Mitsubishi · 1991–1996
Mitsubishi GTO
The Mitsubishi 3000GT is a front-engine, all-wheel/front-wheel drive grand touring/sports car manufactured and marketed by Mitsubishi from 1990 until 2000 over three different series. Manufactured in a three-door hatchback coupé body style in Nagoya, Japan, the 2+2 four-seaters were marketed in the Japanese domestic market as the GTO, and globally as 3000GT. In North America, it was sold both as the Mitsubishi 3000GT (1991–1999) and the Dodge Stealth (1991–1996), a badge engineered, mechanically identical captive import. As a collaborative effort between Chrysler and Mitsubishi Motors, Chrysler was responsible for the Stealth's exterior styling. The car was based on Mitsubishi's Sigma/Diamante and retained their transverse mounted 3-liter, 24-valve V6 engines and front-wheel-drive layout. The GTO's engines were naturally aspirated or with twin-turbochargers and were also available with active aerodynamics (automatically adjusting front and rear spoilers), four-wheel-steering, full-time all-wheel-drive and adaptive suspension. Mitsubishi marketed a retractable hardtop variant, which were engineered and converted from coupé models in California by ASC, and sold as the GT Spyder or VR4 Spyder for model years 1993–1995. These were the first fully automated retractable hardtop marketed since the 1959 Ford Skyliner. The JDM model took its name from the Galant GTO, a two-door hardtop coupé marketed by the company in the early 1970s, which in turn took its name from the Ferrari 250 GTO, short for Gran Turismo Omologata – "Omologata" signifying that it met motorsport homologation requirements.
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Predecessor: Mitsubishi Starion
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Specifications
- name
- Mitsubishi 3000GT (Z15A/Z16A)
- aka
- Mitsubishi GTO (Japan), Dodge Stealth, Sauber S1
- Manufacturer
- Mitsubishi Motors
- Assembly
- Japan: Okazaki, Aichi (Nagoya Plant)
- Production
- 1991–1999 (Mitsubishi 3000GT), 1990–1996 (Dodge Stealth)
- Predecessor
- Mitsubishi Starion
- Class
- Sports car (S), Grand tourer (S)
- Related
- Mitsubishi Diamante/Sigma
- Body style
- 2-door liftback coupé, 2-door convertible (1995–1996)
- Engine
- 3.0 L 6G72 SOHC V6, 3.0 L 6G72 DOHC 24v V6, 3.0 L 6G72 DOHC 24v twin-turbocharged V6
- Transmission
- 4-speed automatic (INVECS introduced 1992), 5-speed manual, 6-speed manual (1993 onwards)
- Wheelbase
- 2470 mm
- Length
- 4600 mm
- Width
- 1840 mm
- Height
- 1285 mm
- Kerb weight
- 3131 lb Base, 3263 lb SL, 3649 lb SL Spyder, 3737 lb VR-4, 4123 lb VR-4 Spyder
- Layout
- Transverse front-engine, front-/four-wheel drive
- Designer
- Masaru Suzuki (1987)
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Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q767310CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_3000GTCC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1361466609 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:3000gtlev.jpgPublic domain · Photo: User Thaian07 on en.wikipedia · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.