I figured i'd start my own thread here as well.

So, how do you guys think the 2004 Galant fare against our 5th gens?

 

No manual shift

 

i dont know what they are thinkin. 1st the outlander then that other ugly as$ SUV and now this SUPER ugly POS?

 

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What were they thinking? The front end kinda reminds me of a Pontiac.

 

Don't know about you guys....but if you quickly glance at it, it almost looks like the 6th gen max.

 

whats with these new cars lookin'

 

Not well its funny the new TL looks like the current 00-03 Galant and this car favors the 04 Max. Quality/reliability wise it probably will be subpar as Mitsu doesnt seem to get it after all these years esecially with its engines .

 

Thats butt ugly!

 

Quickly glance hell, check out the rear doors, rear window, hood, belt line molding, tooth, hood...

 

mitsubishi and hyundai must get in bed with each other and end up with a product that equals the ugliest looking headlights on cars i've ever seen....

 

Yeah i see the reference to a 6th if you look at the pic QUICK. Also pontiac for sure. All cars now look the same - I am swearing to you that BMW has borrowed the acura designers in their new 3 series pics i've seen (I think it was 3 series). And that saturn ion piece of junk looks a lot like an altima IMO.

 

If it handles anything like the 2 previous generations of Galants, it will outhandle the Max with relative ease, stock vs. stock.

 

Look at the front wheel gap on that thing!

 

lol. I also think that it kinda looks like 6th gen max too.

 

It does resemble the 6th gen Max. The thing that caught my eye the most are the door handles, they're straight off of the 04 Max. The way the roof slopes in the back and front and the door windows look really similar also.

Short story of an experience I once had:
I used to work at Baker-Jackson Nissan in Houston when the 04's first came out. People used to come in and try to compare Hyundi's, Kia's, Saturns, etc... to all of the Nissan models, it was rediculous. A customer once said, "I don't know why the Murano is more expensive than the Hyundi Santa Fe. I think I'm going to go with the Santa Fe." I wanted to kick him in the nuts right there and throw him and his broken Elantra off of the lot. The Murano kicks **** with it's CVT and 245 HP, not to mention it handles as good as the stock Maxima. And that's one of the reasons I don't work there any more. I'm out!

 

That car is embrassing.

 

Maybe offroad.

What is the weight on that beast?

 

The C-pillar really does it.

You should see the interior pics on edmunds.

 

IMO, it doesn't look significantly worse than the 4-door monstrosities that Nissan has been churning out lately. "Ugly" is the new black for car makers.

I'd say nobody will buy it, but all you have to do is stroll over to the 6th generation forum to watch "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" in action.

 

front end is

my GF has an 02 GTZ and i really like the way it looks on the outside. The front of the new 04 galant is just hideous. What is up with those headlghts and beak?

 

Pot calling kettle black.

 

Looks somewhat like the new camrys roof and back

 

Not at all, just pointing out that (obviously) not everyone has the same taste. I'll never argue that the 5th gen's a## isn't fugly. Luckily, the only time I see that part of the car is when I wash it.

 

Very similar to the 04 Max, just about as ugly too...even the interior is similar...

 

whats with that TOOTH in the front now adays???

-take a real good look at the sloping roofline, window shape, door shape and rear slope, virtually verbatim




"While it's not blazingly fast, or retina-detachingly quick off the line, it makes up ground in the way it rides and handles." - First Drive

 

Speaking of which, I heard Hyundai uses Mitsubishi engines (or something based on them)...

 

I wonder, with 250tq, how much torque steer its going to have.... with a 3.8 litre, doesnt it only produce 230hp? Thats a little sad...

 

With that tooth, it reminds me of the new Sentra.