Hah! In the Motorsports History (Galant VR4 Rally history),History of Mitsubishi Motors (Timeline with mentions the 4G63 Galant Launch), and History of Products there is a mention of the Galant for the year 1980. However, in the Auto gallery the only galants are pictured,
Galant FTO 1600GSR"(1973) - I want!
Galant ramuda 2000 Super Touring(1977)
Galant GTOR73-X(1972) prototype
To concur though with Wop, there aren't any USDM Galant VR-4s featured, because these things, of course, have been in production a few years before the US ever got their hands on them.