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03-01-2011, 09:59 PM
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#1 | | WOAH! i think Vtec just kicked in!
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| Confirmed by Mitsubishi high offical: Lancer Evolution is no more
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I’ve just spent an engaging half-hour in the company of Gayu Eusegi, Mitsubishi’s global product director.
Mostly we talked about the new Global Small Concept, which will be built in Thailand and sized somewhere between a Toyota Aygo and the Colt supermini. It’ll go on UK sale in 2012, effectively replacing the Colt in the line-up.
But also he told me some news, which seemed to surprise a few Mitsubishi Europe bods as much as it did me.
The Lancer Evolution X, Eusegi told me, will be the last Evo. “There is still a demand [for the car],” he said, “but we must stop.” Eyebrow up.
“Our influence now is EV technology,” Eusegi said, adding that the decision was a “policy change”.
It seems Mitsubishi, which is going to introduce eight full electric or hybrid cars by 2015, has decided its image is about lowering CO2, not making lurid replicas of rally cars that don’t go top-level rallying any more.
Eusegi said that customers would find it “easier to understand” what Mitsubishi was about if it was no longer in this motorsport-inspired market.
He seemed to put the rumoured diesel hybrid Evo replacement to bed, too. So the X will be the last Evolution model? “Yes. Maybe the world can change, and maybe someday we can do a motor race by electric vehicles,” said Eusegi. “Maybe then we can enter the market again.”
Until then, prepare yourselves for the end of an era.
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03-01-2011, 10:07 PM
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#2 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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It is a sad sad day, and Mitsubishi sucks.
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03-01-2011, 10:07 PM
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#3 | | I AM
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03-01-2011, 10:14 PM
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#4 | | Ask me about how I answered the question "How fat is TOO fat?"
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Originally Posted by toyota86  the guys over at lambo vancouver said there are 60-70 pre-orders already. don't quote me though. | | |
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03-01-2011, 10:17 PM
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#5 | | Rotary dori dori MOD
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wow...i wonder what the stockholders will think of this lol
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03-01-2011, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by !Shuya80 wow...i wonder what the stockholders will think of this lol | I'm sure the decision was because of the stockholders.
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03-01-2011, 10:21 PM
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#7 | | What hasn't Killed me, has made me more tolerant of RS!
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oh ffs
they spend all that time and money on r&d for the 10 then kill it off?
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03-01-2011, 10:23 PM
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#8 | | Rotary dori dori MOD
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^^ think what they meant was that there will not be an evo xi+ and that the evo x will be the last evo.
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03-01-2011, 10:23 PM
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stockholders dont give a shit about the evo
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03-01-2011, 10:25 PM
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#10 | | My bookmarks are Reddit and REVscene, in that order
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I'm laughing cause it's so sad.
how f*d up is that?
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03-01-2011, 10:26 PM
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#11 | | Need my Daily Fix of RS
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03-01-2011, 10:29 PM
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#12 | | Ask me about how I answered the question "How fat is TOO fat?"
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Originally Posted by reza oh ffs
they spend all that time and money on r&d for the 10 then kill it off? | sunk cost bro
I wonder if they'll have an EV racing league come in eventually. Isn't it because of the drive and competition from racing that teams are determined to build their best engines?
What are you guys' thoughts?
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03-01-2011, 10:29 PM
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i think the Lancer Evo is the only car in mitsu's current line up that saves it from the image of brand suck-itude.
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03-01-2011, 10:30 PM
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#14 | | THEY HATE US CUZ THEY AIN'T US
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03-01-2011, 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by !Shuya80 wow...i wonder what the stockholders will think of this lol | I wonder what enthusiasts and mitsubishi fans will think of this? Oh wait...............
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03-01-2011, 10:32 PM
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^exhil, better keep yours bud. future classic.
last of the automotive greats count down.
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03-01-2011, 10:32 PM
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#17 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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Wow this is sad and surprising Posted via RS Mobile | |
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03-01-2011, 10:32 PM
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#18 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Mitsubushi has more important things to do..like making pens and household vaccums.
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03-01-2011, 10:35 PM
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#19 | | :: Sells McLarens, Not tofu :okay: ::
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then subaru would follow suit and pull the plug on the STi/ wrxes. they dont compete in rallying either.
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03-01-2011, 10:36 PM
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#20 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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03-01-2011, 10:44 PM
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#21 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Originally Posted by tofu1413 then subaru would follow suit and pull the plug on the STi/ wrxes. they dont compete in rallying either. | That is a good question, but I think this would only mean more sales for the STI. I mean, Mitsubishi acknowledges that there is still demand, but they need to focus their resource else where. Then again, does this mean that the STI will suck after this since it does not have a direct competitor?
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03-01-2011, 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero Mitsubushi has more important things to do..like making pens and household vaccums. | don't forget erasers
man this is fucking sad. end of an era indeed. a great era at that
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03-01-2011, 10:49 PM
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#23 | | :: Sells McLarens, Not tofu :okay: ::
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might get even more sloppier...
remember, fuji industries also has a say to mitsu too apparently (i remember reading it somewhere a while back..)
toyota also owning fuji... maybe they'll cut the sti from product line too... or maybe you're right. keep the sti so it'll be the only one on the market as a rally inspired turbo rocket.. guaranteed sales. we'll have to wait and see what the future has in store.
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03-01-2011, 10:49 PM
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#24 | | Everyone wants a piece of R S...
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Mitsubishi Motors is actually seperate from the pencil /etc, theyre just under the same "branding" kinda thing. but yeah... shitty day, must cry myself to sleep with the Evo gone.
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03-01-2011, 10:50 PM
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#25 | | :: Sells McLarens, Not tofu :okay: ::
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with the evo gone.. the wrx sti is... 
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