Mitsubishi FTO

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Can anyone tell me why insurance companies hate these with a passion? Has anyone every owned one, and did you ever manage to get your insurance premium lower than your salary?

I'm struggling to see why, on paper, they would be 16 (yes SIXTEEN) times more expensive to insure than a civic type r. In fact admiral will insure me for at least a grand cheaper on the following:

300zx TT
Supra
3000GT
Civic Type R
MK1 Focus RS
Sierra Cosworth

I am confused? (dot com)

 

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I owned one a few years back (1994 GPX) and didn't have many problems insuring it that i remember. Price wasn't even too bad either.

Think the main problem is down to the fact they are imports with no official UK equivilent. Sure someone will know more of the details than me.

For a comparison though on insurance, when i changed to an Impreza WRX the cost was pretty much the same

Surely though in terms of risk / profiling Subaru > FTO by a long way?

Fair point about having no UK equivelent - the ford puma hardly comes close lol

Try SKY, they are the official insurance company of the UK FTO owners club iirc

Cheers, I shall look into this.

 

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I'm not really considering an FTO, although I may well do if the insurance is low enough. I'm still agonising over the idea of the CTR - I need to drive one for sure!

I've always noticed, for years, how disproportionally expensive an FTO is to insure and it still appears to be the case, I am curious as to why this is.

 

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Yes, they're ridiculously cheap these days. Presumably because they're an arse to service/maintain?

Overnight part from Japan?