are gtos well known in us

[GTO-SIMON]

i am arsking this question because over here there not very well known,people are always arsking me what car is it eg,is it a american car trans am corvet ferrari ect they are becoming quite rear know as many people are braking them as price has falen so low,due to price of fuel it costs around $10 a gallon £1.50 a litre,. over here how much is your fuel? you can pick up early tt from around $2000 we have 4 modles over here auto N.A .MANUAL N.A . TT AND MR the mrs are the rarest and prob most sort after ,there are very few places to service these cars i have to travel around 100 miles to service my car . cant trust normal service station to work on them appart from oil and brakes . simon

[green-lantern]

A lot of people don't know what they are here ether. I get a lot of those people that think it’s something else. Price of gas here in Tennessee is about $3.50-4.00 gal. Not many people can work on them ether.

[UnaturallyAspirated]

Yeah, when i drove my stealth alot. people would give me the "NICE FERRARI" ... :sigh:

[CoreyB]

Surprisingly I run into people that THINK they know these cars all the time. Most people think they are FAST and cant be beat by almost anything lol. I don't try to correct them too often.

[Tigchamp]

One of the main diferances is that both the N/A's auto & manual are still AWD, the FWD cars were not available in either Japan or Europe
And of course only the JDM & UK cars have the steering wheel on the correct side:lo5l:
Jeff:coo3l:

[green-lantern]

Surprisingly I run into people that THINK they know these cars all the time. Most people think they are FAST and cant be beat by almost anything lol. I don't try to correct them too often.

:lol:

[Nationalmilkman]

I really want to correct my steering wheel to the "correct side".

[IPD]

of course they're well known. but the funny thing is, people give you strange looks if yours has anything other than a pontiac badge on it.

[Blackmount]

alot of people know the cars but don't know much about them. some more then others tho.


but the general thought about them is Slow and outrageously heavy, tho anything under 4,000lbs these days is quickly becoming on the "lighter" side of cars.

I do love when people think the vr4 is slow, and then it walks them.... They aren't as "fast" as they use to be, but still have absolutely no problem keeping up with the majority of semi-sporty cars and what not made today.

unfortunately in the US if you have a genuine Mitsubishi GTO bad, people will think your stupid/ricer because the only GTO that exsists to most Americans is the Pontiac GTO

[IPD]

it just proves that americans are largely stupid fanboys. pontiac never produced anything worthy of those three letters.

[Blackmount]

indeed.

[GTO-SIMON]

a bit the same here not the most popula on jap seen ,a very underestimated car ,a bit like marmite you love or hate them,i love um.its a good good feeling when you beat a car that cost £100k or more puts a smile on my face every time,the only badge on my car is gto on back as we dont have may american cars over here poeple think it a farrari.back in the day i had a 4'7 smokey and the bandit trans am.when they were worth nothing i see there fetching good money now.

[Tigchamp]

And of course the only reason that it was called the 3000GT in the US was because of the Pontiac GTO, In Europe it was called the 3000GT because of the Ferrari GTO:rolleyes3:
Jeff:coo3l:

[IPD]

And of course the only reason that it was called the 3000GT in the US was because of the Pontiac GTO, In Europe it was called the 3000GT because of the Ferrari GTO:rolleyes3:
Jeff:coo3l:

and yet...it didn't stop noble...

[Jeff V.]

It was called GTO in Japan because of Toyota's history with the 2000GT and the TRD 3000GT Supra.

It was called 3000GT everywhere else in the world. I have no doubt that it would have had that name in Japan as well, had it not been for Toyota.

[Blackmount]

Don't forget about the 197X Mitsubishi GTO MR. it was kinda a successor name, and I believe that cars name was in appreciation to Ferraris GTO, but I may be wrong.

[thor'svr4]

i was recently complemented on my "nice 5000GT"... so im going with there not well known.

[IPD]

i was once told "nice, but what is a BOOOGT?"

needless to say, fuck the stock font on mistus.

[PaulL]

Most people here don't even know what a 3000GT or Stealth is, even more improbable the jdm Mitsu GTO's.

[Jeff V.]

Don't forget about the 197X Mitsubishi GTO MR. it was kinda a successor name

You mean the Colt Galant GTO?

[Chris@Rvengeperformance]

Pretty much everyone over 20 knows what a stealth is around here