1992 Mitsubishi Diamante [F17A]

1992 Mitsubishi Diamante [F17A] in MythBusters, Non-fiction TV, 2003-2018 Ep. 8.08

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: — Made for: USA

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
night cub ◊ 2010-05-16 18:50	In the US, these were called Diamante.
night cub ◊ 2010-05-16 22:16	Was this used in any experiments? The first generation Diamante sedan was sold from 1992-1996. It was made in Japan. The first gen. wagon was sold from 1993-1995, they were made in Australia. Second gen. was sold from 1997-2004, and were imported from Australia. This is the first generation model.
CougarTim ◊ 2010-05-16 22:20	1992-1996 They cut it apart and then put it back together using only duct tape. -- Last edit: 2010-05-16 22:20:48
wolfiekun ◊ 2010-06-29 09:30	Yes and then drove it to try and break it again but it did not...until the engine died. Somehow they killed a 6G72 engine before they broke duct tape.