Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Classic Car

By Eric James

The Colt Cleartec is actually the newest design in a series of Mitsubishi cars that have been both top quality and budget friendly for everybody since 1962. Enormous tombstone gas-guzzling cars are well and good for anybody who is the dictator of some obscure wealthy nation and can afford to tarmac an area the size of Birmingham for your own turning circle. However for generations the normal household living in a buzzing city has been saving money whilst getting the highest quality possible by driving the latest model of Colt.

As Mitsubishi's first post-war passenger car, the Colt 600 made history when it was first made in Japan in 1962. It wasn't long until the talked about compact car touched down on European soil, with the Colt 1200 and Colt 1400 delighting buyers in the early 1980s. Soon everyone was queuing to be the first to take a Colt test drive.

From the mid 80s the entire world had joined the cult of the Colt, with both 3-door and 5-door models developed, with a top engine capacity of 1800cc. The designs sold steadily in Europe, but they were especially popular in Denmark, where they were among the country's top selling cars.

Various models of Colt have gone under diverse names around the world, including the Dodge, Plymouth and the awesomely crazy Mirage Panther and Mirage Cyborg. Neither the Panther or Cyborg were built to be driven by any types of wild cat or futuristic metal man, though debatably a futuristic robot may be able to drive one, though we never can know, because that would only transpire in the future.

In the 1990s cars and trucks ceased having all those sharp angles and the corners started to be rounder in virtually a real life precursor to web 2.0. The Colt stayed in vogue and the 5th generation showcased a front wheel drive 1500 cc 8 valve SOHC caburettor engine in the base GL model, or a 1800 cc SOHC 8 valve EFI engine in the larger GLXi variant.

These days the Colt Cleartec has the most modern features ever before seen in a Colt brochure and it is still manufactured to the best standards on the production lines of Japan. Another classic in the making.

About the Author:

No comments:

Post a Comment