The thread is really supposed to be about the ad that Mitsubishi did back in 2003 when they called the Evo 8 a "religion". Not sure how this became a discussion on the Evo XI. There is a thread about that car in the future Lancer section.

 

Is it 100% electric drive and just using the diesel to generate electrical power, like a locomotive?

 

There will be 2 electric motors, each powering a front wheel. Their combined power will be 63 hp. They will drive the front wheels only. The turbo diesel will power the rear wheels. How much power is anyone's guess. But, the good news is that the electric motors will assist the diesel engine, so power and torque will be higher than with just the engine. MotorAuthority claims that the combined hp will be 350, but I don't know if that is true or not. http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1...r-evolution-xi

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/21/m...on-xis-plug-i/

And, just out of curiosity, why are we talking about the Evo XI when the thread was about the 2003 Evo VIII?

 

Although I am a Mitsubishi hardcore fanboy and most of the cars I've owned are Mitsubishi, I do think the company has changed over the years. The most exciting thing they have had to show in the past 5-6 years was the miev?!

Everytime I go to the dealership I see nothing but dull cars meant for family oriented boring driving. Come to think of it, I barely see any Evos at all at the dealerships around Canada.

Even Toyota snapped out of their drought of having flagship sportscars with the introduction of the LFA, ISF, FRS, etc. Subaru keeps up with their STI (they even made sure to release a sedan STI because of fans) and BRZ. Nissan has their 370z and GTR of course. Heck even Hyundai are making exciting cars with their new Genesis coupe and Veloster turbo.

Mitsubishi...well Mitsubishi has their Evo, which is all that is left that is a performance car that you can buy brand new off the lot. A car they plan to kill off along with the Galant, 3000gt and Eclipse. They don't listen to fans and certainly it doesn't seem like they care much about their hardcore customers.

As hard as it is for me to say, my next car will not be a Mitsubishi. I just bought a 350z recently and realized how much more support there is for the car over that of my Evo IX...

Just my 2 cents.

 

I bought my evo 9 used, never needed nor expected factory support. the only support i've needed so far is evom. car has been completely reliable even making 400HP

 

I am trying to keep an open mind and see what is in store. I bought the Evo IX because I was afraid the X would be garbage. The X turned out to be a good car. Now I have the same feeling as the time gets closer for the XIs, but I have a bit more confidence this time around.

 

I seem to recall you mentioned it in the first post before you edited it, and said something along the lines of the Evo lost it's way with the hybrid powertrain. That's why.

 

Mitsubishi needs to be a viable business before it can start building bespoke platform competitive sports cars again. The Evolution works because they mostly borrow the Lancer platform, which is their bread and butter.

Porsche would not be around today without the Cayenne. Lotus is very close to bankruptcy. Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati all had to be bailed out multiple times over the years.

You can't really name a successful car company that only listened to it's sports car fans over the years and survived.

Yes, the MIEV is not a hard core sports car, but it is an exciting high tech vehicle. It is the cheapest all electric highway capable car available today, and it was developed in 2009.

If the MIEV can pave the way forward for more interesting sports cars I'm all for it. I'd rather Mitsubishi exist and only building high performance electric cars then they just go bankrupt and disappear forever.