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From Edmunds.com :

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/au...hotopanel..2.*

Seems a little TOO sophisticated to be a WRX competitor (e.g. encroaches on Evo turf) ... just my thought. I'm sure the guys at Mitsu know what they're doing

 

very very interesting...

 

sad to say, if it is sst only, that is a deal breaker for me

 

man that sux...they should just make it a choice between 5 speed or automatic...would bring the price down alot and increase sales...bad decision...guess they are trying to get people to pay more and get the gsr...how much does the ralliart cost anyways?

 

That sst only thing doesn't sound right. If its supposed a more affordable "evo" why have the more expensive tranny. I bet it was come out with the 5 speed only

 

Sounds like they are really going to try to market it as a EVO RS replacement. Probably not going to be in the WRX price range, more like the RS price range (slightly under $30k base).

If it did hit at the WRX price range, though, it'll sell like there's no tomorrow. I just don't see that happening.

- Patrick

 

http://www.caranddriver.com/autoshow...-ralliart.html

310lbs@torque? ? ?

 

Interesting. And they claim they're going to sell it at the $25k range.

We'll see if that really happens though.

- Patrick

 

its 253 lb ft, 310 is a typo...no way they'd make it more than an Evo

http://media.mitsubishicars.com/deta...59056&mime=ASC

 

Huh, sounds like the rumors are true that the RA will get the same AWD system as Evo 9. Having a 5 speed option would've been though. Question now is the price.

 

That's awesome. It seems too good to be true. Hmm... We'll see.

 

if they don't have a 5 speed then they really majorly screwed up on this one...and if it's 30k then there is basically no reason to sell the car...cuz a gsr is like 32k...i mean what's 2k when buying a car?...like 20 extra dollars a month for your payment or something....whoop te doo....25k would be awesome for this car...needs a dang 5 speed though

i know alot more people can afford a 25k car....35k is out of most people's range....the ralliart could certainly pick up a ton of sales if it's in the 25k range

 

What I'm wondering is that since it has "detuned" evo engine, can't you simply fix that problem with a few bolt-ons and a tune?

 

i like the sst. so im not complaining.

 

They chose the SST so people cant tune the crap out of it easily to have as much or more hp then the Evo, its an easy business decision, right?

If its true the SST will make the 4B11T hard to tune, this makes perfect sense. Possible buyers have a right to be bummed, but it makes sense for Mitsu in the long run.