yellow fto? badge

hnm738 · Post by **hnm738** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 6:35 pm

hi
was wandering about the yellow fto and is that the car of the year?
if so where is the badge located? and if it doesnt have a badge what does that mean?

also nothing to do with this yellow fto i was wandering
going at 0-60kms which car would be faster

commodore vt 3.8litre or fto gpx tiptronic?

thanks

EURO · Post by **EURO** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 6:59 pm

ive seen a yellow FTO with a car of the year badge on it. It may have been above the indicator? or near window on the side??? i actually cant remember.....but i would imagine that it won car of the year in Japan for the 1995 model not because it was yellow..... (im certain there is no diff to engine or interior/exterior).

The GPX man is 0 - 100 in 7.6 auto is 8.1.
I dont know what KW the commo puts out, i dont know anything about holdens... you would have to find out its KW and weight, and there should be a stat sheet somewhere.

hnm738 · Post by **hnm738** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 7:12 pm

the commodore is 150kws and has torqe of 365 at 3000rpm i think weighs 1550kilos

MattG · Post by **MattG** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 7:28 pm

The FTO won car of the year in 1994/1995 and there was a Limited Edition model made to commemorate this, and it only comes in yellow.
This would have a small badge on the car saying "car of the year"

M@

dannyboyau · Post by **dannyboyau** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 7:38 pm

The Yellow FTO car of the year model has a small oval badge on the rear pillar between the rear windscreen and the small rear quater windows it is about half way up the pillar. This model has a couple of differances the main one being that it came out with a LSD

hnm738 · Post by **hnm738** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 7:38 pm

thanks

i was wandering where itwould be located on the car body? because i was looking at this yellow fto and didnt see any badge?

dannyboyau · Post by **dannyboyau** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 7:43 pm

here is a link to one with a pic of a yelllow Limited edition car of the year model but they updated the front bar and the badge is at the bottom of the pillar on the outside of the car.

http://www.mitsubishi-fto.org/index.html

dannyboyau · Post by **dannyboyau** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 7:45 pm

another link

http://www.mitsubishi-fto.org/info/le.htm

hnm738 · Post by **hnm738** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 8:02 pm

thanks the badge is quite small in the picture

neways as i was saying i saw this fto its yellow with no badge

so how do i know if its the car of the year?

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 8:16 pm

hnm738 wrote:thanks the badge is quite small in the picture

neways as i was saying i saw this fto its yellow with no badge

so how do i know if its the car of the year?

simple - if it's yellow, then it's the COTY edition. ...but does anybody know if they came out in manual with a sunroof?? I'm dying for one - in fact if one show up at the auctions today (yellow, manual & sunroof), i'd sell my current car right away to replace it!

...but I'd rather have the yellow shade on the Monaro instead though - Dandelion yellow is a little too 'lemon-ish' for my taste but hell - i just want the bloody sunroof!

G_A_V · Post by **G_A_V** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 8:31 pm

it could of been resprayed, orthe badges might of come off

hnm738 · Post by **hnm738** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 8:36 pm

what do you mean by "COTY edition"
what fto is that suppose to be?

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 10:02 pm

hnm738 wrote:what do you mean by "COTY edition"
what fto is that suppose to be?

"COTY" = Car Of The Year

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 11:39 pm

A stock FTO GPX tip with blow any standard 3.8L Commies away. However the supercharge 3.8L will be pretty much even with the GPX

jester · Post by **jester** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 12:09 am

Hey all,

What is the real deal with Comz 3.8L V6 Vs FTO GPX man??

Ive heard a lot of different stories...

Anyone know the truth or even close to it???

???

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 12:25 am

jester wrote:Hey all,

What is the real deal with Comz 3.8L V6 Vs FTO GPX man??

Ive heard a lot of different stories...

Anyone know the truth or even close to it???

???

hey boney, i reckon you should bring your dad's Commie along to a meet someday so we can all have a go against it just to set the records straight - what do you think? LOL...

Boney · Post by **Boney** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 12:30 am

02NV wrote:
jester wrote:Hey all,

What is the real deal with Comz 3.8L V6 Vs FTO GPX man??

Ive heard a lot of different stories...

Anyone know the truth or even close to it???

???
hey boney, i reckon you should bring your dad's Commie along to a meet someday so we can all have a go against it just to set the records straight - what do you think? LOL...

normally i would say of course... but theres no way im gunna be seen driving a commie!!

FTO2sxy · Post by **FTO2sxy** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 12:07 pm

i raced a supercharged v6, commodore with my fto gpx, while we were movin at about 60, then we started runnin, we stayed together till about 80 then i started to pull away top of 2nd then kept goin halfway through 3rd.. then we had to stop...
killed him by about a car or 2

SilentBob · Post by **SilentBob** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 7:08 pm

from experience, ive had several little P platers and prolly just off P platers in commodores try to race me off the line....
i dont know wether it was their lack of driving ability or what, but i havent been beaten by one yet, the closest was an even run when i wasnt pushing it to hard....

But who would seriously drive a falcon or a commodore if you could drive an FTO

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Mon Jun 30, 2003 7:33 pm

there's a separate thread for stories on runs now...

http://www.ftoaustralia.com/modules.php ... opic&t=363

this thread is specifically about yellow FTOs after all...