1988 Mitsubishi Sigma Review - A Strange Sedan You DIDN't KNOW ABOUT!

[@Cozejjpnk]

Never thought i'd hear you say sigma

[@Hunting_treasure]

lol

[@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary]

You're not so Special.. He says that to Everyone!!

[@michi-eke]

owning this makes you a sigma

[@FrequencyORD]

zack must own one then

[@ronaldmcdonald9322]

I'm a smegma male 😢

[@laskos02]

Fun fact, sigma won an award for a teen word in Poland

[@michi-eke]

@@FrequencyORD naturally

[@jjojo2004]

Or a BETA MALE……😂😂😂😂

[@2Kriss2Kross]

Mitsubishi was really in their prime in the 80’s-90’s. It’s rather unfortunate how they along with Nissan have fallen from this era.

[@enhancedutility266]

I said the same thing I wish they get back to the roots

[@hunter371]

Their cars were beautiful and really well made. Wonderful performance and driving experience in a lot of their vehicles from that time. Hell, even into the aughts they were still making impressive cars. Shame they fell off

[@grunkohlaktionar7474]

Nissan is even worse today... Near bankruptcy, Mitsubishi has bought their shares back

[@mauricesoulis1590]

@@grunkohlaktionar7474ya I hear 12-14 mos b4 bk. Not sure Ch. 11 or 13 but ya Whatta once proud group. I graduated hi Skool in 77 n i drove my mom’s 510 all senior year. Buds had Z’s + a neighbor had a classic 1600 roaster👍

[@datsunracer9378]

Erm, what the sigma?

[@Gh_cle]

Brain rot has infected the car community

[@the_kombinator]

Nah, it's been garbage since the mid 2000s.

[@preciadoalex123]

Makes sense that you would think that. You probably aren't on the same level of thinking as me. You see I'm what's known as an INTJ. We tend to be sigma males, you could call us lone wolves. I'm an introvert that doesn't talk much, but I'm like the popular loner. Women find me very mysterious and attractive, but I don't really pay them much attention, which drives them crazy. We make up a very small percentage of the population, so you probably haven't heard of us.

[@ronaldmcdonald9322]

​@@preciadoalex123do you lift weights while taking a shower?

[@the_kombinator]

@@preciadoalex123 Oh no, I have heard of your type, for you see, I am very smart.

[@dhillaz]

​@@preciadoalex123 Man that's so cool. If only someone made a course where I could learn to become more like you.

[@drewjansen7825]

What fun! Especially your ecstatic "Ee-ee-ee-ee-ee!" in the back seat. (I'm a Mitsu man myself: I owned a new 1982 Plymouth Champ 4-dr w/Twin Stick and the 1.6L, and a new 1990 Eagle Summit ES with the 1.6 16V. Great cars, both.) I really appreciate what you do. Happy merry everything to you and yours, Zack.

[@U.S.S.SOUTHSIDE]

I miss The Eagle Division Sooooooo Much!! Wish I'd bought a Summit wagon! The Premier ES Limited's my #2 Dream Car😎, but word has it the few left are in Canada.

[@U.S.S.SOUTHSIDE]

@@drewjansen7825 Here in Y.T., search "Wookie Drives Eagle Summit". He did a very touching video on Mitsubishi and the demise of Eagle 🦅 😥😢

[@dhillaz]

7:48 "Yo dawg, I heard you study finance, so we hooked you up with a *bank vault* in the trunk." Love the velour, 80s dash and fox body taillights.

[@poomsiraprapasiri8448]

Hi from Thailand! My aunt got a more basic version of this car in the mid 80’s. I was in kindergarten, so it was my very first memory of our family’s “brand new car”. It was about 300,000 baht or $12,000. Rode it to school for several years. It was the car I learned to drive with when I was 16. It came with no power steering, manual transmission with 4 cylinder 1600cc engine. Everything was manually operated but there was one luxury, the rear seat reclined! We sold it in the mid 2000’s and got about 6,000 baht ($150) for it. We had a few more Mitsubishi in the family but this Galant was the one we had for longest.

[@eddiefalcon8316]

I remember seeing these back in the 90s and it was a rare sight even back then.

[@johnnymason2460]

Actually, this was still called the Galant Sigma in 1988. It became the Sigma in 1989 because of the smaller Galant sedan introduced that year.

[@hunter371]

I thought this shared a lot of striking similarities with the Galant of this era!

[@GeeEm1313]

Yes.

[@jcat96]

Of course the Sigma appreciates a shrewd negotiator

[@nobatteriesincluded3968]

I believe the diamante replaced this car as a flagship cool review 💯

[@piggy310]

I thought the Galant did?

[@doug6191]

​@@piggy310He's correct for the U.S. market, at least. Diamante was the flagship here.

[@EliWithThatOlds]

"Anyway, let's hop into the trunk. Well not hop _into_ the trunk, hop around ba- not even hop, _walk_ around back and open the trunk for you to see! 👍😁" Zach has such a way with words.

[@thasneemrizvi]

Now THIS is a beautiful car name

[@dochowlan9857]

Remain strong, brothers

[@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary]

I worked with a guy who had one of these in the 80s, in Midnight Blue with the very cool original wheels and let me borrow it a few times when my car was in the shop. I LOVED that car!! It felt like I was driving in a Video Game every time I got to use it! The Joy Stick Shifter and Orange GLow Dash Lights along with the Very Cool and Comfy Seat Design was pretty awesome!! The Galant/ Sigma quickly made it to my Most Wanted List and has remained there ever since!!

[@ChryslerFan88]

Down here in Australia, I see these everywhere.

[@PCookInc]

Fun fact: In Germany (and I think also in the rest of Europe) this was called the Mitsubishi Sapporo, named after the Japanese city. The successor then was called the Sigma. Even back in the 80s a very, very rare car. My dad almost bought one back then, but instead chose a Mazda 626.

[@melvin187]

Correct. The European Sapporo came with a large 4 cilinder. The later Sigma was always had a 6 cilinder. I have the DOHC version of it.

[@layeredlad7679]

Ngl this car is pretty sigma

[@jimkanellakos4699]

Love the car phone. 1st gen, analog. Cool that it still makes dial sounds when pushing the buttons.

[@slimwhitman1301]

These were so very rare when new. Even though these were an older buyer semi-luxury car, the high school kid I was, still looked forward to rarely seeing one.

[@stilllmkp]

sticking out your cat for the pradle , your so skibidi , your so sigma

[@thirdpedalnirvana]

1:35 the shot with the fall leaves dancing around the engine bay is magnificent. Probably more magnificent than the car is to drive. Man does that hood make it look like its supposed to be a rear wheel drive car.

[@bwofficial1776]

Doug DeMuro did a review of a Sigma and like most Sigmas there's very little out there on these. Manual sedans certainly are sigma. I love the rectilinear control pods and blocky red gauge cluster, so 80s. Nice license plate too.

[@RemcoLamberts]

Thanks for that one! I love this Mitsubshi. I grew up in the mid eighties, working at a Mitsu dealership's in-house petrol station. Having showroom access (After hours lol) able to see an check out all the goodies: Lancer ECI Turbo (the ralley champ), the first gen Pajero 4WD, Starion (wow) etc. But I am big lover of luxury sedans so this one ticket all my boxes. Love the blue velour (how could you prefer leather over that?). In Europe this was sold a a Sapporo, and like it's coupe predecessor based on the Galant. It was marketed as a hard-top, I believe because of the frameless windows. We did not get this smashing V6 but a 2.5 petrol only (still a decent performer though, and probably better suited to the European buyers. I never sold in big numbers but was clearly aimed at taking on German mid-size luxury (BMW, Merc, Audi). In Australia (my current place of residence) it was a now show, in fact Aussie build their own Mitsu mid size, and was very successful at it: the Magna! It was designed for the though Aussie conditions and a wider version of the Galant (but similar looking). I was I could find a Sapporo/Sigma here but I probably need to search or a RHD on the UK or Japanse market for grey imports. The only negative about this one (apart from the original radio having been removed) is that the wheels are not original. I've checked old US market brochures and the originals looked better, especially the 88 model year (same as UK/Euro market). Keep up the great work, and maybe you'll find a Starion Wide body one day!

[@doug6191]

9:23 - the style reminds me of a Dodge Monaco, but that blocky, square styling was pretty typical for the 80s.

[@barron204]

They were common in my country with the Galant/V3000 being Traffic Control vehicles in the 80s.

[@picpeige02]

Wow! man I love this car. I felt your excitement sitting in the back of the car. That's where I sat mostly when my sister would come to pick me up.Her boyfriend owned the car but she usually drove it. It was a rare car at that time, I believe he bought the car in 1990. He was excited about how rare and well equipped it was. He was in his 20 and I was about 12 at the time. He spent hours outside cleaning and detailing that car and I was right there with him admiring his car. He always reminded me it was the Sigma model of the Galant and that why it was so special. He was not kidding that car was gorgeous. The things that made it so special was the sleek yet muscular boxy exterior and all of the electronics in the interior. His had a remote steering wheel with volume n a few other buttons on the lower part of the steering wheel, automatic trans and air suspension. I had never even heard of air suspension at that time but there was a car level indicator screen mid dash. Not to mention it was fast with that v6 exhaust growl.😍😍😍😍

[@Emobingoxo]

This is so sigma!!!

[@raging_carnut]

I'm so relieved the squeaky clutch is a Japanese thing. My civic has done it since many years ago. 😂😂😂

[@davidp2888]

The car phone is peak late 80's/early 90's.

[@jgg02]

I remember reading about the Sigma Turbo back in the days (in sweden) and how it was a competitor to the Saab Turbo, never actually saw one in the flesh, very rare car.

[@bazilwreckerloughead]

I love the looks of this car, & that interior...SO 80s!

[@grunkohlaktionar7474]

Underrated

[@thirdpedalnirvana]

What a time capsule and a rarity! Thanks for sharing this oddball car with us Zack!

[@stepheng5843]

I forgot about the Sigma. Wow! I liked that car too.

[@Kamikazekims]

ERRRM WHAT THE SIGMA !

[@fritsb8788]

I never knew there was a Sigma before the .... mk2 I guess.... I love so much....❤

[@ralphabreu5022]

That engine was in the Dodge Dynasty And Chrysler New Yorker

[@markhealey9409]

Cool! I don't think I've seen a Sigma or a Galant in about 30 years! 😍😍

[@HondaRider137]

A car made for Gigachads only.

[@piggy310]

Gigazack

[@2010hyundaielantra]

Car really said "🍷🗿"

[@jimkanellakos4699]

Cool 80's car. Great review. Thanks Zack.

[@jason.kchantziaras8456]

That sunroof takes up a ton of head room !!

[@howebrad4601]

Cool interior, and nice upholstery. Mitsubishi made cool cars, and still do. Own a 24 Outlander and love it.

[@AdrianAzizSantoso-gq7rw]

4:11 "Top Gun" is a 1986 movie starring Tom CRUISE (VANILLA SKY)

[@ljmorris6496]

I remember theses cars, didn't see one past '05..

[@hunter371]

Mitsubishi. Mit-sue-be-sh-e. That's how we pronounce it on the east coast. Lived in Normal IL for a minute where they had a factory and remember it being pronounced that way there too

[@JayMcK-yj8ht]

We had the Aussie built version called Magna.

[@MauiWauiPineappleExpress]

Sapporo in Europe.

[@OldMotorWords]

New Zealand had a local version called the V3000; used by the traffic police at the time.

[@the_kombinator]

1:33 The Hyundai Sonata also came with a 4G64 - I've got the block out of one of these, I'll be using its crank and pistons to create a 4G63 stroker.

[@ericbritton9346]

The Mitsubishi Sigma. The official car of an upscale Gallant with luxury comfort and the predecessor of the successor Diamante in the 90's.

[@doug6191]

"The official car of an upscale Gallant [sic] with luxury..." What? The official car of a car? It's so mind-numbing to read some comments, but it does make me feel smarter.

[@joeseeking3572]

Cool find!! People today forget car sizing in the 80's - this was about a Maxima back, then and a smidge bigger than the Camry. in 1988 Hyundai was still down in the (then self-destructing) Excel range, and Kia wasn't even a thing, so Mitsubishi was where you looked for high content low price alternative to the Maxima and (not quite) Cressida. You got more than a Camry, or even an Accord, and remember neither of them had a V6 yet. Lots of goofy features for your dollar, but a flaccid suspension and you weren't going to fool your Maxima neighbor that this was a 'sport sedan' (he was into his own delusions anyway). The trade off - instant value crater 'cause no one knew what the heck it was.

[@kellyvariste4831]

Yay!!! One of my favorite 1980's car as a child.

[@gmanandhislady]

My mom's 85 Regal had that exact blue velour. Warm in the winter, very warm in the summer.

[@gregorycoyle5175]

I had an 87 Galant (not a Sigma) which was the lower spec of this car but otherwise the same. Quirky cluster setup and electronics, had bizarre interior door handles and a reclining back seat amongst other oddities. But one of the best FWD cares I’ve ever driven in snow w/ snow tires. Racked up liked 60k on it, was supremely reliable. Not exactly a panty dropper but it did it’s job and did it well …. Can say it was a good friend.

[@xXcampx]

The seats "remind me of the scratchy church pants my parents used to make me wear every Sunday." I think we've had a break through.

[@sunilayya8948]

It's Australian made version , the magna, was the no.1 rated car in its class for many year in Australia in the mid to late 80s. Won many Coty awards and was a huge seller.

[@thirdpedalnirvana]

God I love those seat fabrics. My first car was an 850 turbo which had leather. My grandma had a same year non-turbo with the cloth. it was barely driven, the seats were SO comfortable. Someone made a left turn into the car when they didn't have right of way, totalling it but injuring no one. I was so upset that the insurance came and took the car away before I could take the seats!

[@kylesoler4139]

Oh heck yeah! an American Mitsubishi V3000! These were awesome police cars back in the day here in New Zealand. Assembled by Mitsubishi Motors New Zealand (formerly Todd Motors) in Porirua, these things were designed to take on the V6 Commodore and Falcon (hence the famous ad "More Tow Than An Aussie Tank"). the NZ V3000's were sedans not the 4 door hardtop like what's in the video (that's similar to the 1989 only JDM Mitsubishi Duke V3000). You have no idea how much I was fizzing when I saw this pop up in my recommended videos. I'm such a huge Mitsubishi V3000 fanboy, and there's next to nothing on these cars online. I've recently set up a Facebook group for the V3000 (got tired of looking up info on them) 'Mitsubishi V3000 Owners NZ' easy as to find. Its a private group though so I have to accept your request manually.

[@enhancedutility266]

I'm not going to lie The 1980s in 1990s Mitsubishis was peak automotive engineering from that company My favorite vehicle is the 3000GT and the Mitsubishi delica😊

[@Chris-v4z]

My sister had a Plymouth Grand Voyager w that engine. That car would not still be running if it had the automatic.

[@6and9Productions]

My Parents at one point owned a ‘78 Sigma back in ‘89. This was the predecessor to the Magna.

[@paulofagundes3006]

Like you said, it looks like a lot of cars of the era, but the the overall shape reminds me the most of the R31 Skyline Silhouette.

[@Lol_Boring]

ah yes the classic sigma, i remember seeing a bunch of v6 sigmas before and now they kinda disappeared

[@treetrimmerbear9899]

I got one of these as my first car back in 2007. Mine was black with the same blue interior and a automatic trans.. loved that beast got it for only 500 bucks.. thing was like a space ship haha

[@mauricesoulis1590]

I was finance mgr in late 90’s for huge Chevy store n we took in on trade the hot version of Starion. Z28’s couldn’t even compete n vettes just barely faster but the handling, design, option pkgs & rocket design was the key. Yes we sold it but we raced it too. Hope the owner but the extended used car warranty on those!! 😂 Btw the Camaros, s10 p/u n cavaliers were the bad days of GM. Only Buick’s n geo were fair.

[@leecooper8589]

I think we had the Australian built version of that in the UK for awhile "Lonsdale" springs to mind. An odd move when it was a rebadged Galant which was also on sale here.

[@thirdpedalnirvana]

I am 100% convinced that by 2080, the majority of the worlds historians will consider smartphones to have been addictive, and will be looking back at how car interiors changed in a desperate attempt to make it somehow "safe" to operate touchscreen internet-connected computers while driving; and be pointing to it as an example of how hopelessly addicted everyone was, just like we now do when we see all the ashtrays in cars from the 70's. "there are 3 ashtrays for the backseat passengers, to make sure your kids didn't have to fight over which ashtray to use"

[@Foxonian]

The interior reminds me of the ones Citroen was doing in France on its cars at that time.

[@southernights]

I always loved this car. I remember it being called Sigma Galant.

[@devn_08]

Everyone's thinkin it

[@BrokenAdam770]

06:08 BIG FRIGGIN BOTTLE FAIL!!! 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

[@mewkiki0]

That name has aged like diarrhea

[@TravisPupek-gi6hg]

That interior is nice for a little 80's car

[@McElroysMotors]

Oh, you lucky dog! Bucket list car for me!

[@Gunny426HemiPlymouth]

Aaaah that motor looks familiar! Had a first gen Voyager with the 3.0

[@danielberning1240]

Just have to love the 80's and 90's cars. I've never owned a Mitsubishi, but I also like most of them for being strange. I have two 80's Caddy's (Seville and Cimarron) and love them way more than the bland SUV's of today.

[@BK-uw2uk]

I remember these…. Blast from the past.

[@garybrown4671]

I got to drive a lebaron 3.0/5sp hardtop. This engine is kinda satisfying to drive, with a manual transmission.

[@ilkkasaari1267]

Mitsubishi Sapporo 😉

[@GeeEm1313]

I knew about these. I saw them putting around in the 80s and 90s

[@mat13174]

What a great example of one of these. I remember when they came out and were originally called the Galant Sigma. It seemed like Japanese cars like these were so far ahead of the Americans when it came to cutting edge technology. Mitsubishi was entering their hey day at this point. A shame what has happened to them. Have you tested a Diamanté? Always thought they had a bit of a BMW look to them. Nice find 👍

[@eduardorivera4100]

My dad had a 80 sigma luxury coupe in stick. It’s how I learned stick amazing car

[@go86go]

had a 85 galant in 1990, I missed those comfortable velour seats. For really short money I gotta drive a japanese luxo boat.

[@oliverhayesthecreator4988]

someone say sigma ?? 😈

[@Mauscmkwk]

Uhhh what the sigma

[@procellfoxreal]

*proceeds to blow copious amounts of white smoke*

[@aenoymotors]

Damn I want that thing.

[@piggy310]

Mitsubishi heavy industries is a HUGE company.

[@parsons79]

Find a Tredia or Cordia, that would be awesome…

[@cryotasticshitposting]

I love the Mitsubishi Smegma.

[@itsthatsebguy93]

This is the gridset car

[@grimhunter42]

The front looks like a later-model W124, or a 202 actually!

[@oldskool1979]

very cool car rare

[@pgilb70]

The Oz versions were excellent. Locally made Magnas.

[@kkrezagang4606]

Very cool. I think the proton car in England was based off this.

[@markhealey9409]

Protons were smaller.

[@McVerne]

What an interesting, awesome car!

[@hayosikopl3035]

In eu it was Mitsu Spporo

[@markhealey9409]

I am quite sure the Sapporo was smaller than the Galant Sigma.

[@markhealey9409]

I Googled it,the Sapporo in the early 80s was a two door,& a bit smaller. I still think the late 80s gen was badged as a Sigma here in The UK. Maybe in mainland Europe the late 80s gen was badged as a Sapporo. The early 80s gen was also badged as a Plymouth Sapporo in The USA & Canada.

[@hayosikopl3035]

​@@markhealey9409 this is so dumb 😂name simga in EU was used for Mitsubishi diamante 1990 - 1996, my father had one in 90s ;)

[@elasticmusic2084]

Interestingly the Chrysler cars of the same era also used the same engine, just with a Chrysler-engineered fuel injection system

[@gtrzdaddy]

Please review Mitsubishi Cordia and Tredia

[@anthonym1862]

Eating mangos and still water in this will make you a true sigma