RA availability
Either way op happy hunting. the 2012's should be shipping soon. Being patient might help you out in the long run.
I live in one of the largest automobile markets in the continental 48, and have only seen 1 other sportback (Ryan Gate's). Living in a town where 1 in 3 cars is BMW/AUDI/Mini, it's like being the guy who goes AROUND the velvet rope (and 335's)
For 2012, the RA will no longer be available in Sportback trim, at least in Canada. I'm under the impression that it will be deleted in the States as well. There will be no manual trans option offered, and there are no plans to offer one.
I live in Central AL. I went to one local Mitsubishi Dealer - Serra Mitsu. Bunch of idiots. After some searching online I was contacted by a salesman from dealership in Huntsville. This was a 2 hour drive for me. But I told them flat out what I wanted down to the color, told them how much I was ready to put down (Cash) and that I had already secured my own financing. They located a car in CA for me and had it shipped. All in all it took over a month from first contact till we drove to pick it up and sign the papers. They told me (at the time) that this was the last of only 10 Grey 2010 RA's with the full Recaro package that were shipped to the US from Japan.
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! Cheaper then the dealers if you have your own source of funding and it is already modded and tuned! Im selling cause I'm trying to upgrade to an X, and if it doesnt sell privately, then im going to end up trading it in (What a loss that would be).
! Cheaper then the dealers if you have your own source of funding and it is already modded and tuned! Im selling cause I'm trying to upgrade to an X, and if it doesnt sell privately, then im going to end up trading it in (What a loss that would be).
I've posted this before but in July 2011 I found my WW 2010 RA SP at a dealership where it had been sitting for 18 months. No one wanted the poor bastard. Needless to say it was the only RA on the lot, outnumbered 4 to 1 by EVOs. Also, have yet to see another RA SP in the road and I commute daily to Los Angeles! Cheers.
This is what I heard as well. A dealer about an hour away told me they had put in an order for 2 2012 ralliarts, with and without the package. Can't wait for something more official to surface!
Yea I feel like my 2010 RA Sportback with recaro package is uber rare. Sportbacks are already super rare. I've only seen ONE on the road in the 1.5 yrs I've owned mine.
I love having the rare bird. I see WRX hatches and Golf GTi's every other stop light.
I love having the rare bird. I see WRX hatches and Golf GTi's every other stop light.






