I am hoping I will win the Mitsubishi contest and get mine right now for free.


Whats so wrong with that, and why is the s2000 better?

 

In SCC this month they tested the EVO. At the end of the article, there was a final excerpt in italics that stated that the EVO is NOT a limited production car and they will build as many as they can sell. This was the first I heard or read about it. Can anyone confirm or deny?

 

I've heard from Mitsubishi Corporate that it's a limited production car. That's enough proof for me.

 

im relying on that too! hahaha coz there sure as hell no way i could come up with money for monthly payments AND insurance. holy crap that'll be alot

 

Yeah they said that but so what? Doesn't make it so. Mitsubishi announced 4600 for the 03' model year and sources at Mitsubishi have told me they have a maximum annual capacity of 5,000 units for the U.S. anyway.

This is not a money-making car for Mitsubishi nor is it intended to be. There is no overiding reason to increase the volume.

 

That is more than enough reason to buy this car. This tells me an engineer desiged it for a purpose and "not by sales guy maximizing profit toward the design". Well, i guess sales decided to put an open diff in the front but maybe ralliarts will solve that problem for me hopefully.

Can you imagine how subaru will make money on the STi? Based on JDM prices our's is comparable to the RS unloaded with radio, wheels, and brakes but the Sti is comparable towards their twin scroll with their diffs and spec c forged wheels? What i'm saying is, could low 30's mean $34,987 to even make a profit? Or maybe they just sell it to break even and set the image that they are as good as ?

I know i'm comparing apples to oranges but i'm shock that didn't plan to make money with this car after giving us watered diffs "except rear diffs". I just find it interesting that's all.

 

Just throwing it out there man, not trying to start a dispute...

 

Mitsu is trying to make money on the car... they are trying to steal WRX sales... if Subbie wasnt doing so well with the WRX the EVO wouldnt be here. I work for Honda and we own the Mitsu next door. The S2000 does "look" better to the casual person...purists will know and appreciate the evo more...plus the EVO can whup the S2000 (cept on a track maybe). The STi will be limited, not the EVO

-Shahul

 

The Evo serves much the same purpose as the 3000GT VR4 did. A store was lucky to sell ONE of those a year (somebody told me that total volume on that car in its last year was less than 100). The car is meant to drive traffic to increase sales of other models and to create increased name recognition for

BTW

Personally I'm glad we are not getting the fancy diffs.

 

is in the business to make money, if there are high demands for cars, they will build them. However, supply for the frist few months will be low until production get up and running.

 

I'll wait two years and pick up a used one for $19,000 w/ 30k on the odometer. By then the US ralliart distribution will be in place & the Mod process will be more written in stone. STI's will be everywhere also. Pontiac GTO's w/ Vortech blowers will be prowling the roads also for 30 grand?? Something to think about?

 

No, what you read was a rehash of the same old rumor that's been floating around forever. Why anyone would take an uncredited quote from a sports car mag over the word of the President of NA I don't know.

 

I think anything under 10,000 units a year could be considered 'limited production' But I think there isn't a huge profit to be made by mitsubishi considering the extra work involved in making it. Keep in mind every one starts out as a lancer, then gets 'upgraded' either on the line, or at an assembly facility. I do think its true that they will produce enough cars to meet demand.. I just don't think that the demand will warrant making over 6000 cars a year. This first allocation is of 03 cars, the model year is just about over and odds are, all the cars that are going to be built, are already built, or are in the process. If your a collector, you want to try to get 'First Year' of availability, and earliest production that you can. Or 'Last Year' and latest production. Since we can't say when the last year is.. enjoy whats coming. Keep in mind, how many LANCER's do you see out in the wild (on the road) compared to WRX's, Hondas, Etc.. Even the LANCER is nowhere as common to be seen around my area. I suspect that the odds of seeing an EVO will be low also, unless your in a club for EVO's or Lancers.. I currently drive a Neon.. and THAT car is very common, and the SRT-4 is just a interpretation of the standard neon, nothing special about its appearance except for some cosmetic stuff that can be bolted on to any... You can't say that about an EVO.. Probably be very hard if not impossible to 'FAKE' an EVO from a Lancer. From a collector standpoint, even if alot are produced, how many will survive in original unmodified, or Mint modified condition, and how likely (and cost effective) would it be to take a standard model, and pass it off as the specialty version.. I'm sure a Honda type-R would be easier to fake, and not to mention people would be fooled by the fakes easier.

Jack