Thinking back to my last blog about the Porsche 944 got me thinking of the car that I really wanted back in high school. I’ll never forget the first time I saw the most memorable diamond ever; a first-generation Mitsubishi Diamante. (Diamante means diamond) It was owned by a popular upperclassman who I never really spoke to. He never knew how cool I thought he was in that loaded, black Diamante with 5 spoke rims.
Back in 2005, BMW’s were out of my price range, and they still are. While I still couldn’t afford a Diamante, it was cheaper and gave me hope with looks similar to a BMW. Sedans have always been the vehicle that I believe suits me best, especially performance sedans. While the Diamante is not exactly a performer, it looks great and was quite luxurious for its time.
Currently, the interest in Diamantes is growing. I seem to be more than a decade ahead of my time in cars that are part of the in-crowd. I’m alright with that though. Eventually I might be able to buy a car before it gets popular. If my memory serves me correctly, the exact Diamante that the upperclassman had was for sale a few years after he graduated. I still wasn’t able to purchase it but I really am curious to know what happened to it. It is still one of the most memorable cars of all time to me.
All Out Octane 
My sister has one of these, i think it’s the generation before the one you have pictured (1994) It’s called the Magna in Australia. it’s only 4 cylinder they also did a V6. It use to be our grandparents.
That is so cool! It is such a stylish car. What color is hers? I’m sure it gets great fuel economy with a four cylinder! Sometimes it isn’t about going fast, it is about looking good hahaha 🙂
It’s silver, but it is built solid and is fairly heavy so fuel economy isn’t so good. It’s great on the highwayway thow, very comfortable.
That is awesome. I hadn’t even thought about weight! That makes total sense. It’s nice to know it is a great, comfortable highway cruiser!
I like the name of the name of the car. Do they still make them?
It is a great name. Sadly, they do not. Mitsubishi only makes 6 vehicles now and only 2 of them are sedans, the Mirage and the Mirage G4.