Gullwing Starion

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Mitsubishi Motors released only 5 Gullwing Starion's in total. Built from the GSR-VR 2.6ltr in 1988. Mitsubishi employed a private factory to build the Gullwing Starion as a special, However There is a rumor that only 3 were actually sold, The price of a new one was 6,000,000yen. Today it is believed One is in Tokyo or Yokohama & One is in Nagoya, And another one is in Miyazaki-prefecture.


Two of them (Tokyo & Nagoya) were released by Mitsubishi. Another one was built by the owner who ordered factory parts privately. This cost him 2,500,000yen to build, This Gullwing had a motor-powerd door rising unit. This placed a strain on the battery- One situation arose when the owner had to climb in from the rear hatch due to a battery failure. Now it has been modified to a manual system due to many problems with the mechanism. Another problem is the lack of strength in the roof & floorpan.


The GULLWING was created for a police story TV program called "GORILLA", That's what the plastic model (released in Japan) relates to. The TV company had TWO Gullwing cars for filming, due to the problems with it.

[Glides]

Slick as hell.

[87 Turbo II]

I didn't come in here expecting to like what I saw. I was expecting some home built, ghetto ricer looking system. Then I saw this and loved it. Then I read Mitsu actually did it themselves and it all made sense. OEM always does it right. Good stuff. REPS.

[carton30643]

Yea can't say I would pay that much though...lol

[a94civicex]

Wow is all I can say! That's a sick starion!

[Sol-Badguy]

That's amazing!

I want one!

[EJ25RUN]

Thanks for the pics. No thanks for the black text.

[87 Turbo II]

Thanks for the pics. No thanks for the black text.

you can always highlight it

[Mad Mike]

6,000,000.00 Japanese Yen = 66,968.02 U.S. Dollars :eek:

[Scotsman]

you can always highlight itwhich im sure he did ;)

[civic gsr]

i owned a conquest before this shit are pretty fucking fast i loved it alot until one day it did not wanna turn on so i sold it ... now i want it back

[Nerdsrock22]

Those Volks look right sexy on it. Reps.

[DB4LYFE ™]

nice.. wheels r dope!

~DB4LYFE

[Stormhammer]

I wanna go drive mine now :3

[carton30643]

I wanna go drive mine now :3
me and cruz will have one going by the first of the year. It's gonna be a good one too....:ninja:

[carton30643]

6,000,000.00 Japanese Yen = 66,968.02 U.S. Dollars :eek:
The 1988 Mitsubishi Starion ESi-R back when it was new went for around 20k.

[carton30643]

i owned a conquest before this shit are pretty fucking fast i loved it alot until one day it did not wanna turn on so i sold it ... now i want it back
Yea they are hard to get away from. Between me and my brother we have a couple we are working on and hoping to have a big coming out party next year.:ninja:

[Elbow]

Doesn't look right IMO. It's not an exotic looking sports car or anything, reminds me of a Civic with Lambo doors.

[carton30643]

Doesn't look right IMO. It's not an exotic looking sports car or anything, reminds me of a Civic with Lambo doors.
Wow you are dead on!!! lol It WAS a high priced sports car for the 80's.

[DoriDori]

Those Volks look right sexy on it. Reps.

x2. It's got flavor fo shooo.

[2turbo4u]

Didn't the DSM also come with gullwing doors for a small amount produced?