i was driving in milpitas today and i saw a red car behind me at a light and thought it looked interesting and the guy in it was looking at my car kinda funny and we both turned left into a parking lot and i drove around and drove over to it to see what kind of car it was and it said it was a lancer, but i didn't think the older lancers were released in the us and thats the first time i've seen one here, i didn't even see a mitsubishi emblem on it though and i just saw the back end of it real quick.

 

old lancers sold by DC as Dodge colt before the mirage name came about

 

so they are made by mitsubishi, just labeled dodge colt? i guess the guy just rebadged it lancer

thanks for the help

 

there was a dodge lancer back in the 80s too, i think it was the same body style as the shadow/sundance.

 

you are correct

 

the mitsubishi ones had a small imported by mitsubishi beside the Dodge name and are basically rebadged imports of the lancer. true there was the dodge lancer too but was totally a US body style.