Mitsu. Cancelling evo's?!

[lordoja]

a rally car that no longer? wtf? does this guy know what 1st, 2nd and 4th places for the 2009 WRC were taken by Evo X's?
IMO besides the GTO (3000GT VR4) the last good car Mitsu made was the Evolution VIII RS, a completely stripped down version of the MR. If they are getting rid of the Evo's then they might as well stick to making electronics, whatever happened to the talks about a Hybrid Evo X?

[texasvtak]

does a mans name really need to be censored?

[rob_is_legend]

Coming from a Subaru fanboy, I'll miss the evo. Always liked them

[PUMASTi]

Sales for the Evo werent pretty good in 2010, I believe they sold a little over 2000 for the calendar year, I'm glad I went for the STi although I do like the EVO a lot too.

[Chicano2005]

man I always wanted an EVO.
which means now if I buy one, i'll have a classic!

awesome!

[HondaB18]

They priced themselves away.

[Madpol]

hmm dunno if thats gona happen unless they have another model up there sleeves to replace it because they are one of the big names in rally and there has always been that battle between subaru and mitsi.
understandably they should stop the Evo line as its been going for a very long time..i mean how far can you take a model....Evo 1k?? rofl
dont get me wrong Evo's are the shiz and i use to own one and DAMN they rock and even better it had ALOT of goodies because i think the previous owner was starting to prep it for drag racing but he ended up working on a Evo 3 and had something like 1400hp pulling 7 sec quarters all with out NOS.

Check out there latest project http://www.speedtechnz.com/Builds/HD...+Drag+Car.html

[Pandemic]

Figures. One reason the Tokyo Motor show was a bit boring was because of all of the eco friendly bull shit they had. I still really enjoyed it because they had a few really nice sports cars but the eco stuff was enough to make you gag.

[sohc4door]

this "ECO-Love" crap needs to stop. im through with these car makers killing off cars this way, sickens me.

[AccordWarrior]

WRC is also changing the rules of it's cars banning turbos.

http://www.stiblog.com/news/fia-conf...-turbo-future/

Mitsu would need to overhaul the Evo to compete.

[lordoja]

WRC is also changing the rules of it's cars banning turbos.

http://www.stiblog.com/news/fia-conf...-turbo-future/

Mitsu would need to overhaul the Evo to compete.

wtf? first Group B is banned, and now this, fucking-a should just make the WRC a fucking triathlon while they're at it

[93SM4_CB7]

IMO the older Evos "6" i think are super bad ass. My brother in law had a MR and now purchased a RS. They are Mitsu's Baddest car in their line up.

Super dumb idea if they stop production on that car

[lordoja]

IMO the older Evos "6" i think are super bad ass. My brother in law had a MR and now purchased a RS. They are Mitsu's Baddest car in their line up.

Super dumb idea if they stop production on that car

you got hold of an RS... -_- lucky

[93SM4_CB7]

you got hold of an RS... -_- lucky

Well he did. He got it from Cali and had it transported here to Ny.

Only reason why he went with the RS is because a taxi cab ran a stop sign and totaled the MR.

[HATCHing]

I used to own a white Evo 2006 IX MR 6spd. I used to dream of owning one when the Evo 3,4,5,6 and 7 came out in Japan. When Mitsu finally brought them over here in the USA. I know I have to get one.. I work my ass off and bought one brand new.. hell I even put down a deposit for a not yet available 06 model in the early 2005.. When I finally pick her up it drives like a dream. I remember the feeling I just cant wait to get off work just so I can drive her home. Even in the middle of the night I cant stop thinking about the feeling of controlling a AWD turbo vehicle that was the greatest thing Mitsu have ever created... then until the Evo X came out. I never like the new look and the new engine... over time the new look grows on me and brought me back a local Mitsu dealership.. I thought about trading-in for brand new Evo X but even after few long test drive I just dont have the feeling for it anymore like I had for the IX. Few yrs later in the spring of 2010 I sold my IX MR, she was my baby. Too bad I dont drive her anymore... I got older and the wife dont like the way how I drive my Evo so I sold it.
I put over $15K in mods before I sold it to an out of state buyer. I sold all of the aftermaarket mods and make abit over $11k back...overall I got abit over $32K for it total.


It's too bad the new X isn't a bigger hit like the older Evo model, the new concept is heading toward the hybrid trend... I hope Mitsu knows what they're doing by killing one of the tuner's ico.