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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 11:54 AM
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Mitsu eclipse returns in old school form

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/27/d...sh-concept-ra/
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 11:58 AM
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Deisel huh
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 12:00 PM
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nice video game car, though i doubt any conceivable production model would come close to the concept.
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 12:01 PM
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I wonder how a car like that would affect the sales of the EVO10.

Personally I'd like to see a 2.4L 4G64 with MIVEC and flex fuel.
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 12:02 PM
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wow, I think I saw a car kinda similar to that one......I wonder what that other car was?........ Oh wait a sec that looks like the new lancer!
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 12:04 PM
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Oh and I doubt it will go into market anyways. I would be too much competition to the Evolution.
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 12:05 PM
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Diesel is sick though great torque numbers. That matched with AWD launching will be sick never mind diesels take so much of a beating. Id def. buy one if it ever came out. Throw a propane bottle in the trunk and pipe in a line well be good to run 11's. lol
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 12:16 PM
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diesels are starting to take over it seems
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 12:19 PM
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That would be a fantastic car if they did indeed put a diesel in it. We need more diesel options.
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 12:22 PM
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I dont know about the diesel, other than the great torque! I would certainly consider it, if it actually came out.
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 12:57 PM
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Now we will have awd drive launches smelling like KFC if you run biodiesel
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 02:11 PM
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^^ A guy at work has an F250 that runs on veggie oil. He does all his own sourcing, filtering, and filling. The only time he runs real fuel is when its cold out and even then its to heat the veggie oil. Oddly his truck doesn't smell like freedom fries and has virtually no smoke. Its still noisy as heck though!
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 03:40 PM
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This would be incredible if they actually released it. People are kinda silly saying this would "compete" with the EVO. The evo is a 4 door sedan, this is a 2 door coupe.

Having 2 hot cars everyone wants is good for business, not the other way around.
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 03:51 PM
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The sales of the Evo will drop noticably if they did. Which the Evo is Mitsu's flagship vehicle.
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Old Nov 27, 2007 | 03:57 PM
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Wow is it so hard to think every once in a while.

Evo sales drop, other mitsubishi car sales increase. I'm not sure if you noticed but they sold a hell of a lot more GSX's, GS-T's and TSi's than they did evos in each respective year.

Do you know how many potential customers Mitsubishi is losing because they have no REAL sports coupe?
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