1969, Mitsubishi Galant, the first hard-top passenger car in Japanese history, was officially born. Perhaps even Mitsubishi itself would not have thought that this car would lead the trend of the Japanese car industry in the future.

With excellent aerodynamic design and perfect performance of 1.5L engine, the top speed of the original Galant can reach175 km/h/h.

This achievement may be nothing now, but it was definitely the top in the world before 5 1 year.

Before we mentioned Mitsubishi's achievements in sports, Lan Se was the first thing that most people thought of? EVO, I didn't know this Galant became famous much earlier than EVO. In other words, Mitsubishi's sports car career began in galante and ended in EVO.

Four years later, 1973, Mitsubishi introduced the second generation Galant model. The new model is equipped with a 2.0L engine, with the maximum horsepower 125 horsepower, and many advanced technologies were adopted at that time, such as silent transmission shaft technology and cross combustion chamber.

While further improving the sports performance, it also greatly improves the ride comfort and NVH of the vehicle.

At that time, it was not easy to do one aspect of the vehicle well, and it was even more difficult to take care of other aspects, but Mitsubishi did it in the Golan.

This also established its position as a luxury sports mid-level car.

It is precisely because of the outstanding performance of the first two generations of models that Goran was directly pushed to the altar and won the grand prize from the third generation of models.

Among the third-generation models, Mitsubishi has a basic "big move" to equip Goran with gasoline engines and diesel engines respectively.

This gasoline engine has an electronic fuel injection system, and the diesel engine is the first diesel turbine used in Japanese civil vehicles. You know, the third generation was released by 1976.

The appearance of these two engines made Goran have better sports performance and won the "Best Model of the Year" in New Zealand that year.

Since then, the fifth, sixth and eighth generations of Golan have successively won the German "Golden Steering Wheel Award", Japan's best car of the year, the best imported car of the year, the best imported car award of the United States and other heavyweight awards.

The most outstanding one is the sixth generation model, equipped with four-wheel drive and four-wheel ABS. Its performance model GalantVR4 is also equipped with Mitsubishi's famous red-headed 4G63 engine, which has won six championships and is inextricably linked with WRC Subaru Legacy.

All this is familiar, yes! This is almost a rehearsal of EVO and STI in WRC.

Of course, like many JDM models at the peak, Galant didn't stay at the peak for long before starting to go downhill. As for the reasons, Mitsubishi fans must understand that Mitsubishi introduced the EVO model on the basis of Lan Se because it needed a smaller model.

At this point, galante and Lancer also completed the handover.

The first real close contact between domestic consumers and galante is also related to its ninth-generation model, which was listed in the China market in the second half of 2006 and also made in Southeast Mitsubishi.

However, after entering the domestic market, galante no longer has the prestige in the Jianghu, and its overall sales volume is very bleak.

In fact, in the mid-level car market, the competition is far from so fierce, so it is obviously not this market. That can only be the domestic version of galante's own problems.

First of all, Goran's positioning is wrong. Previous generations of Goran positioning are sports cars with excellent power and control. However, after the introduction of domestic products, it has completely become a comfortable mid-level car.

The layout of the front drive, as well as the 173 horsepower 2.4L engine and 4AT gearbox, all seem to be related to the previous Galant.

The problem is that in the field of comfortable mid-level cars, the Accord and Camry in the domestic market have already gained a foothold, and the fledgling Golan has no advantage in configuration and brand influence, so naturally there is no good sales.

One more thing, at that time, the overall price of 19.98-2 19800 was actually not low, and there were no 2.0L models to choose from in the previous Golan.

As a result, the Golan has no advantage in cost performance. In addition, this car has not been greatly upgraded from the domestic market, the overall design is seriously tired, the product competitiveness is insufficient, and finally it can only stop completely.

Today, Mitsubishi has given up its car business in China and set up a joint venture with GAC to produce SUVs. The once-Golan production line has been used for other purposes in southeastern China. The classic Goran, like its younger generation EVO, may just be used for nostalgia.

However, some time ago, it was reported that Mitsubishi might resurrect Goran models. However, the resurrected Golan is no longer the one riding on the WRC, but is built on a new platform, which may be equipped with a hybrid system.

Many Mitsubishi fans think that this Golan is not pure enough, or it is not the Golan they want, but I want to say that in this pure and expensive era, as long as the name of Golan is still there, it is very satisfying. ...

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