The Mitsubishi Starion is a two-door, turbocharged four-cylinder

Straight-4

The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is an internal combustion engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft....

 rear-wheel drive four-seat sports car

Sports car

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 that was in production from 1982 to 1989. It was also marketed in North America

North America

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 as the Conquest under the Chrysler

Chrysler

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, Dodge

Dodge

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, and Plymouth

Plymouth (automobile)

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 names; both the Starion and Conquest came to an end in 1989. Although preceded by earlier turbocharged designs such as the Porsche 930

Porsche 930

The 930 was a sports car built by Porsche, 930 actually being the "type number" for the pre-964 generation 911 Turbo produced between 1975 and 1989...

 (1975), Saab 99

Saab 99

- Development :On April 2, 1965, Gudmund's day in Sweden, after several years of planning, the Saab board started Project Gudmund. This was a project to develop a new and larger car to take the manufacturer beyond the market for the smaller Saab 96...

 (1978) and the Mitsubishi Lancer EX 2000 Turbo (1980), it is considered to be one of the originators of the modern Japanese turbocharged performance automobile

Automobile

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 genre.

The "Starion" name is claimed by Mitsubishi to be a contraction of "Star of Orion", although an urban legend

Urban legend

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 claims that it was intended to be stallion

Stallion (horse)

A stallion is a male horse that has not been gelded .Stallions will follow the conformation and phenotype of their breed, but within that standard, the presence of hormones such as testosterone may give stallions a thicker, "cresty" neck, as well as a somewhat more muscular physique as compared to...

, as a result of an "Engrish

Engrish

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" mistranslation.
The Starion's appearance in 1982 occurred during a period in which a number of Japanese Grand Tourer

Grand tourer

A grand tourer is a high-performance luxury automobile designed for long-distance driving. The most common format is a two-door coupé with either a two-seat or a 2+2 arrangement....

 (GT) sports car

Sports car

A sports car is a small, usually two seat, two door automobile designed for high speed driving and maneuverability....

s were increasing in popularity.