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The A20-series Mitsubishi Colt 1000, 1100, 1200, and 1500 is a series of passenger cars produced by Shin Mitsubishi Heavy-Industries, Ltd, one of the companies which would become Mitsubishi Motors. Built from 1963 until 1970, they were available in four bodystyles (2-dr/4-dr sedan, 2-dr van, and 4-dr wagon) and on two different wheelbases. After a May 1968 facelift, they were marketed as the "New Colt". Along with the smaller, fastback Colts they formed the mainstay of Mitsubishi's passenger car lineup in the 1960s. With the late 1969 introduction of the new Colt Galant, the outmoded Colt-series soon faded away. ==Colt 1000== Available as a four-door sedan, with a traditional Panhard layout, the A20 Colt 1000 was powered by a 977 cc engine producing at 6,000 rpm. The Colt 1000 was introduced in July 1963. Top speed was . Traditional throughout, the Colt 1000 also had a column shifter for its (fully synchronized) four-speed manual transmission. In December 1965, a 3-speed semi-automatic transmission was also added, unfortunately named SCAT (Single Coupling Automatic Transmission).〔''New Model: Colt 1000 SCAT'' (brochure), no. 11.660.01.20642. Mitsubishi Motors, Dec. 1965.〕 Top speed remained the same. Standard and DeLuxe models were available, for the Van as well as for the sedan. There was also a two-door wagon, known as the "Van", as is typical in Japan where wagons are traditionally only for commercial purposes, which featured a horizontally divided tailgate and a maximum payload (200 kg with 4 passengers).〔''Mitsubishi Vehicles'' (三菱の自動車), brochure, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. 1965. Unnumbered ninth page.〕 The rear seat had steel backing and when folded down formed a flat loading floor, as per legal requirements for Japanese commercial vehicles. Strapping points were visible in the rearmost side windows. Its top speed is slightly lower, at . In motorsport, Colt 1000-based touring cars took a clean sweep of the podium in their class at the 1964 Japanese Grand Prix, following the successes of the preceding Mitsubishi 500 and Colt 600s. The 1966 model year Colt 1000s, the last year before being replaced by the 1100, received an upgraded engine which later saw service in the smaller, fastback Colt 1000F. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mitsubishi Colt 1000」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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