Hey all, i hate starting rumors, but i got a solution, i recently went to hunnington beach, the mitsu dealer there was a great help, he told me yes the us is getting the evo8, it will be above $30k, but here is my point this gentleman i talked to said that his dealership is one of the largest in So. Cal. and he is getting close to 40 evo8's while the rest will be lucky to get 3 or 4

if you want more info call him
his name is Eric Rayle 1-(714)-375-9493
he was very helpful, and answered any of my q's

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hey man, this was suppose to be our little secret between us and maybe some SCLC members!!!

Now there goes my chances of being able to buy one without a down and getting a test drive before I make a final decision ..i hate deposits on something I haven't driven yet

 

hehe you can have the one im saving

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I'd be willing to say that if Mitsu is spending a boat load of money on chaning the car in design, tech, and other things to make it comply with US standards, that there will be more than enough to go around for people. So you dont get one the day they come of the trucks, big deal. I would almost be willing to bet my bottom dollar on it that it will not be a low production batch, mitsu will probably produce quite a few of these to meet initial demand, and then supply the rest over the following years to satisfy all of the rest of the people who weren't able to get one the first year of production. Just my best guess and i feel this is a pretty logical point. CYA!
Mike

 

Oh yeah, i almost forgot one more thing....in reponse to below:

"Hey all, i hate starting rumors, but i got a solution, i recently went to hunnington beach, the mitsu dealer there was a great help, he told me yes the us is getting the evo8, it will be above $30k, but here is my point this gentleman i talked to said that his dealership is one of the largest in So. Cal. and he is getting close to 40 evo8's while the rest will be lucky to get 3 or 4"

- Dealers/Salesman will do/say ANYTHING to get your business. He could be saying that to better his dealer and also to make you think that you would only be able to get one from his dealer since acording to him there will be such a limited number avaiable. I might have to wave the BS flag on that. That's it! L8R
Mike

 

Well I aslo went to this dealer and they told me with every EVO purchase you get a glow in the dark **** ring.

I hope they include a shovel to go with the BS

 

hey you would need that ring to find it in the dark wouldn't ya

...sorry no flame intended, just had to put that in there

 

I hope it is limited, however you may be right. According to the popular machanics post there are to 17,000. I don't know if this is just US or not. It sounds reasonable though.

Does any body know the peak production numbers for eclipse GSX ot VR4 3000GT?

 

So if they are saying it's the EVO8, then what about the EVOVII??


So what's the difference going to be I wonder
....hoping for the better or might go STi

 

It's hard to find sales data with model breakdowns, but here's what I could find:

In '95, sold 10430 3000GTs which I believe was near the peak. I can't find any older sales data. The '91 model year may have been better. I would estimate that about 1/3 of 3000GTs were of the VR4 flavor - so maybe 3000-4000 total that year. Sales dropped off quickly after '95, to 8300, 6100, 4200, and 3400 in '96, '97, '98, and '99 respectively.

In '95, sold 53000 eclipses and another 20000 talon/lasers. I'd estimate about 20% were of the turbo/AWD variety (GSX). In '99, sold about 53000 eclipse coupes and another 8000 spyders. If my estimate is anywhere close, you're looking at maybe 10-12k GSXs/year.

 

Look at the wrx
Initially 12k to be made, over 20k '02s and still selling like crazy
If the demand is high mitsu will pump them out as fast as they can make them
What a company says they will make is bs, they use that low number to get suckers into buying them for $10k over msrp

 

I disagree. Mitsubishi doesn't make a dime of what the dealer charges over msrp. Mitsubishi is making the Evo their "flagship" car which means it is there to establish an image and large sales aren't important. Usually flagship cars are fairly limited in production....more profit is made off all the other "non-flagship" cars they sell.

 

Wasn't that the quantity over 3 years or something?

 

in 99, only sold 45 vr4s in the US...just some more info on that...

 

Haha my friend sold his '99 vr-4 a few months ago...on a viper...*sigh*