The jury's still out on the future of the Nissan GT-R but that's not of utter importance right now. We're here to talk about a nameplate and a digital successor to that nameplate that haven't been yet twisted to denote a crossover or an SUV. That's right, we're talking about the Mitsubishi 3000GT and an artist's vision of a would-be 4000GT.

Modernizing the 90s

The 3000GT came with all-wheel drive, four-wheel steering, active aerodynamics, and electronically-controlled suspension. It was badge-engineered to create the Dodge Stealth which was sold alongside the 3000GT in the States.

Although these features added a lot of weight on the shoulders or an already heavy platform, the 3000GT VR-4 could zap from 0 to 60 mph (96 kph) in anywhere from 5 to 6.3 seconds. U.S. models could be had with front-wheel drive, too, and production ended in 1999 for the U.S. market and in 2000 for Japan.

Coming back to Matthew Parsons' render, we chose it not because if features some nonsensical design cues that look out of place, but because he really put a lot of work into adding a present day twist to the 3000GT and actually succeeded.

We don't get more tech bits about the render, but it just begs for a rear-wheel-drive setup. On the other hand, we hope Mitsubishi doesn't have any plans to associate the 3000GT nameplate with a high-riding econobox. Then again, the company isn't exactly bathing in gold coins so who knows what it might come up with for the sake of profit.