Ok

now I know that MMAL were restricted with money and it shows in some depts of the 380

But this is a what would like to have seen to make all the models more distinct on each on top of what we have already

ES

SX

VRX

GT/GTL

I will start with the GT/GTL cause it is closest to my heart and right foot

HID lamps with angel eyes parkers
Dual zone climate
8 Premium Speakers
Touch screen GPS and Audio Centre (I think a bit like iDrive on the BMW) dash and centre console modified to suit
Heated front seats
Curtain airbags standard
17 inch alloy spare
LED rear lights (Audi style)
MIVEC engine
60/40 split rear fold optional rear seat
Sunroof as standard
real wood or aluminium inserts not plastic
6speed ZF autobox (Same as aston and ford)
twin exhaust tuned for comfort


VRX

HID lamps
Recaros
Different LED tail lights (more agressive design)
More aggresive suspension (lower and stiffer)
19 inch Alloys L/P tyres option for 20s and several options of wheel plus spare
Choice of rear spoiler (lip or loud)
Carbon fibre inserts
touch screen audio centre
Lower spec speakers than GT
twin Subs in boot
MIVEC
NA or SC
Large bore twin exhausts tuned for noise + power
brembo or ap 4 pot stoppers with drilled or slotted discs
New EVO semiAutobox or six speed manual

SX

Same kit as now

ES

this is the base model so it would get

A/C
17 steel wheels
smaller cam profile similar to galant to reduce power (hehehehe)
single din radio
4/6 speakers


Any others have more to add

dunno if it'd sell well if it was made, but i thought a 380 GSR would be cool, like a stripped out, performance based variant. say, start with an SX, chuck the seats and replace with some nice recaro's, or somehting similar to the Coulson seats in the VT HSV GTS, and retrim the door cards to suit the seats.

bolt a Sprintex supercharger on the engine to give a power output of, say, 240kW. factory extractors and free flowing big bore exhaust.

18'' lightweight magnesuim wheels with low profile tyres, modest bodykit, something like a carbon fibre front splitter and rear diffuser, some side skirts, and a decent sized rear spoiler. not a gargantuan one like a ralliart magna, but something similar.

HID Projector beam headlights, tinted LED tail lights, and some stiff suspension, and i reckon thatl do me.

dunno if it'd sell well if it was made, but i thought a 380 GSR would be cool, like a stripped out, performance based variant. say, start with an SX, chuck the seats and replace with some nice recaro's, or somehting similar to the Coulson seats in the VT HSV GTS, and retrim the door cards to suit the seats.

bolt a Sprintex supercharger on the engine to give a power output of, say, 240kW. factory extractors and free flowing big bore exhaust.

18'' lightweight magnesuim wheels with low profile tyres, modest bodykit, something like a carbon fibre front splitter and rear diffuser, some side skirts, and a decent sized rear spoiler. not a gargantuan one like a ralliart magna, but something similar.

HID Projector beam headlights, tinted LED tail lights, and some stiff suspension, and i reckon thatl do me.

.....and they would call that a TMR and charge $75k for it!!

.....and they would call that a TMR and charge $75k for it!!


oh yeah... i forgot that they already made one like that


OOPS! lol

Bathurst Special: AWD/Manual/Super or Turbo Charged/Recaros/Only in Candy Apple Red lol

I like your thinking,although some mods,ie subs etc do not go with the cardigan wearing tradition of mitsubishi Australia:gfight:

To be honest,they could have been the best car coming out of oz and had all of the above stuff you mentioned,yet still would have died a lonely death,simply becuase it was FWD,didnt have a holden and ford badge and suffered from a long time association with smoke blowing bombs from the 80`s, really sad stuff

I deal daily with people that wouldnt have a second thought about my Magna being a better built car to say a commode or falcon and commenting so,yet take them for a drive and they go "wow,these are bloody nice cars,and go alright too",if only everyone got to test drive some of the better,later model magnas and 380`s, things may have been different,but brand loyalty is terribly one eyed and never rational it seems

Sorry for the sad sack story
Steve

Bathurst Special: AWD/Manual/Super or Turbo Charged/Recaros/Only in Candy Apple Red lol

When did a 380 run around bathurst ???


I would still have the TMR as the hero car but would have liked to see more variation between the cars

I got the GT cause it had leather and 1 owner but I could have got a SII VRX with everything in the GT bar the reverse sensors !

VRX would have a wilder grill and front bar with rear difuser

Should have worked on the board :woot:

Also "Please consider" all models in the range in the OP rather than a just one off models cause we can all make a LOUD AND PROUD 380 thats why we are here

RWD, motors all direct injection with 224kw (300hp or so) with the option of a supercharged motor with 250-260kw across the range. 6 speed manual and a 6 speed DSG style box would be nice and the same styling it had originally, i think its an awesome looking car now so that doesnt need changing, stiffer side bolsters on the sports models and curtain airbags standard across the range, and a very very extravagant sound system for the GT and VRX. Im talking 1000 watter aka same as the Audi S8.......then it would still be on sale and thrash anything any other aussie car maker could throw at it :D

Firstly the 3.8 mivec should have been fitted to the 380 and secondly a 4wd option would have been good.

Realistically, the 380 was a very bad choice of direction for Mitsubishi. It was a relatively cheap options since the Galant is available overseas, however that also killed any export opportunities they may have had. The name 380 isn't a good one, as it would always suggest the engine size is 3.8L even if that were to change later (I know its called the 380 because of the 3.8L, but if they changed back to a 3.0L, the 380 name would have looked silly).

An ideal car would have been a smaller version of the 380, instead of trying to compete with the Falcon, Commodore, and Aurion. The smaller car should have been based on the Lancer, with a design thats heavily modified so as to not directly compete with the Lancer overseas but also to suit the market. One of these things would have been to have the best 2.4L 4 cylinder and best 3.0L V6 engines they have, maybe slightly detuned to run on 91 octane but able to make use of fuel up to 98 octane (can be easily done these days). They would have been extremely successful if done correctly, and they'd be laughing at the moment. They could have had an AWD version and sold into the US and Canada. They may have no had too many sales by their standards, in the order of 80,000 cars say?!!!

Now of course this doesn't sound a good option to any 380 or Magna driver, but it is a realistic scenario and pretty much exactly what the car market in Australia is and was looking for. Holden knows that now which is why they're bringing in the Holden Cruze, first import then assemble here - they'll probably use little Australian parts. For a car market of Australia's size and limited export opportunities its almost stupid to try and introduce a fourth car into a segment that was already shrinking and not to produce a car in a segment that has been growing quite quickly, filled by imports (the mid sized car market). The only thing they did right with the 380 is to introduce it as a whole new car, but they should have done that with a smaller, more efficient car!

On a separate issue:
The other drawback with running a V6, something I think at least the states that makes 6 cylinder vehicles and is affected by their sales, is to reduce the rego to the same as a 4 cylinder. Part of the reason why people go 4 cylinder is registration and insurance each year is several hundred dollars lower, it doesn't make a good incentive for people to purchase Australian built cars. A twist in support for Aussie made cars is rego should be fixed at 4 cylinder prices and a 20 percent discount given for locally produced cars. I can assure you, if that were done you'd see a skyrocket in locally produced cars, particularly if they were marketed correctly. Also stamp duty etc should be abolished for the same reason. Technically this gets around any issues with FTA, since stamp duty and registration is a 'maintenance' type cost, not a purchase cost.

Some good ideas there.
Only question, what are "angel eye" parkers?
I also agree VRX and GT models should have more options to elevate them from the lower models (as ES with VRX bodykit/rims already looks like a VRX).
I always thought GT (to be deserving of the GT badge) should have had twin exhausts (which you suggested already) and a higher output engine, say 10-15kW more (like the HSV always used to), so better exhaust with extractors, Galant intake, chip, etc. Manual transmission on a GT would have been nice too. Plus bigger rims: VRX/GT should have had 19s standard, with 20s optional - and optional bigger brakes, etc.
Wouldn't have minded LED tail light assembly too, on the higher models.

Brembos, turbo/supercharger, AWD, manual = drooool

Some good ideas there.
Only question, what are "angel eye" parkers?
I also agree VRX and GT models should have more options to elevate them from the lower models (as ES with VRX bodykit/rims already looks like a VRX).
I always thought GT (to be deserving of the GT badge) should have had twin exhausts (which you suggested already) and a higher output engine, say 10-15kW more (like the HSV always used to), so better exhaust with extractors, Galant intake, chip, etc. Manual transmission on a GT would have been nice too. Plus bigger rims: VRX/GT should have had 19s standard, with 20s optional - and optional bigger brakes, etc.
Wouldn't have minded LED tail light assembly too, on the higher models.

angel eye parkers = the circular ring LED's found on BMW's.

Quite simply, having AWD it would have had at least one competitive edge

Oh, and a flux capacitor, that way they could have gone back and not made it

When did a 380 run around bathurst ???


I would still have the TMR as the hero car but would have liked to see more variation between the cars

I got the GT cause it had leather and 1 owner but I could have got a SII VRX with everything in the GT bar the reverse sensors !

VRX would have a wilder grill and front bar with rear difuser

Should have worked on the board :woot:

Also "Please consider" all models in the range in the OP rather than a just one off models cause we can all make a LOUD AND PROUD 380 thats why we are here

I was being sarcastic.....and by the way it may come as a surprise to you but Mitsubishi were NOT in the business of building great cars, they were in the business of making money...which is the reason that sent the parent company almost bust.....but YOU can dream if you want to :)

Brembos, turbo/supercharger, AWD, manual = drooool

Thats the boy! :dancin:Now your thinking !

tuuuuurboooos!!!!11one1!!

Only thing I really don't like about my 06 VRX is the interior. Door trims look cheap and don't join dash properly.Seat material is boring and feels cheap.I like the main dash/gauges though,especially at night, but the centre dash,for VRX and GT, should have matching gauges for oil press,eng temp etc in a nice binacle in place of the multi function screen . The screen functions should then be incorporated into the double DIN satnav unit (anyone seen one?)which should have been standard on these models anyway.Love the rear end on early VRX's,nice tail lights and subtle spoiler.Yeah... MIVEC should have been in these models for sure or at the very least alittle more grunt.

All these idea's are great, hate to break it to you all but your 3-4 years too late:P

I think this is what you are looking for. The double DIN Sat Nav on the GT.

http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=38637&d=1245762566

http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=38638&d=1245762566

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Only thing I really don't like about my 06 VRX is the interior. Door trims look cheap and don't join dash properly.Seat material is boring and feels cheap.I like the main dash/gauges though,especially at night, but the centre dash,for VRX and GT, should have matching gauges for oil press,eng temp etc in a nice binacle in place of the multi function screen . The screen functions should then be incorporated into the double DIN satnav unit (anyone seen one?)which should have been standard on these models anyway.Love the rear end on early VRX's,nice tail lights and subtle spoiler.Yeah... MIVEC should have been in these models for sure or at the very least alittle more grunt.

Nice!...Works well?Does this screen show audio,climate etc information like the MF screen. Steering wheel buttons still in control of audio? Cheers mate.

I dont know how well it works because it is not my car. If you want to read a bit more about it. go to the website www.caradvice.com.au and look for the 380 S3 GT review.

Hope this info helps :happy:


Nice!...Works well?Does this screen show audio,climate etc information like the MF screen. Steering wheel buttons still in control of audio? Cheers mate.

angel eye parkers = the circular ring LED's found on BMW's.

Oh those. First time I saw a beamer behind me (after dusk), I saw these 2 pair of double light outlines, and it looked like Christine was behind me! They look evil!

a fully sick vl turbo bro! haha jkz
ahhh deff a dvd touch screen for like climate control, cds, everything. then big rims, lower it and sports exhaust
all standard when you buy the car..that would be awesome!

Um, a North-South motor, 6spd manual or 6spd auto, Huge brakes, more rear leg room, more agro body styling on ALL models, better road presence. You get the drift.....

A boot light... so annoying without one :(

A boot light... so annoying without one :(

GTFO? they don't have one? that's ridiculous!
Top the range GT should of had a DOUBLE DOUBLE DIN like the Diamante 30R-SE 4WD Looks very top of the range

A boot light... so annoying without one :(

um maybe you have a blown globe should have one. my gt does anyway cant imagine that that would be a higher spec thing.
though i will admit the location they chose to put it is a little of put anthing tall in the boot and the light to the front half is blocked off...

Proximity keyless entry, proximity keyless start - Like the $20k cheaper suzuki SX4 top spec model (keep keys in pocket, walk close to door, door unlocks. Sit in seat, press start button, car starts and you drive off)

A boot light... so annoying without one :(

i have one on mine.

One of these... :)

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii105/julian1965/OTR3.jpg

That could be the bigger-engined brother to the 380, the 580!