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I lived through the 90s and can confirm that the Mitsubishi Gallant was the Altima of its day
Damn I had no idea the Galant had such a bad rep in the US...
Yeah part of the problem was you had the VR-4 which all the car nuts understood, but then everyone bought the S or SE and they were everywhere, half because it was an affordable midlevel car, and half because they wanted a VR-4 and couldn’t afford it
Like OP said, it's because they'd give financing to basically anybody with a pulse, just like Nissan did.
I'm speaking from a 2000s perspective, but everybody hated the Gallant. It was a wannabe Lancer (which in of itself was a wannabe Evo). You only bought the Gallant because you wanted a Fast and Furious car but didn't have the money for an actual car from the films.