Alright, excuse me for being a little slow... but I was very excited to watch the live unveiling of the Evo VIII at the LA Auto show live over the net... but on Mitsu's main site, I can't build one, price one, etc, etc.. I can't even get a brochure and it's not even listed in it's model line up. So they Unveiled it but it's not for sale? When are they going to stop f'ing with us and just release the damn thing? Or are they going to remove 5 more standard jspec options and knock off 40 more hp before it finally goes on sale? It just seems they hyped the freakin' "coming of evo to the US" .. for about a year before they released an unveiling date.. and they didn't say if it was going to come as a Evo VII or Evo VIII, they hyped it ENOUGH... so you'd think after the unveiling they'd at least start selling them the very next day? If you ask me they are waiting too long.. amazing car, but I already know two people who have just decided to buy WRX's and up the hp on them.

So what's the deal.. when are these things going to be sitting on mitsubishi dealer lots ready for sale and to be driven off?

 

yeah they are gonna take away a few more things that are standard in the japanese version first like awd, turbo and the secound cam, then just call it a lancer, lol

 

Well, if you did just he minimum of looking around this site you would know that cars will be hitting showrooms in 2-3 months and that if you want one, don't wait to take a look at it in person at the dealership because you'll never see one. Probably at least half the years allocation was already pre-sold before the car made its official debut.

Yes that's right, we are selling them right now. You just have to wait a bit to take delivery.

BTW

What Mitsu has been doing with the EVO is exactly what they should do with every new vehicle launch. Getting people excited ahead of time. Works magic for Honda. They do it all the time.

 

Adding to that, It's going to come as simply Lancer Evolution without the numerals...Don't rush Mitsu, give them a chance, have some patience...I'm sure when Subaru unveils their STi it's going to be the same damn thing...