Anyone who still calls the VR-4 a gadget car has never been in the passenger seat when one leaves a light. Mitsubishi built it to hunt Corvettes, and in 1991 they threw everything at the problem at once: twin-turbo 6G72 V6, 300hp, all-wheel drive, four-wheel steering, active aero, and adjustable suspension. The C4 had the V8, the badge, and the magazine covers. The VR-4 had four driven wheels, which meant that off the line the Vette was usually the one looking at taillights. Where it lost the room was the scale and the spreadsheet. It was heavy, complex, and expensive, and the press decided that was the whole story. Builders never bought it. They saw an iron-block twin-turbo six and a drivetrain that could handle more than Mitsubishi ever gave it. The late-'92 to '94 cars are the sweet spot, and '94 is where the Getrag six-speed and 320hp showed up. That's also when the pop-ups went away, and that's where the real argument starts. So pick your side: the early car with the pop-ups and...