Talk:Mitsubishi Galant

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Current "To Do" List:

  1. Split the articles by generation, not year, because the staggered production dates (e.g. G7 was 1992-96 (Japan), 1994-99 (USA)) make a bit of a mess of a regular timeline.
  2. Get infoboxes for each generation
  3. Get photos for each infobox (done this, but can't access the PC where images are stored)
  4. Improve content (in progress)

Strike through each of these once completed. I've been planning this re-edit forever, and I never seem to make any progress. Anyone wanna help? -- DeLarge 11:21, 24 June 2006 (UTC), updated --DeLarge 23:14, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

I've moved my offline rewrite to User:DeLarge/Mitsubishi Galant. Obviously, since it's a work-in-progress, there may be plenty of dodgy stuff still in it. --DeLarge 07:51, 10 August 2006 (UTC)


Contents

[edit] 2004 edits

Possible editing for this page: divide it into generations and incorporate the US information, rather than having it separate. Unlike some models, the Galants in all countries, apart from the "overlap year" of 2004, are identical. Stombs 21:49, Dec 20, 2004 (UTC)

All done. Stombs 08:55, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] 1996

Shouldn't Wikipedia articles be unbiased , and free of opinions? How did the comment "Cool car!!" make it into the 1996 section? Davez621 10:49, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] AMG model

24.83.51.179, is it appropriate to include a link to your website within the main body of the text? You're not citing a source to verify information provided, so I'll edit this out or move it to the external links supplement unless it's needed.

[edit] United States production

Why the Nissan Altima reference? Aside from its factual inaccuracy - the Altima IS exported to the Middle East - I don't see why it should be mentioned, but not other US-built Japanese competitors (e.g. Accord, Camry, etc). Closet Altima fan being over-enthusiastic? DeLarge 11:52, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Galant SuperSaloon

The Mitsubishi Galant SuperSaloon (Super Saloon) is not mentioned in this article. I think it should be included, but I don't know enough about it to make a proper entry. In photos it looks similar to the regular Galant, but maybe a bit longer or bigger?. Some quick Google searches show that it was available in 1989 and 1993, and probably other years as well, in the Asia and Asia-Pacific regions, including New Zealand. --Kaze0010 22:30, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Corolla or Camry

From Automobile Magazine:
Galant: 190.4 x 72.4 x 57.9 inches, 108.3 inch wheelbase, $20,300-27,000
Corolla: 178.3 x 66.9 x 58.5 inches, 102.4 inch wheelbase, $14,900-17,900
Camry: 189.2 x 70.7 x 58.7 inches, 107.1 inch wheelbase, $18,445-25,800

So clearly, the Corolla's way to small and cheap to be a competitor. Same holds true in European market, but you can look that up for yourself. Regards, DeLarge 17:06, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Similar" field in infobox

Please, stop entering similar cars in the "master" infobox at the top of the page. Cars like the Pontiac G6 do NOT compete with every generation of the Galant since 1969, so to put them there, instead of the appropriate generation infobox, is simply wrong. You might think about that for EVERY article which has a "master" box as well as generational ones... --DeLarge 22:53, 9 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Class

The "compact" and "mid size" classes are American. And the only version of the Galant which was classified as mid size was the eighth generation (introduced in 1996 in Japan). All seven previous generations (available in the US until the introduction of the Illinois-built 8G in 1998) were compact cars. Disagree? See the primary source on the matter. --DeLarge 19:33, 11 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Fifth generation, engine

i wuz unable to find in the list an engine option of Galant i actually have: 1987 Galant GLS, engine 4G64B 2,4 Gasoline (sorry, i'm not to accurate to edit) GruBBy_kz

[edit] Source Missing for 9th Generation being labeled Second Rate

The material on the 9th generation does not include a good reference. A source like Consumer Reports or a reputable auto magazine would solve the problem. The alternatives are the Toyota Camry and the Honda Accord -- both are very conceptually similar. The piece needs a bit of improvement.--Jackkalpakian 19:02, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Galant Lambda

I've removed the extra infobox and duplicated info again. The Mitsubishi Galant Lambda has its own article, and we provide a link to it from here. If you're going to fill this article with information already on that page, we might as well just make it a redirect to this page. It's either a version of this car and covered here, or it's a different car in it's own right and covered in its own article. Not both, as that's pointless duplication. There's no necessity to say the same thing twice. That's why all the info at Mitsubishi Galant FTO isn't also duplicated here. Equally, the Galant Sigma is here because it isn't anywhere else; if it had its own page the information here could be split out. However, the only Mitsubishi Sigma page is a pseudo-disambiguation page to redirect readers to the correct article. The Galant Lambda doesn't get special treatment.

Further, we don't use two infoboxes. Even if the car was covered in this page, we would simply add "2-door coupe" to the body style section of the existing infobox. That's why there aren't already two infoboxes (one for the sedan and one for the wagon).

Please note, you were bold, and you were reverted. The next course of action is to discuss, not to edit war. --DeLarge (talk) 12:53, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Please note, this page does not belong to you any more than it belongs to anyone else including me. Therefore, your opinion is not the final word on the matter unless I have committed a violation. So I will also direct you to read:edit war and maybe WikiSquatting.
"we might as well just make it a redirect to this page. It's either a version of this car and covered here"
I think that is a good idea, and I am going to try to do that soon. But having some duplication does not hurt anything, especially if it provides more clarity.
Like I said, the Galant Lambda IS a Galant, not a separate model. If anything, the two pages should be merged. Otherwise, it would make equal sense to remove most of the information about the Sigma and give it a separate page as well. But it already has it's own page too. GalantFan (talk) 19:45, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

If you're going to try and merge, make sure you at least use the {{mergeto}} and {{mergefrom}} templates, as this would obviously be a controversial move. An undiscussed move would be reverted. Also note that your statement about the Lambda not being a separate model conflicts with Mitsubishi Motors own documents. In their timeline of vehicle production they list the Galant/Sigma as a single car, but list the Lambda separately (see p.26 of "2005 Facts and Figures" on MMC's website). --DeLarge (talk) 11:48, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

"If it's the same car, it only needs an entry in the "body style" field of the existing infobox"

and in the height box, the weight box, the aka box, and the image box.GalantFan (talk) 16:01, 8 December 2007 (UTC)