1997 Mitsubishi FTO GPX from Australia and New Zealand - Comments

Nothing major, new tires and a full service.

Front left suspension needs to be re-worked.

Apart from that, all is good.

The FTP GPX is one fantastic car. Is in a league of its own, and can compete with cars priced twice as much.

Handles great with TC and ABS, and comes with heaps of extras; TC, ABS, sunroof, twin airbags etc.

Looks fantastic and turns heads more than almost any other car, and the best thing is that it is rare!

Excellent.

The comment that I wish to make is that the review has stated that "the fto gpx is in a league of its own". This is rubbish, I too love in Australia and have noted the 1999 intergra type R to be a much better car, with equal performance, and with excellant handling better than fto GPX. The 2000 celica is also much better, with a nicer engine and better cockpit. The 1993 celica GT-4 is an older car yet it is far superior with four wheel drive and a ceramic turbo. the FTO GPX is by no meens a bad car yet there are better cars.

RARE??? Man, they are all here at Brisbane, Sunnybank. Just hang out at Nathan campus Griffith Uni.

Anyway, there is a good site for FTO lovers.

http://www.mivec.co.uk

explains everything that you need to know.

I don't consider an Integra Type R a "performance" car, since they are rare (here in the US), and my car will take a stock one any day of the week, without ever getting out of 3rd gear. I have a 90 Plymouth Laser RS-T, a DSM. It's a turbo I4 with stock HP of 195. Right now, with just 2 simple bolt-on's I have 235hp, and 0-60mph of 5.4 seconds. An Integra Type R, Civic Type R, FTO, anything in that price range won't touch my car. By the way, I have only spent $2,800 total including the price of the car ($1900).

Just wondering what happens to the guy with the Plymouth when a corner arrives?

LOL, I guess he'll come to that problem when it arrives. Far too many people believe a "performance car" is just the 0-60 or 1/4 mile times in a straight line. For the pulling from the lights 'drag races' I suppose that's all that matters, but if you like to do you racing on the track that's when a true performance car comes into its element IMHO. An Integra type are is evidence of this. A production car that is race spec... very impressive. Very few cars come close to this one for the price. The FTO version R is also an excellent race spec car with fantastic handling... Depends what you want in a car really :)

I don't agree that the old Celicas are better than FTO's and know that the new ones aren't. The GT 4WS Turbo is a better car, but in the UK these are still £12,000+ for a nice example whereas FTO's are much, much cheaper (£6k-£7k for a mint condition GPX model) and their performance is very good.

Don't forget that maintaining a turbo car is also costly.

New Type-R's are lovely, but then they are the post 2000 ones. Older ones are certainly not as good. The reign of the FTO was mid-90's and to be fair their spec (and looks) for a car of that age is pretty awesome.