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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 01:59 PM
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Unhappy Ralliart Performance Closing

This is a really big dissappointment. Wonder if our cars will have more value.

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/03/10/r...hat-does-that/

Partial Cease of Business Activities along with Ralliart Inc's
Business Scale Down
Ralliart Inc (President Masao Taguchi) has announced as follows.

Dear all of our customers ,

First of all, we much appreciate for your usual patronage to our company.
Our company have done the various activities relating motorsport with the support of many people since the establishment in April,1984 so far. However, because of the sudden change of economy situation since the year before last, the business circumstance surrounding our company radically became worse and so, this time we have reached the conclusion that we Ralliart Inc., would scale down our business activities as of the end of March 2010.

Along with the scale down of our business activities this time, we would cease the following business and operation which we have done so far. We would like to express our sincere apology to all of customers though we would make you much inconveniences.

Meanwhile, we wish you a continuous support to Ralliart family and entrants driving Mitsubishi cars who play an active part all over the world.

Items which would cease our business and operation along with our business scale down;

1. Support to motorsport customers(Support to the participation, Technical Support, and Awarding of Mitsubishi/Ralliart Driver of the Year)
2. New Planning, Development and Merchandize of Ralliart products (Except FIA VO parts) :*1
3. Information of new products and dispatching motorsport information(at web):*2

*1 FIA VO parts development and those application work shall be done by Mitsubishi Motors Corporation as it is.
*2 FIA Group-N information shall be open at the web site of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation.

Date of the cease: 1st April, 2010
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 02:51 PM
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have to get that RA Genuine Muffler and Front Lip before they go obsolete ><!
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 02:52 PM
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"So, while you may not be able to get a genuine JDM Ralliart strut-tower brace or shift knob, you can breath easy that the SportBack that you've been saving your lunch money for will still be at your local dealer by the time you've got enough scratch."

An extreme lack of or know-how in marketing ruined this company.
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 04:30 PM
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not gonna happen!!! Ralliart will just merge in with Mitsubishi and become a oem performance parts... just no longer stand alone... just like NISMO... they used to be a stand alone company a division of Nissan but now nismo and nissan merge and provide nismo parts at the dealer in the usa as of 2004 maybe earlier...

lol yea i am still a hard core nissan fan but just not of there new stuff...
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 04:36 PM
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maybe if they didnt charge outlandish amounts of money this wouldnt have happened.

and lol @ kid who wants their muffler
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 09:49 PM
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Bad news! but it could get more US availability.
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by secondchace
maybe if they didnt charge outlandish amounts of money this wouldnt have happened.

and lol @ kid who wants their muffler
Originally Posted by gccruz
Bad news! but it could get more US availability.
Those are the two kickers right there. The parts are expensive and hard to get a hold of. If they just made them easier to get, and maybe a little cheaper, they wouldn't be having this problem.

-Taranis
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Old Mar 13, 2010 | 06:46 PM
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WTF No Ralliart?

so as im browsing the Ralliart stuff finally making the final decision to buy one or not i come across this
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WTF

Has Anyone heard of any of this?

http://www.leftlanenews.com/mitsubis...ose-doors.html
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Old Mar 13, 2010 | 06:49 PM
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Check Link, already been posted a few days ago.

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/09...e-closing.html
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Old Mar 13, 2010 | 07:04 PM
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thanks for the heads up... so will this affect Ralliart Lancer sales or just Ralliart Parts?
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Old Mar 13, 2010 | 08:10 PM
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Its just the parts, who cares I dont know anyone who even buy Ralliart parts, soo expensive
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Old Mar 13, 2010 | 08:18 PM
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yeah should of thought of lowering the price jeez. They are way overpriced
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Old Mar 13, 2010 | 08:24 PM
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way overpriced, but at least you get to keep your warrenty
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Old Mar 14, 2010 | 03:08 PM
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$2200 for a Ralliart muffler .

No wonder why they went down.

Maybe in there next life will be Reasonable
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Old Mar 14, 2010 | 04:24 PM
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search is ur friend
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