Thats very true. A lot of the same reasons I bought mine when I did too. Im curious to see what will happen in the next 2 years.

 

^^ You guy's got very lucky with that I bought mine in March and didn't get that luxury, I paid full price.

In fact in the history of the EVO's in the US 2003-present, this is the first time Mitsubishi has ever offered the 0% financing, and rebates on an EVO. I personally think they shouldn't have done it. This lowered the price, to where just anyone can afford it, even people who can't afford to maintain or insure it, but they have an evo. They should have left it at the higher prices if you could afford it you then you buy it.

Even if they had to wait until 2011 to sell all of them and then bring in new cars, them lowering prices, means less profit for the company. Remember most of the EVO parts, seats, brakes, tires, wheels, etc are not supplied my Mitsu. The other manufacturers are still getting theirs payment full price so it's mitsubishi, and ultamitly the EVO that's going to take the hit.

lowering prices is a sign of weakness, they didn't have to do it. I just hope that them losing proffit does not start a drastic downward spiral, like the US companies, that they will not recover from. Remember Toyota reported major losses, their like 10 times, or more the size of Mitsubishi, lay offs, and plant closings. So all it would take is a minor hit and Mitsubishi could be gone like Saturn, some one else will buy them up but it may not be the same.

I refuse to spell check!.....

 

^ That's precisely why the time to get an Evo is now. Mitsubishi cannot keep their prices high up with the current 08s because no one is buying them... the only way they will sell is with the huge discounts/rebates and 0% APR that are now being offered. They already manufactured & imported the 08 Xs and theres no taking them back to Japan. Dealers HAVE no choice but to get rid of them.

The 2010s will be a different story since Mitsu product management & manufacturing divisions are fully aware of economy's state and of course will adjust to the current "supply & demand". You cut supply when demand is low... that's just one of the basic rules in business.

 

All of the car makers will not make the mistake of over building any models for the next year or two. I would expect fire sale prices to be non existent in a year or so. The upside will be that my Corvette and Evo might actually have a decent resale/demand again in 2010, but for now, why would anybody get a one or two year old used car when the dealers are discounting $10-$12k off of sticker.

If I could afford a third new vehicle, I'd buy a new jeep or mini truck at these prices.

 

very true


Eddie

 

mitsubishi of america is a company that happens to be wholely owned by mitsu motors corp in japan thats a bigger company... then the wholly owner of that company is basically the biggest bank in the world mitsubishi ufj at one point held about 1.3 trillion in assets.

mitsu and saturn cant be compared.


Eddie Rosado

 

a "touring" edition evo? no thank you! that is exactly what an evo is not.

just the other day i saw a middle aged man (no offense to the middle aged members on here that "get it") cruising around in it like it was his mustang or vette. i am not saying an evo owner needs to rice around town shifting at 6k rpms and going at least 20 over the limit but just this guy had the same attitude as my hard headed step father who mods his mustang all wrong and says "it's a cruiser"

we don't need such a great car to be dumbed down to meet the needs of the people with the money to pay cash for them. it will be a sad day when i see a touring edition evo on the road.

 

Agreed! The Car company is Just a small part of what Mitsubishi owns. If the Dealership's stop making prifits I think the would be willing to let it go to the highest bidder. I'm not saying it would happen. Of course they will stop send their cars to where they are not making profit IE the US, first.

Remember Some Mitsu's are put together in the US but EVO's are strickly made in Japan, they didn't start importing them until 2003 if they decided to take a break or stop selling them in the US it wouldn't be the first time a Car manufacturer made that move.

 

I love these cheap EVO 10's, and came very close to buying one today... but I am holding out for the 2010's. That way I can get my color and the uh "refinements" if I still want one. I'll pay sticker for a clutch that will last 80k + miles like it's supposed to.

Fwiw I don't think "improved clutch that won't die 10X too early" would be on the advertised improvments list for the 2010 GSR. But I'm sure Mitsu isn't insane enough to ignore that problem if it's as real as it seems.

 

where do u see "improved clutch" on the list of 2010 upgrades??

 

Unless he ninja edited his post after you posted...

I agree that it would be in Mitsu's best interest to hear out the cries of crap clutch and fix it and that it would be like shooting themselves in the foot to list that it was "fixed" since that would be admitting it was a problem in the first place, giving them some liability. If it is "fixed" without them saying so, the end result is less people complaining about the issue in the Evo X as a whole, or just those few who use the forums to know and discuss that it in fact was an issue isolated to the 2008 models and it was secretly fixed for the 2010, and pass that info down to would-be buyers of used 2008 Evo X's.

 

Yea sorry, my post was confusing looking at it. Early in this thread it looked like a few people shot down the idea of mechanical improvments because all we've heard of are the little luxury tweaks for 2010. But like Frankiago said - if they did fix a mech. problem they def wouldn't advertise it.

It's awful hard to believe they designed the clutch wrong, if there was a problem, my bet is it was a quality thing. Something like notchy shifting would be another story...

 

I thought the notchy gearbox has nothing to do with clutch... and people reported that it gets better as the car gains like 10K miles or so. I don't see anything wrong with the clutch, unless you launch or race it all the time.

 

Well, there are rumors that mitsubishi will leave the market in the north america because they had less than 6 digits of sales last year. Good luck on mitsubishi; it was painful to see so many dealers go out of business in the past year.

 

It's crazy to hold out for the next model year, as many have said , they will limit supply in the future and deals that are available now may NEVER be seen again given that the dollar is likely to crap out and inflation on imported goods will be on the rise. (if you doubt me search for a post in the fall where I told everyone not to buy yet cause the economy and car market would continue to tank). Right now there is a EVO MR near me for 31.5 K , loaded ! I atually thought about buying a second EVO for a minute (but that would be excessive). That's got to be below cost to make the darn thing. An EVO will cost you 35K in a year or 2 , if they still sell them at all, and can be bought for under 30K with good financing now. BTW, interest rates in 2 or 3 years for cars will be 8+ % I believe even for those with good credit (with say a 10% chance of going over 10% with hyper-inflation). If you want a car and can afford one and have job stability to keep it, buy it now.