Bills89quest Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 So, I've heard people call our cars a DSM which from what I have gathered is incorrect. Diamond Star Motors is not on my vin plate, so I know my car is not one, but are there any quests our there that were made by DSM? This bothers me, because I hear some say they are and some say they aren't. I don't think they are, but what's the truth? Am I right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuze Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 DSM's are the name given to the family of Mitsu cars designed with Chrysler that included the Eclipse/Talon, etc. DSM's were built in America and the "diamond/star" is the idea of the Mitsu and Chrysler logos together.. Although the Conquest was sold as a Chrysler, it's the predecessor to the DSM family and was basically a rebadged Starion, not a design collaboration per se. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creakyjoints Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 Starion was designed and built in Japan. No American influence/involvement at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSiTSi Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 Conquest/Starions are not DSM's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionbull Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 our cars are true japanese car.The starion/conquest is more of a predessor to the mighty 3000gt vr4I sat in a 3000gtvr4 a few years ago and it had almost the same fit and feel to it.eclipse/talon have a cheaper tin can feel to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasQuest Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 God this has been beaten to death! No way shape or form is our car a DSM. ONLY the Eclipse/Talon/Laser are DSM's. If it wasn't built in the Mitsubishi plant in Normal, Illinois it's NOT a DSM period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Phil Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 The Conquest is absolutely a DSM!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasQuest Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond-Star_Motors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malykaii Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 It's not a dsm. However, when I tell the average Joe my montero has an engine swap and they incline as to what it is... I'll say "conquest, essentially an old school mitsu eclipse". Most people don't need to be bored with technicalities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionbull Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 it is absolutely not an old school mitsubushi eclipse. you will further confuse the unlearned. just tell them what it was. which was the mitsubishi flagship car of the 80's in the states. I would even say it is an old school vr4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanta Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 The Conquest and Starion were when Mitsubishi and Chrysler were blowing softly in each others ears before marriage. They're twins out of wedlock. Then Mitsuibshi and Chrysler married, had a family, and later on divorced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Phil Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 uhhhh definitely a dsm dudes http://m.ebay.com/itm/271591329357?_mwBanner=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87redcat Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Funky Phil, they are not DSM's. and to quote yourself from another post ...stfu...lol:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntercooledFlatty Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 k d m ...what ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcristquester Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 The Conquest and Starion were when Mitsubishi and Chrysler were blowing softly in each others ears before marriage. They're twins out of wedlock. Then Mitsuibshi and Chrysler married, had a family, and later on divorced.This is the best explanation and visual that makes sense to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Phil Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Funky Phil, they are not DSM's. and to quote yourself from another post ...stfu...lol:) hahahaha okay..... just wanted to see how far it would go. Im done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87redcat Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 You know I'm joking Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasQuest Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 Phil...............you so crazy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuze Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 Starion was designed and built in Japan. No American influence/involvement at all. They are Japan built but the development of the 2.6 was done with Chrysler's input (hemispherical head, etc). The other markets got the 4Gxx 2.0 based models, only the US got the 2.6 because of the belief that Americans wanted to feel more torque in a sporty car, being used to V8's. The 2.6 was also made available in a million other Chrysler platforms so that was their deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted December 13, 2014 Report Share Posted December 13, 2014 God this has been beaten to death! No way shape or form is our car a DSM. ONLY the Eclipse/Talon/Laser are DSM's. If it wasn't built in the Mitsubishi plant in Normal, Illinois it's NOT a DSM period. oh so truejust like oem head bolts are not reuseable lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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