I was wondering (as you do at 3.20 in the morning lol) how much the VR4's would have set you back when they were new? Brad or Gly do you guys remember how much they where over in NZ at all? cheers
when ralliart uk brought in 200 to the uk i belive they were about £35.000. but Kieran will correct me on this
yeah when sold new in the UK they started at about 33000 and went up from there if you wanted things like sunroofs. In NZ they were about $70k, and that was only for Galants, they never sold Legnums new here. Things like the sunroof were about $2000, the MMCS was about $3000, and the Recaro's + Momo wheels were about the same. The Jap price on them was about 2.8mil to 3.2mil as standard, but if you specced one up it could be closer to 4.0mil yen
so they were a pretty costly car when they where new then, good to see we are all get a bargain at the price we are paying
I was wondering the same thing actually. It's scary to know you're sitting in a AUD$65,000 car and that's without the options!
a bit more than a normal one - probably not too much though because they were used to get rid of the old prefacelift chassis's
When new in Japan: 1996 Galant VR-4 manual: 2,980,000 yen 1996 Galant VR-4 auto: 3,094,000 yen 2000 Galant VR-4 Type V manual: 2,673,000 yen 2000 Galant VR-4 Type V auto: 2,797,000 yen 2000 Galant VR-4 Type S auto: 2,981,000 yen 1996 Legnum VR-4 manual: 3,060,000 yen 1996 Legnum VR-4 auto : 3,174,000 yen 2000 Legnum VR-4 Type V auto: 2,880,000 yen 2000 Legnum VR-4 Type V manual: 2,975,000 yen 2000 Legnum VR-4 Type S auto: 3,099,000 yen To compare, 2000 model gay VE 2,000cc FWD model Galant: 1,670,000 yen. Don't know Super VR-4 prices, sorry. Prices don't include options or 5% Japanese consumption tax. So, with today's taxes, exchange rate etc, to buy a VR-4 in Japan and bring it over it would have cost a bit over 40 grand.
Yes and no - mitsis don't hold their value well, but the Evo does - there was a time when Evos were quite a bit more expensive in Aus second hand than they cost NEW, as they weren't available here initially. Given the Evo X will be an official channel import here next year, I think they will probably hold their value quite well if there is large demand, as you won't be allowed to bring grey markets in at ALL for these, so if there is limited supply people will fight over them... If more people knew what VR4 Galants and Legnums were over here you'd find the price would get pushed up quite a bit. Personally I'm glad I'm getting on at the ground level
A lot of people believe current Legnum and Galant prices in Japan are artificially low because of some safety scandals Mitsubishi had a few years back in Japan. A lot of Mitubishis (EVO's excluded) took a big hit in price over this time as the Japanese public turned away from the brand.
yeah thats quite well known. Also the Wikipedia page in Japan on them says that they weren't a popular over in Japan as the Legacys because the Legnums have a much better and more sophisticated suspension design which takes up more boot space, so the Jap's preferred the Legacys
Mitsubishi's class action suit in the mid 90's in the US over the diffs in the GTO didn't help them there, either... Their loss is our gain IMO
I just found this thread and thought i'd add my 5c worth. I looked up on a website yesterday and they list price for 1998 Type s Legnum with auto had a list price of 3,990,000 yen but it said there wasn't black available?? Anyway it showed leather, woodgrain, sunroof were all options. Not sure what they would have cost at the time. Anyway I also looked up the yen - aus dollar for dec 1998 and it gave me a price of $43,900 aus. Obvioulsy I looked up all these details as my car is a dec 98 build. I am thinking that maybe black wasn't available in the 1998 cars and as my car was built dec 98 it was probably sold as a 1999 spec? Anyone have any thoughts on this?
totally off topic but, my dad bought a Mitsubishi Verada in 2000 for $47,000! Got it valued for a trade-in a while ago, and they said $7000!!! ouch! same sort of deal i guess... even though dealer prices are low as low....you still cant sell them privately for much more.
Legnum Pricing: http://www.cars-directory.net/specs/mitsubishi/legnum/ Galant Pricing: http://www.cars-directory.net/specs/mitsubishi/galant/ Click on the year, then it will bring another page where you can select the model. I am pretty sure it is in USD. I use this site very often when looking for tech specs...
Even though the Super VR-4 is classed as a 1998, mine had a build date back in 1997. Again, they were to get rid of the Series 1 chassis. Not that I minded that they filled it full of options like Momo and Recaro gear
