Mitsubishi FTO 2.0 V6 GPX any good?

Easiest way to tell is look at V5 document as it will say when it was first registered in UK, if its later than the build date its imported. Plus number of owners, my Celica is a 1996 model but has only had two owners in UK, first only being last year.

All the UK ones will still have Jap size rear number plate as its an integral part of rear bumper, and all should (though some do not) have a MPH speedo now to comply with MOT requirements as all imports still need to be MOT'd before sold on. And speed limiter should have been removed at same time as speedo converted to read on MPH.

Have to remember that the official UK models were still imports, not fully fledged UK models and as such will not have anything completely obvious to make them stand out.

Best go and read some of the owners pages

the other easy way to tell is when you try to check the mileage and the owner has a very creative story to explain why a 10 year old car has only done 50,000km. pull the other one mate, its got bells on.

even easier way, jap cars dont have rear foglights, imports have to have them fitted, usually below the bumper

FTO's were never made for UK market, so all of them have had to have a fog light fitted as there was never a set of UK spec rear lights made. It's either by cheapest method hanging one off bottom of bumper, slightly dearer inserted into bumper, or final version is to use a reverse light with red bulb, this is how my Celica still has JDM rear lights rather than UK versions which are not as nice and have a fog light to pass MOT's.

i really hate it when they cut the bumper to fit one.

So do I, out of the ones we have been looking at on internet, if it has the fog light in the bumper we have not gone to view, or have tried to factor in the cost of getting it removed hole filled and probably whole rear bumper painted

me to!

i know this, just thought id point it out, as jami was asking between jap and uk