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i drove one about 2 years back. i dunno if it was just a shit one that had been flogged, or maybe theyre all like that, but to get any response i had to hit the floor with the gas. i guess you'll drive it before you buy it, so its your own discretion.

the one i drove was also the tiptronic auto. i dont recommend that at all.

i drove one about 2 years back. i dunno if it was just a shit one that had been flogged, or maybe theyre all like that, but to get any response i had to hit the floor with the gas. i guess you'll drive it before you buy it, so its your own discretion.

the one i drove was also the tiptronic auto. i dont recommend that at all.

The one you drove may have been crapped out. The auto box is really quite good in these cars by all reports and only very slightly slower than the manual versions. Its the same auto technology Mitsubishi are still hyping up today.

tho the manual is the best.. apparently the auto/tiptronic version is ALOT slower in the case of the FTO.  with this said, i heard manual FTO's are hard to come by

Yeah, when I was looking about 75% of the cars on the market had Tiptronic.

In the end, the Tiptronic gearbox is still a torque converter, as opposed to a clutch pedal-less manual. So you still get all the problems in terms of powertrain loss and deadened throttle response.

The INVECS II system the Tiptronic has is nicish (it was also added to the slusho in the Lancer MR I got a drive of, which didn't have Tiptronic) but its still not amazing. All it does is modify the shift points depending on how aggressively you're driving. I think its the biggest waste of time for a sports car ever.

So imagine that, instead of having a "power" and "economy" switch on your slusho its now running off a delta sensor. So not only do you still get the pain in the arse problems of having the thing short shift if you decide to give it a thrash after commuting for ages....but you have to give it some stick for a little while before it decides to go into the "power" mode. At least with the switch the shift algorithm change is instantaneous, but then I suppose if you wanted instantaneous response from a gearbox you would have bought a real one instead of a little girl's one.

Only the GTO has twin turbo and 4wd. I've never heard FTO carries the same gear. Personally I thing they look ok although they're might not be mitsubishi's best design in term of engine wise. However had they installed the MIVEC from the EVO series with 4wd would be nice that would get my ATTENTION

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i personally hate the fto, it looks awesome but my frends one is heavily underpowered and compared to other front drive sports cars like preludes and celicas it very slow, but i have to admit it looks very nice, so if u wanna impress people who know nothing about cars then buy 1, buy if u want a car that can accelerate i wouldnt reccomend 1 :)

I owned an FTO before my R33. I think they're a great car.

With the new laws in place for P-Plate drivers in NSW these sortof cars would be an ideal choice.

The one I had was a Manual GPX (the MIVEC model). Basically no balls below 5000rpm, but once you had it up in the rev range they have a fair bit of poke.

the best thing about them in my opinion is the exhaust note, very deep and throaty, I still love that V6 note.

Believe it or not, I took my FTO over an R33.

Beaut lil cars that excel in their catagory (n/a fwd)

Unfortunately (as seen by a few posts here) people just don't know a lot about these cars.

Hey Pete! How ya doin? :)

Believe it or not, I took my FTO over an R33.

Beaut lil cars that excel in their catagory (n/a fwd)

Unfortunately (as seen by a few posts here) people just don't know a lot about these cars.

I did my best to stick up for em.....

I actually still have a 94 FTO GPX manual and r R32 GTR.

I'd have to say that if your going to compare a RWD/AWD turbo car with an FWD FTO, of course it's not going to preform impressive.

I think the FTO is a great daily driver, more fuel efficent, handles great and in some smaller round abouts in Canberra I think I can do them quicker than the GTR.

Sure it's underpower because the power doesn't really come on until the MIVEC kicks in which is all the way up in the 5500rpm ish.

But seriously, in it's class it's one of the best. and it definately more entertaining to look at than an integra.

FTOs are just beautiful, i can only wish i could drive or hear one.

as for the awd/TT version, i think some people might be getting a car made up by Polyphony Digital for the Gran Turismo series. It was a 600hp AWD tubocharged monster called the Mitsubishi FTO LM. At one time i thought it extisted as well, don't feel bad. Sounds great in all editions of the game.

someone made a comment about the FTO stealing design cues from the supra: more like it was designed in the same vein as the GTO. Sort of a little brother to the GTO.

Given the opportunity, i think i would snatch one of these up. Sadly, they were never brought to the states. We just got this piece of trash Eclipse/Talon/Laser. Such a piece of ghey.

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