I work for Mitsubishi, and my reps have said nothing about an RS. For the next year or so, we will only be seeing the GSR and MR, and we will be lucky to see the MRs any time soon.

 

I like the rs... I would want ayc though....

 

Hmmm so there is a replacement for the true EVO on its way then...

 

Yeah, same here - I would not mind having no AYC, but I do want ABS though simply because with the pulse rates and individual channels & sensors & processing speeds, ABS is better under almost all conditions these days than any driver without it is.... 10 years ago, it was a different story where ABS would cut braking power to all of your other wheels despite having grip.

For me, I never did get to try it yet personally but from some of the opinions I have read, it apparently feels like a fancy version of traction control. I guess you could relate it to how ABS was like back in the '90's. Great for general public that don't know how to drive under many conditions, but not quite up to par for a driver that knew what they are doing without it.... In another 10 years... it will probably be like ABS is today where ABS is better than most racing drivers. There is also the fun factor.... the AYC kinda takes the personal challange away while giving you some extra insurance.... all about personal preference.

 

Well its just my personal opinion, but AYC made the car way too easy to drive.

Don't get my wrong the system works flawlessly. But it took the driving out of driving the car. Where ever I pointed the steering wheel the car just went. At the track I found myself not taking lines and just turning the wheel. Now I'm no professional driver by any means but is just something I observed. When I bought my VIII and finally had the chance to track it, yes the car pushed all to hell, but I was forced to think about my driving, take correct lines and drive the car.

And thats not even including maintenance. Now the X will come with the more beefed up SAYC but to me its still more crap to go wrong. I'm also very interested to see how the US takes to it. Mainly cause most Americans are interested in seeing who can put down the most whp and have the lowest 1/4mi times. Two very things that have proven death to AYC.

Ask any of the euro/UK guys which one they'd prefer from a drivers stand point and 90% will choose non-AYC. In daily driving, yes AYC is the hotness and will hopefully cut down on some of the stupid accidents.

But once again this is just my opinion. I'm no engineer/pro racer but just your average guy that likes to track his car.

 

^^ that is so true. But the most of the guys out there in the US, the S-AYC will help tremendously.

 

I hope brings the USDM EVO X RS with 6speed, no AYC, with ACD, brembos and 6-speed. Sort of like the EVO IX.

 

The X RS 6 speed would be the Slapping shifter version. Like the IX or VIII in japan have the MR RS wich was an RS with MR tranny.
So in the X would be the RS with the MR tranny /automatic/

 

RS with AYC, no-ABS, 5 speed and a tweaked engine and ACD-AYC programming. THAT would be the sh*t right there.

 

more like a piece of sh**