The Mitsubishi V3000 is a
mid-size car that was sold by the Mitsubishi Motors, New Zealand (MMC) between 1988 and 1996 in New Zealand. Mitsubishi utilised the V3000 nameplate on two different vehicles:
* First generation (1988–1991): the V3000 name originally applied to a 3.0-litre
V6 engine
A V6 engine is a six-cylinder piston engine where the cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration.
The first V6 engines were designed and produced independently by Marmon Motor Car Company, Deutz Gasmotoren Fabr ...
version of the
Mitsubishi Galant manufactured locally in New Zealand between 1988 and 1991. This model was intended to sit above the heavily related, but wider 2.6-litre inline-four engined
Mitsubishi Magna (TN/TP) sourced from Australia.
* Second generation (1991–1996): the V3000 name was transferred to the Australian sourced
Mitsubishi Verada (KR/KS) with 3.0-litre V6.
After 1996, Mitsubishi Motors in New Zealand adopted the international
Mitsubishi Diamante
The Mitsubishi Diamante is an automobile that was manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors from 1990 to 2005.
The first series was a hardtop introduced to the public at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1989. It went on sale in Japan exclusively in May 1990 and w ...
nameplate for the V6 engined successor model.
File:1990-1991 Mitsubishi V3000 Executive sedan (Ministry of Transport) 01.jpg , First generation (1988–1991)
File:1995 Mitsubishi V3000 Super Saloon (KS; New Zealand) This vehicle is more or less identical to the Australian Verada.jpg, Second generation (1991–1996)
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V3000
Cars introduced in 1988
1990s cars