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Originally Posted by AUGZMK
Yeah, have heard rumours the Magna is no more and we might see a return of the Galant badge in the not too distant future.
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Yep - Drive says that Mitsubishi recently lodged paperwork to register the Galant and Galant GTVi names for use in Australia.
I've had a look of the newspaper clipping on another site and it could very well just be a US Galant mule driving round with a car-bra on - whilst MMAL were using the US Galant as the basis for the magna replacement, I wasn't expecting it to be an exact copy!
MMAL - "Mitsubishi says 70 per cent of the new car has been redesigned in comparison to the US-market PS41 Galant. Much of the effort has been directed at the interior which has drawn some criticism in the stateside model."
Here's info on the engine - its a 3.8L and in US spec delivers around 172kw but I've heard rumours of an aussie 192kw mill. Torque, yet again based on the US version of the 6G75 is 340NM.
http://www.worldcarfans.com/news.cfm/newsid/2050609.001
Unfortunatley this link gives no indication to kw/nm.
AWD version also is dead.
More head and leg room than Falcon too
Interior sizes:
Legroom
Fr Rr Combined
Magna 850 510 1360
Commodore 949 481 1430
Falcon 891 549 1439
PS41 891 566 1457
Headroom
Fr Rr
Magna 1006 947
Commodore 1023 970
Falcon 957 932
PS41 1008 937
Shoulder room
Fr Rr
Magna 1420 1427
Commodore 1480 1517
Falcon 1511 1492
PS41 1455 1446