The Mitsubishi Starion/Dodge Conquest/Plymouth Conquest/Chrysler Conquest
was a line of rear-driven sports coupes built in the 80s by Mitsubishi in Japan. The Dodge/Plymouth/Chrysler versions were just a light re-badge to trick "domestic only" buyers into picking up something from the land of the rising sun. The guise worked and quite a few of the Dodge/Chrysler versions were sold and the future of Chrysler/Mitsubishi motors eventually gave birth to Diamond Star Motors (DSM). Find this 1987 Chrysler Conquest offered for $5,000 in Wausau, WI via craigslist. Tip from Pushrod.
It was the Japanese version of a pony car and combined a turbocharged front engine, manual trans, rear wheel drive and limited slip differentials for classic fun. Contrary to popular belief the name Starion was not an Engrish mispronunciation of Stallion, but it is a contraction of the words Star of Orion.
Under the hood of this wide body (fatty) Conquest is a 2.6 liter inline-4 cylinder engine, turbocharged and intercooled to produce 176 horsepower in TSi trim.
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Love these but prefer them in silver. A cool enough car to overlook the automatic seatbelts.
ReplyDeleteI bought my kids...18 & 17 Years old...Each their own....Both "RED"...Looking AWESOM!!…..They will drive them to College 4-5 miles from the house everyday....@ 35 MPH Roads to College No need air bags ...the Auto Seat belts will do just fine!!!...LOVE THESE CAR....You would need to leave them directly in The Weather 100% of the time to see any signs of RUST!!!...Just unbelievably well made by the same guys that built the "Self Sealing Gas Tanks on the Japanese Zeros in case they were hit by bullets!...Mitsubishi!!!...They think of EVERYTHING!!!
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