Ford Pinto
Offered with an inline-4 engine and bucket seats the Pinto's mechanical design was conventional, with unibody construction, a longitudinally mounted engine in front driving the rear wheels through either a manual or automatic transmission and live axle rear end. Suspension was by unequal-length control arms with front coil springs; the live rear axle was suspended on leaf springs. The rack and pinion steering had optional power assist, as did the brakes.
Mitsubishi GTO
Only US 3000GT models could be configured with front (FWD) rather than all-wheel drive (AWD). In Japan, the base GTO SR included AWD; no FWD version was offered in Japan. The GTO SR made the same power as the US spec 3000GT SL and was offered with the same 5 speed manual or 4 speed automatic. The JDM did not receive the SOHC V-6 standard on the base model US only Dodge Stealth and US spec 3000GT. The JDM received the N/A DOHC V-6 and Twin Turbo DOHC V-6.