Here's Why the Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 Was a 1990s Icon

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The 1999 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 is one of the coolest sports cars of the 1990s. Today, I'm reviewing a 3000GT VR-4 to show you why the Mitsubishi 3000GT is so cool -- and I'm showing you all the quirks and features of the 3000GT.
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[@DougDeMuro]

Jim, we had a guy. He washed his car with gasoline. We gotta put that in there.

[@23Guitardood]

I still think pop-up headlights are awesome... maybe it's just me...

[@yuvarajkothari6309]

looks like a supras sister

[@powerbyv8]

"Mitsubishi isn't a cool brand anymore, this days they just sell cheap crossover to people with bad credit." This is hilarious 🤣🤣🤣

[@jamievidd775]

My dad a ‘93 or ‘94 VR-4. He loved it. I drove it dozens of times. Great interior and seats and it hauled ass. RIP Dad.

[@stephane_edouard]

"Auto-metal" was a very common feature on 80-90s cassette tape players : metal was a type of tape that needed a specific equalizing

[@ollivermohler7385]

Personally I'd say the 3000gt is the most beautiful jdm cars of the 90s

[@jkeelsnc]

30 years ago it was Mitsubishi. Now it is Mitsucheapie.

[@adamselene9264]

People accept whatever the culture tells them is normal, they don't think for themselves, don't consider what is rational or moral.

[@paulhextall6670]

You sir are obviously against Mitsubishi, today I hate Mitsubishi, but you are closed minded, 1 of my most favourite cars

[@Motorsportsinjapan]

The Japanese Highway Patrol used these in the 90's, stripped out with roll gauges and tuned by HKS, really cool and VERY fast.

[@anaphylastiks]

"Auto metal" refers to the ability to automatically adjust to the metal style tape reading. And I'm quite sure Mitsubishi knew what it meant.

[@VehicleVirals]

I really enjoy when Doug talks about pages in the owner's manual.

[@danieljones8706]

The 3000GT was my go-to car in Gran Turismo as a kid.

[@paulwblair]

A friend of mine picked up a 90's 3000GT used in the early 2000s. It was insanely fast.

[@goldstandardgrooms2156]

These ran extremely impressive numbers stock. I had a stock 1997 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 and a stock 1991 Nissan 300ZX Twin-Turbo (5 speed manual) at the same time the VR-4 was much faster in a straight line, from a dead stop to 150ish speedo indicated the VR-4 had the Z easily beat by a couple car lengths or so depending on the launch.

[@KevinVagen]

I remember every boy in high school drooled when the school guidance counselor would pull up in her white 3000GT. It was so gorgeous, but the funny part is that she drove it with a doughnut wheel for at least 1 entire school year. This was after the car was cancelled and we all thought what she did everyday was simply criminal.

[@pleappleappleap]

"Metal" is a cassette tape bias setting. That this car switches its bias automatically is actually pretty slick.

[@boyofmetal]

Auto metal on the tape deck means the tape deck was supposed to automatically detect the formulation of the tape (chrome, metal, etc...) and adjust the deck accordingly because different tape formulations require different playback equalization.

[@ShiftStarYT]

Mitsubishi making the Eclipse and 3000GT: We know what they need