Well, I can't say the car looks hot, but if it performs anything like the CZT prototype in the GT3 concepts (or was it the GT4 prologue?), then that thing is gonna be beastly.

 

I hope they make it and compete in the wrc in it. They would benifit from a small car with the present competition.

 

idono... would'nt the compitition would be like a honda Fit, Toyota Vitz?
seems thats how the import scene is moving towards to..

 

any more pics, or a web site to go to?

 

This car will actually be fast if it happens and the reported numbers are still there.

 

The Mitsu Colt already has a place in that market. Cars like those have no market here in the USA though - everybody wants big, fat, luxurious, leather clad cars.

The Colt Evo though, would be a completely new beast. Similar to how the Lancer and Lancer Evo have basically nothing in common aside from name.

 

Sounds like Mitsu wants to take some of the Renault Clio 24v's market.....in Europe.

 

I can understand the negative vibe some folks have for this car, but I like it a lot. It looks like it would be quite the little machine, nice.

 

zstryder hit the nail on the head.

As for the 1.8 liter TC, why would Mitsu resurrect the true 4g93T that had been in the 4 and 5g Lancer GSR, not Evo GSR? The 4g9x block is virtually a dead end on its production cycle w/ the 4g94. In the 4g GSR, it made about 195 HP while the 5g floated 205 HP, enough to take out any DSM either 1 or 2g flavor stock. Yes, it had AWD too and lighter, so those GSX's can't pull away off the line. At the time, I think they used a 13b, nothing on the top end for the true 4g93T.

People have also forgotten Japanese lawmakers have tighten emission laws. That's why the S15 died two years into its production cycle, favoring the NA 350Z . . . look at the impending Skyline and Supra (whenever). Mitsu is sure damn not above the LAW.

 

how the Lancer and Lancer Evo have basically nothing in common aside from name.
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Sound like an arrogant misnomer.

It's an upgrade package from base model lancer to the Evo.

It's like saying mid 80's RS camaro were nothing to the Iroc-Z or Z-28 or Firebird to Trans-Am or a C4 vette to a ZR-1 or Callaway Sledgehammer. Why not say the 'tegra LS or GS are totally different cars from the ITR? See, it's an upgrade package. Stop making it sound prissy like a princess.

Even in modern times, Mitsu still used a 1.3, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8, both forms of 2.0 in the line of either lancer, mirage, carisma, or virage.

 

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Except, the Evo and Lancer really do share nothing in common aside from some cheap interior materials. Yes, the Evo was developed from the Lancer (as it always has been) but just take a look at the cars. The chassis is different, the powerplant is different, the drivetrain is different... there is no mistaking one car for another. The Evo was/is based on the Lancer solely because of the GroupA/N requirements, and for no other reason alone.

Though I do have to mention, that I believe the current gen Lancer (CS9A chassis, I think) actually WAS developed with the plan of beefing it up for the Evo, which they did not do for earlier gen Lancers.

 

i was told that the evo is being redesigned to be a 3-door hatchback to compete stronger in the wrc, by a reputable source. so this concept does not suprize me.

 

It might be ugly, but check out how short the WB is on that thing. Probably go 85MPH on a hairpin turn

 

That short wheelbase could increase the high-speed stability pucker factor.