Originally Posted By: Falcon_LS
Originally Posted By: Spazdog
The problem with getting a V6 Galant is that they just did not make very many.
It's not like the Accord, Camry, Altima, Mazda6 where you can just find a V6 model. Just for grins and hahas I checked the CarMax website. There are 61 Galants availiable....3 of them are V6es. Three.....Nationwide.
That's just one chain. Maybe somebody else's company has a monopoly on them....but I just do not see Galants with V6es. All of the Galants that come to me are 4 cylinders. They make (made) them, but I would guess that 20:1 is a fair estimate of 4cyl:V6
Similar case in this market. The V6 is a widely available if you're buying new, but try the used market and most are L4's.
The 6G75 was really developed as a longitudinal application for the Mitsubishi Pajero. It found its way to the Galant/Eclipse after it was engineered to be transversely mounted in the Endeavor. Still, it's not easy to come across a 6G75 equipped Galant or Eclipse.
It appears that 2009 was the last year for the V6 Galant.
I checked autotrader and found 2,194 2009-2012 4 cyl Galants and 24 2009 V6 Galants.
My wife had an Eclipse GT with a 6G72. She insists that it was the best car she ever owned.
I thought it looked funny, the interior was cheap, instrument cluster appeared to have been lifted from a New Beetle, and even though it was wider than my Integra GS-R, my Integra had more front and rear legroom and headroom. I never could find an angle where I thought to myself, "hey, that looks pretty good." But it drove okay. It was no Prelude but it had more torque.