This compact Coupé FTO can effectively be seen as a replacement for the earlier Mitsubishi Colt 11-F Super Sports. "FTO" was meant to stand for Fresco Turismo Omologato, in a fine example of Japanese Italian (or "Fresh Touring Origination" in English). A rear-wheel-drive coupe produced by Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors from November 1971 to March 1975. Prior to the arrival of the 1994 front-wheel drive FTO, which inherited the "FTO" tag, was the Mitsubishi Galant Coupé FTO. The name recalls the Galant FTO coupé of 1971, one of the company's first sports cars. In Japan it was sold at two retail chains called Car Plaza and Galant Shop.įTO stands for "Fresh Touring Origination". Upon its debut it won the Car of the Year Japan award for 1994–95, commemorated by a Limited Edition of the FTO GPX model. It was originally planned to be exclusively for the Japanese domestic market, although its popularity as a grey market import to the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand led to eventual limited distribution through Mitsubishi's official dealers in those regions at the tail-end of production.
The Mitsubishi FTO is a front engined, front-wheel drive coupe produced by Mitsubishi Motors between 19.
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