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Stylish mid-sized range, supposedly a new concept for Mitsubishi, débuting under the Colt Galant moniker in 1969. Colt name disappeared as New Galant appeared in 1973, with mid-Atlantic styling, as Mitsubishi pursued US sales via Chrysler. Successive Galants followed from the mid-1970s, divided into two ranges—Galant Σ for sedans and wagons and Galant Λ for the two-door—till the latter was deleted in 1983. 

The Λ was in fact a personal–luxury car from Mitsubishi, based on the Σ platform. It was exported to the US as [[Dodge Challenger]] or [[Plymouth]] Sapporo, and other countries with various other names, including Mitsubishi Sapporo or [[Chrysler]] Sigma Scorpion. Its underpinnings were eventually used on the Mitsubishi Starion.

A shift to front-wheel drive came in 1983, and the Σ tag was dropped in 1987 with a distinctive, more upright new model, which included a famous rallying model, the VR-4. By the 1990s, Galant remained dynamically competent but less distinctive, though the 1996 model was notable for having gasoline direct injection. In 2003, a wider ninth-generation model was launched in the US, though many countries, including Japan, soldiered on with the eighth till the Galant line ended in the domestic market in 2005. Ninth-generation Galants continued to be offered in various markets in to the early 2010s, but the model line is largely neglected and may not be replaced. A [[Mitsubishi Lancer|Lancer]] replacement, the Galant Fortis, was launched in Japan, keeping the Galant name alive in the domestic market.


*[[Mitsubishi Colt Galant]]
*[[Mitsubishi Colt Galant GTO]]
*[[Mitsubishi Galant (1973–7)]] (New Galant)
*[[Mitsubishi Galant Σ (A120)]]
*[[Mitsubishi Galant Λ (1976–80)]]
*[[Mitsubishi Galant Σ (A160)]]
*[[Mitsubishi Galant Λ (1980–3)]]
*[[Mitsubishi Galant Σ (E10)]]
*[[Mitsubishi Galant (E30)]]
*[[Mitsubishi Galant (E50)]]
*[[Mitsubishi Galant (EA)]]
*[[Mitsubishi Galant (PS)]]
*[[Mitsubishi Galant Fortis]]


''Marque:'' [[Mitsubishi]] | ''Predecessors:'' [[Mitsubishi Colt]], [[Mitsubishi Magna]], [[Mitsubishi Diamante]], [[Mitsubishi Lancer]] | ''Successors:'' [[Mitsubishi Starion]], [[Mitsubishi Proudia]]

''q.v.'' [[Chrysler Sigma]], [[Mitsubishi Sigma]], [[Dodge Colt]]


==Off-site link==
*[http://features.car.jp.msn.com/carlife/special/jul2008/photo/his_002_001.htm MSN: Mitsubishi Galant historical photo gallery]

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