Nope, sunroof comes with the Navi package.

RECARO™ Sport Package:

RECARO™ sport bucket front seats

650-Watt (max) Rockford-Fosgate Punch® premium sound
system with 9 speaker including 10-inch dual-voice coil
subwoofer, custom 20-liter sub-enclosure, digital signal
processor, speed compensated volume and equalization.

SIRIUS Satellite Radio with 6 months pre-paid subscription

6CD/MP3 in-dash changer

Xenon HID Headlamps.


Navigation Premium Package:

30GB HDD Navigation system with music server

Single CD/MP3/DVD capable, AM/FM head unit

Auxiliary video input jack

Power glass sunroof with sunshade

Auto rain-sensing wipers

Auto on/off headlamp control

I dont see us getting the rain sensing wipers or auto on off headlamps.

I would have to opt for the Recaro package if they are the same when they come to the US.

Does anyone have any idea of the release date?

Pricing to be set and orders to be taken starting next month or in Sept. Delivery in Oct/Nov. It's as good a guess as any.

Those are the USDM packages, per the leaked documents from MMNA.

I'd love a spoiler-less Ralliart!!

Sadly, the USDM and AUDM (Australia) will get the silly spoiler.

My dealer ordered mine already, said like sept 18th i might see it

Eeewwww, auto on/off headlamps, all these features sound like luxury car features.
I always have said 'more things means more things to break'

One of the things I actually like about my car (and brag about) is the fact that it doesn't even have cruise control. I don't think these kind of cars should.

These types of things just make me want to buy an older car and just spend all of the money restoring it, and never buy a new car (AE86, FD3S, S13,14,15)

Do you know why it cost so much? Because the US Dollar sucks. That's why. What are you going to do now, blame America? Damn, you're a irritating troll. GTFO, please.

There is a new thread that says the USDM RA will likely be $27K. It seems Mitsubishi has no choice but to price it that high.

no cruise control?? your proud of this??

maybe you should buy and old car and restore it. then take it to a track and leave it there.

For those of us that want performance on a "day-day" basis the luxory of cruise control, nav, sunroof, etc. are actually useful as the real world has wives, kids, and stops at the grocery store.

As mentioned before having a 60-40 split seat in the RA is a huge bonus when moving luggage or groceries. Its the best of both worlds!

lets hope the thread is right and the ralliart stays just below 27 or just at because if you go to the website originally posted and convert yen to dollars the base ralliart is 28 thousand and that doesn't include bringing it from japan over to us and transportation.

Older cars are more likely to break over and over again. In the long run it's going to cost more than a newer car. Sounds like a good idea.

Well then, thank god you'll never be designing any car I'll ever buy. Cruise control is very handy for boring commuting driving, whether it's on city streets or highways -- not as if every morning is a race to work.

Apparently the 2009 Lancer Ralliart has the same front brakes as the 2009 Lancer GTS:

http://evomn.net/cd/2009 Lancer Tech...cs Phase 2.pdf

... except in Japan? --

http://media.mitsubishi-motors.com/p...etail1801.html

So which is it -- 11.9 inch GTS brakes or those apparently monstrous 16 inch Japanese Galant Fortis (their Lancer) Ralliart brakes? Personally, I'd prefer 16 inch front brakes over 12 inch front brakes, but it seems much more likely that's a typo... right?

No way they have 16" front brakes, A.) super cars use like 14" and B.) you'd need like a 19" wheel stock to clear those with calipers.