, with sales beginning in the 1992 model year and continuing through 1995. Here’s one of those ultra-rare first-year Expos, found in a Colorado self-service car graveyard recently.
The Chariot line had split into two in its home market by that time, with the regular four-door wagons still called Chariots and a shortened three-door version given the RVR name, which stood for R
ecreational Vehicle Runner (actually ЯVR, with the Cyrillic first character). In the United States, the Chariot was sold as the Expo Wagon while the ЯVR was dubbed the Expo LRV.
The LRV’s door setup is a bit odd. On the driver’s side, there’s just one door.
On the passenger side, there’s a sliding rear door (with interlock to prevent it from tearing off the fuel-filler door if it’s open). In right-hand-drive markets, Mitsubishi put the slider on the left side while keeping the fuel filler on the right.
This one has the optional four-speed automatic, which cost $670 extra (about $1,460 in 2023 dollars).
Not even 100,000 miles passed beneath this Expo’s wheels during its 31-year career. Why is it in this place, then?
Here’s the reason: a crash that mangled the left front suspension.
The ignition key dangles from the kind of lanyard used by car auctions, so we can assume this car got totaled instantly by the insurance company and had no chance of being sold to any customer other than a junkyard.
The MSRP for this car was $11,537, or about $25,132 today. The Eagle Summit Wagon and Colt Vista were priced similarly.
In its homeland, this car got ads featuring Bugs Bunny and a crypto-reggae soundtrack.
In the United States, Mitsubishi pitched the Expo and Expo LRV as “sport wagons,” and included some of the worst rapping in human history.
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