Hi Alec,
Sorry didn't see your post until now.
For what it is worth, and it ain't a lot am sure, I've looked at these before. Really great cars. Go very well, handle well, stop well. Nice snug cockpit. Loved it.
So in the end I went for a Toyota/Lexus Soarer instead!
There were a few reasons....the GTO/3000Gt is trying to be a supercar but is too heavy for it, it's also expensive to run... both maintenance, it's quite hi-tech so some parts can be PRICEY and it's a bit of thirsty beast too. Now if it was just those things on their own I'd have still gone for it but for me it also fell short in several other areas as well.
With the Soarer you get Lexus build quality, not that the Mitsi's is so bad but it is nowhere near this good, if it is the 2.5 TT it is just as fast as the GTO/3000gt, again it handles well but there's no 4x4, however if you get the V8 Active (very rare with only 800 ever made and VERY expensive at the time) it does have the 4wheel steer and it also has active suspension! Though as it 'only' has a NA four litre in it it's a bit slower. Mind you they can do million mile distances which the Mitsi won't.
A major difference though I found was that the Soarer, whether TT or the V8's, is a LOT more comfortable over longer distances. I can get out of mine after driving 500 miles and it feels like I've only done 100 tops. It is the nicest vehicle to drive I've ever come across, and you are not just 'duvet'd' as it were, you drive it you don't waft along but you are very well looked after in there. Also the GTL's and Actives make the nice equipment levels of the GTO/3000gt look almost prison cell like in comparison. My Active really is unbelievable, even down to the touch screen EMV unit which controls everything from the aircon, to the media centre inc. TV and displays the reversing camera!!
Another BIG bonus if you aren't planning to own just a crotch rocket on 4 wheels for you and the missus to drive in is that there is actually decent room in the back for passengers, which for a sports coupe is almost unheard of!
Meanwhile the only thing that I could tick in the against box for the Soarer was a deep seated dislike of auto's...standard in the V8's...but after deciding to give it a go I'm now delighted I did as the box is brilliant and I have just as much fun flicking into 'power' setting and then using the overdrive button in much the same way as one would drop a gear! In fact I liked the car so much I bought a TT as well...and I made sure it was an auto too!! The TT is also actually really economical...it's a 170mph car that'll do 33mpg...not bad at all in my book.
Anyway just my tuppence worth. Mightn't help...but you did ask!
