generation, country of origin
originally planned to be exclusively for the Japanese domestic market
Generations: Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 (sixth generation), Background and competition history
It instead homologated the recently introduced sixth generation of its Galant sedan for the Group A class
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It instead homologated the recently introduced sixth generation of its Galant sedan for the Group A class
Generations: Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 (seventh generation), Seventh generation (E84A/E74A)
The new generation thus became a less overtly competition oriented vehicle
has versions: Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 (seventh generation), Seventh generation (E84A/E74A)
The new generation thus became a less overtly competition oriented vehicle
Generations: Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 (eighth generation), Eighth generation (EC5A/EC5W)
The final VR-4 (Viscous Realtime Four Wheel Drive) was introduced in 1996.
has versions: Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 (eighth generation), Eighth generation (EC5A/EC5W)
The final VR-4 (Viscous Realtime Four Wheel Drive) was introduced in 1996.
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