People often ask "What have you done to the car?".... We normally just shrug our shoulders, as over the years of owning this car we have done little bits and pieces here and there but we cant remember or it's too trivial to mention. Lately people have been wanting to know everything.

The car was purchased out of necessity. We use to have a 1987 Nissan EXA with a 1.6L motor. Although it wasn't quick, it was versatile and we loved it.

Then we decided to have a rug rat... about 3 months into the pregnancy we decided to see how the baby seat was gonna fit in the back seat of the EXA.... (September 1997) Quite simply it doesn't fit at all. The back seat of a EXA is like a parcel shelf. We tried to jam it in every single way possible, this car was not gonna be sold for a child that hasn't even arrived here yet. No way!

A friend we had at the time suggested we take a look at this list of 4 door, Turbo, AWD's / 4WD's. We took a look at the list and we were impressed with a few cars.... but mainly two of them. The Subaru Liberty RS Turbo, and the Mitsubishi Galant VR4.

We hunted around for either car calling all the Subaru Dealers, and all the Mitsubishi Dealers we could find. We asked them all if they had either of the cars we were chasing. Most of the Subaru Dealers seemed helpful, and said they would ring should one come in. Some of the Mitsubishi Dealers laughed and said they would put us on the list.

(March 1998) One dealer rang back...... Paceway Mitsubishi.... They had a Galant VR4 and we still had the Nissan EXA. Still not having driven either as yet, we went straight in for a look. We were happy with the look, we were happy with the performance. "We will take it". Just in time too... The wife has just given birth to our daughter, and we needed to have the car seat in and I had to pick them up that night.

The 1991 Mitsubishi Galant VR4

So this is what it looked like when we first bought her way back in March 1998

Standard Stats:

Interesting Facts

The Australian model had to have larger bumpers both front and rear to meet Australian Standards.

The Australian Model also had to have side front fender indicators added.

Only 315 of the Galant VR4's were sold in Australia.

Price when new: $44 990.00

The Galant VR4 made it's WRC debut in the 1989 Monte Carlo Rally and was coming second outright until it ran out of puff just four stages from the end. Three Rallies later at the 1000 Mile Rally in Finland the VR4 claimed first prize..

Rally Australia Stats:

After 1992, everyone switched to the EVO Lancers. But what a run they had... Five out of the top ten places in 1992,