wow getting a lot of good responses here haha i like it haha

 

Maybe in a few years, after the economic slowdown, Mitsubishi could begin branching out and either co-sponsoring rallies with Subaru, or just sponsoring their own.

 

Yep .

 

i would like to see mitsu sponsor their own... i want the evo to be as widely known in the rally racing as the STi is!

 

Negative, all Lancer Evolutions have been involved in Rallying.

As far as Mitsubishi being competitive in Rallying...

Rally America currently has two Evos in the number one and two spots. Andrew Comrie-Picard currently driving an Evo IX and due to change over to an Evo X later in the season and Tanner Foust in an Evo X. They are leading third place Ken Block in an STI. The major sponsor for Rally America is Subaru so naturally their cars get all the attention.

In P-WRC Armindo Araujo, Eyvind Brynildsen, Andis Neiksans and Martin Prokop are currently taking up second to fifth place in their Evo IXs behind Patrik Sandell's Skoda RS S2000. The highest placed STI is Nasser Al-Attiyah's in sixth.

The STI might get more face time due to Subaru's high levels of marketing muscle, but the Evo is just as formidable as always.

 

ooo true thats good info there!!!

 

Also, to the HP wars guys. You throw a bit of money at either one and you will make power, no big secret there. I also wouldn't go as far as calling AMS or Buschur top Evo tuners, decent maybe. But none of that has the slightest to do with rallying.

 

I read a few days ago that Subaru pulled out of the WRC.

I'm also under the impression (I've heard/read it several places) that a lot of rally drivers prefer to drive the Sti over an Evo.

 

Subaru pulled out a few months ago, right after Suzuki did.

 

but like why do they want to drive and sti over an evo whats so different in rallying??

 

That was a few months ago before the WRC season started, now it is only Citroen and Ford.

However Subaru like Mitsubishi still take part in P-WRC.

 

If I were a rally driver a part of me would want to drive for Subaru as well, it is easy money compared to the hassles of driving an Evo that gets no factory backing whatsoever.

 

It might have to do with the suspension, steering and motor as well.

 

Oh of course, I'm positive Ken Block is sitting in 3rd place and thinking, "Wow, I love my steering!"

Nasser Al-Attiyah looks up at the top five and chuckles, "Yeah, but my suspension is much more comfortable and just listen to the rumble of my motor!"

 

What I meant was the STI motor is torquier than the 4G63 and the steering is less twitchy. On track, the Evo is king but in stock trim the STI is more suited to backroads and things of that nature. There are too many variables to say "well since X car is in 1st, it's the best". ACP is a hell of a driver as is Foust. Luck is a big part of rallying too, ACP didn't run in the Rocky Mountain Rally last year because his Evo blew up. By contrast Pat Richard's STI ran perfectly well and he won by a huge lead (something like 5 minutes).