live baby!

 

I sure hope so

 

Everyone is too wrapped up about how it's not going to hold the power. Someone will crack the code and re-tune the ECU to hold the power. They always find a way.

Most performance cars are moving to automated manuals (new Skyline, Ferrari, etc.). This technology is borrowed from F1. MB, BMW, Ferrari, Honda, and the other F1 teams can't be wrong. Where there is a will, there is a way.

 

No. Similar to VAG's DSG. Significantly different than Ferrari's sequential.

 

One difference b/t the MR/RA and the cars above: this tranny is just a little down market from the cars you mention. Manufacturers have to do a cost/benefit analysis when they spec the tranny to decide how much money they want to spend and what the ratio of power-handling to durability should be. Maybe they don't want to spend quite as much for the MR/RA compared to the other cars you mentioned.

It's true, where there's a will there's a way. But the will has to be backed up with money. The same will be true for the aftermarket.

 

I dont understand why they cant just give us a date or more information already...

 

i'll wait for an extra year see if the sports back will have the turbo engine

 

Does anybody REALLY know when the Ralliart is supposed to hit the showroom floors? I know the press releases and websites say Summer of 2008 but is that May or September or somewhere in between?

I have called a couple of local dealerships to find out and most don't have a clue. I had one dealership tell me that their shipment of Ralliarts would be arriving any day (I am pretty sure he was pulling my leg).

Does MMNA not tell these guys when they can expect to receive their vehicles?

The reason I ask is that I bought an '08 GTS that came with some paint and body damage. After several attempts to repair (it came back worse every time) they took the car back with the promise that I would buy the Ralliart when it arrived. So in the mean time I'm stuck driving a piece of junk pick-up truck. It's killing me....

 

I heard that they start taking order june first .

 

I don't know if it helps much but according to this thread EvolutionM will be doing an official test drive in August so I'd imagine it will be available some time after that.

 

I wonder why so long?

The '09 Lancer GTS is out already. Isn't the Ralliart really a blend of GTS and Evo X? It's not like they are designing the car from the ground up...

Waiting till August or September would kinda' suck.

 

If I had to wager a guess, I'd say its a problem of production capacity for Mitsu. I know that they were having trouble meeting US demand for the Lancer GTS and I believe it is also selling like hotcakes in new markets like China and Russia and has been well recieved in Euro as well (I don't believe Euro has ever been a big market for Mistu in the past). Perhaps one part of the problems is availablity of the SST transmission. I don't think I've heard a confirmed answer as to why we don't have it yet in our Evo X. But these are all guesses on my part.

 

Speaking of... how is Mitsu doing? Are they going to survive in the US? Has the new Lancer saved them?

 

I hope they fixed all the SST problems the last thing i would want is to have a ****ty trans

 

or plastic gas pedals? =P

any new for a wagon version of the ralliart or gts? not that sportback that thing is a hatch...i want a legit wagon! i think they would look awesome as a wagon =] and if they do make a Ralliart Wagon it would fit well to fight against the WRX wagon/Legacy