Mitsubishi does not build many cars like the Mitsubishi Colt 600: a 2-door sedan with 594 , built from 1962 to 1965 in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar.
The background
The Mitsubishi Colt 600 is a five-seat, two-door passenger sedan produced by Shin Mitsubishi Heavy-Industries, Ltd - one of the companies which would become Mitsubishi Motors. It was rear-engined and rear wheel drive, powered by an air-cooled 594 cc twin-cylinder OHV engine producing 25 PS (18 kW), and debuted in July 1962 as the successor to the company's Mitsubishi 500 Super Deluxe. The 600 was the first Mitsubishi to bear the "Colt" name. Top speed was 100 km/h (62 mph).
A convertible version—the company's first "show car"— was exhibited at the 9th Tokyo Motor Show, but was never offered for public sale. A replica of that car was used to promote the new Mitsubishi Colt cabriolet at the 75th Geneva Motor Show in 2005. Following the racing success of its predecessor, Mitsubishi entered Colt 600 touring cars in the 1963 Malaysian Grand Prix, where they placed second and third in the under 600 cc class. The following year the Colt 600 managed to take class honors in Malaysia. Production ended in 1965, in favor of the considerably more modern (still two-stroke, but water-cooled) Colt 800 fastback.
The engineering
Under the skin sits 594 . Kerb weight is 555 kg. The gearbox is a 3-speed manual. The layout matters: the engine hangs behind the rear axle, a layout that gives ferocious traction out of a corner and a reputation to match on the way in. The wheelbase is 2065 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
Where it sits in Mitsubishi's history is not in doubt: the Mitsubishi 500 came before it; the Mitsubishi Colt 800 followed it. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Alfa Romeo Giulia, the Ferrari 250 GTO, the Jaguar E-Type. Its Mitsubishi stablemates include the Mitsubishi Lancer and the Mitsubishi 360.
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the Mitsubishi Colt 600 — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.