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MitsubishiStarion

1982–1989 Japan Sports car 8 production years
Production1982–1989
Recorded originJapan
ClassSports car
Background

The Mitsubishi Starion is a sports car which was manufactured and marketed by Mitsubishi from 1982 until 1989 — with badge engineered variants marketed in North America as the Conquest, under the Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth brands. It is a two-door coupé with a fastback design and seating for four passengers. The Starion's straight-four engine is mounted in the front and drives the rear wheels, with some models being turbocharged.

Text adapted from “Mitsubishi Starion” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Chronology ledger

Dates with their meaning intact

Production chronology1982–1989

Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.

Wikipedia lead ↗8 years
US EPA model years1984–1989

Model years represented in FuelEconomy.gov; a US-market observation, not a worldwide production range.

EPA FuelEconomy.gov ↗Observed bounds
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1983–1988

First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.

Netherlands RDW ↗6 years