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    Is the 3S a DSM?

    Is the 3S a DSM?

    NO.
    The 3000gt/Stealth/GTO was built in Nagoya, Japan.

    JDM - Built for Sale in the Japanese market.
    USDM - Built for sale in the US market.
    DSM - Normal, Illinois, USA built

    The Mitsubishi GTO is a sports car built by Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors between 1990 and 2001. In most export markets it was rebadged as a Mitsubishi 3000GT. It was also imported and sold by Chrysler in North America as a Dodge Stealth captive import from the 1991 to 1996 model years with only minor detail/appearance differences; mechanically, the two cars were identical. The Mitsubishi GTO, or Mitsubishi 3000GT, and Dodge Stealth design was the result of the collaborative effort between Chrysler and its Japanese partner, Mitsubishi Motors. It took its name from the Galant GTO, a two-door hardtop coupé sold by the company in the early 1970s, which got its name from the Ferrari GTO, which means Gran Turismo Omologato. In Japan, it was sold at a specific retail chain called Car Plaza.
    Diamond-Star Motors (commonly abbreviated to DSM) was an automobile-manufacturing joint venture between the Chrysler Corporation and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC).[1] The name came from the parent companies' respective logos: three diamonds (Mitsubishi) and a pentastar (Chrysler).[2] Diamond-Star Motors was officially renamed Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America, Inc. (MMMA) in 1995, four years after Mitsubishi took sole control of the plant, and since 2002 its official title has been Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) Manufacturing Division.[3]

    Though the engine has nothing to do with whether a vehicle is a DSM or not, many refer to all 4g63 powered cars as DSM's. If you are unsure if your car is a DSM, look at the firewall vin tag. If it has "Diamond Star Motors" or the DSM logo around the edges, it is indeed a DSM. If it says "Mitsubishi Motors" and has the 3 point Mitsubishi logo, it was produced by Mitsubishi after DSM was officially dissolved. [4]
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