Mitsubishi To Stop Delivering X's As Of May???
I just got off the phone w/Mitsubishi (phone number in the Contact Us section of their website) & they said the the MR will be released in March. What are you guys talking about. I know it has been delayed, but it is coming.
Dude, obviously the people at the lower level of management aren't informed yet.
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Just stopped by one of the local dealers today and received a call from the other dealership that is close by. The X's are finally here in Oklahoma. The sales manager at the dealership I went to made the statement the the MR's had been pushed back even further but did not give an approx. date. The internet sales manager at the other dealership made the statement that the MR's would now be out as an 09 model and that they would be a late release 09 (after September). But, once again, these are salespeople talking, so take it for what it's worth. It would make sense that any vehicles that had already been built would be sold if the alleged problems are, or can be, corrected. But it is also possible that they either have not made any production US MR's yet (which I believe has been disputed by the Evo M staff) or that the problems they have run into are too big to fix for an 08 release. Just my speculations and I hope they prove me wrong and bring the MR's out by the end of May as we have been expecting.
OK...lets put a halt to the misinformation express.....
The MR is coming out this spring. The ONLY thing holding it up is a software update for the US spec models. I have personally driven an MR and they already work fine. Mitsu japan just is not finished with the software tweaks. We are expecting to drive the full production ready MR by the end of this month on track.
There is no problem with the SST itself. Yes, in cases it can overheat, but that is the nature of the design and in fairly extreme cases like back to back to back standing launches in launch mode. When it overheats, it just goes slower, and then cools down. The transmission has a number of counter measures built in to protect itself from the owner destroying it.
As far as bad sales go, from what I have seen, the entire Lancer lineup is selling pretty well according to dealers and Mitsu. I believe the outlander is doing ok too. The gallant and endevor may not be doing as well, but they never have and they are old platforms. Previous to these new models, I believe things were not so good, but they seem to be making a come back
For the original topic however, this sounds like a rumor or exaggeration. May is about the expected release of the MR. I can see them scaling back on GSRs to bring in and put out more MRs, but doubtful they would be cut off all together. Another likely scenario would be that they had a high volume for the release, and are cutting back to normal levels, especially with the MR coming and then the ralliart. Either way, they are going to import what they think they can sell. There is no way they are going to hold back on one of their best selling platforms as a whole unless there is no demand
The MR is coming out this spring. The ONLY thing holding it up is a software update for the US spec models. I have personally driven an MR and they already work fine. Mitsu japan just is not finished with the software tweaks. We are expecting to drive the full production ready MR by the end of this month on track.
There is no problem with the SST itself. Yes, in cases it can overheat, but that is the nature of the design and in fairly extreme cases like back to back to back standing launches in launch mode. When it overheats, it just goes slower, and then cools down. The transmission has a number of counter measures built in to protect itself from the owner destroying it.
As far as bad sales go, from what I have seen, the entire Lancer lineup is selling pretty well according to dealers and Mitsu. I believe the outlander is doing ok too. The gallant and endevor may not be doing as well, but they never have and they are old platforms. Previous to these new models, I believe things were not so good, but they seem to be making a come back
For the original topic however, this sounds like a rumor or exaggeration. May is about the expected release of the MR. I can see them scaling back on GSRs to bring in and put out more MRs, but doubtful they would be cut off all together. Another likely scenario would be that they had a high volume for the release, and are cutting back to normal levels, especially with the MR coming and then the ralliart. Either way, they are going to import what they think they can sell. There is no way they are going to hold back on one of their best selling platforms as a whole unless there is no demand
You said standing launches in launch mode can overheat. When it over heats the car run slower. You're saying it the nature of the design . Dont you think it a flaw in the design?
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It's very much in MMNA's best interest to make sure that the SST works flawlessly, since, if US consumers remain true to form, it will constitute a vast majority of Evo X sales. I'm guessing that once SST MR's become available we'll see a ratio of 5:1 if not higher of SST versus manual sales.
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What is this brouhaha all about? Did Mitsu offer any official news release for this delay or cancellation? I suggest that who ever is buying an X (at least the SST ver.) just switch to the STI. So much confusion.
Sorry , dont mean to be off topic, but Is'nt the JDM and US spec Evox the same drivetran. Why would they need new software for us spec, wouldnt JDM spec work the same.
You said standing launches in launch mode can overheat. When it over heats the car run slower. You're saying it the nature of the design . Dont you think it a flaw in the design?
You said standing launches in launch mode can overheat. When it over heats the car run slower. You're saying it the nature of the design . Dont you think it a flaw in the design?
As for the overheating, you could see it is as a flaw I suppose. Its really just a matter of compromise between cost, comfort, and performance. It like some stock clutches that just don't like to be beat on except the overheating is not necessarily killing it. Its also in extreme cases. The SST is not built for drag racing and launch mode is quite abusive. This is also true for the GTR. Doing 3 launches back to back is pretty hard on it. We will put it through the paces in a more realistic scenario running hot laps at Streets. As long as it doesn't overheat then, which its not expected to, then its fine. I personally don't care about drag racing and would never be doing back to back launches, so it's not an issue for me
There is no official press release yet, if this is true. Nothing on mitsubishicars.com or mitsubishi.com
Sorry , dont mean to be off topic, but Is'nt the JDM and US spec Evox the same drivetran. Why would they need new software for us spec, wouldnt JDM spec work the same.
You said standing launches in launch mode can overheat. When it over heats the car run slower. You're saying it the nature of the design . Dont you think it a flaw in the design?
You said standing launches in launch mode can overheat. When it over heats the car run slower. You're saying it the nature of the design . Dont you think it a flaw in the design?
This thread should just be locked. We're getting all sorts of stories and no proof to back anything up.
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