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GULLWING STARION
MITSUBISHI MOTORS released only 5
Gulwing Starion's in total. Built from the GSR-VR 2.6ltr in 1988. Mitsubishi employed a private factory to build the
Gulwing 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.
If you get the oppotunity to go to
Japan, I recommend that you visit the "MITSUBISHI AUTO GALLERY" in MITSUBISHI
MOTORS OKAZAKI FACTORY AICHI-prefecture.
You can see a real Gr.A STARION &' STARION 4WD!
Best regards,
Kenji HIRAO, Kyoto JAPAN
THE PHOTOS BELOW ARE CURTESY OF
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