just as im kinda jealous of ppl rolling around in the new X while i still have a 8 by the time i get the 12 (if they ever make one) the people in the X shall envy me than ! lol

 

that one electric in wheel motor mini cooper is insane.....it can do 0-60 in 4 seconds in REVERSE

 

they should ignore wrc rules and go 2.5 or 3.0...

 

And be failsauce like the WRX..

 

Don't forget about the guys (like me!) rolling in the Lancer GTS's! haha... I'd kill for an evo! Maybe when I get through this college stuff there will be a nice X waiting for me! Of course by that time it will be the "old" evo. haha

 

i think they have plenty of that

 

FYI a manufacture to develop a new motor with out cost sharing is roughly 50,000,000. USD thas the last number I had confirmed.

 

I don't necessarily think that the 2.0 wrc rules have much do with the reasoning. I mean I don't think mitsu is trying to run wrc anytime soon...

 

http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/fe...ory/index.html

Look at Evo VII. Homologation is dead.

Homologation has nothing to do with the 2 ltr motor. It is a marketing thing, to make people think it is still a "rally car" you can buy. Conveniently they have access to a modern 2 ltr motor, the 4b11.

EDIT: not talking smack about X, it pertains just as much to my beloved IX. In fact, I been trying to convince my friend to trade in his SRT4 on an X so that I can try driving one

 

True homologation has issues but, rally is what made mitsubishi, and currently the top Grp. N cars are all evo's so there is still a reason to fallow fia rules and once the top level wrc cars go to either a modifies s2000 class or a modified Grp.N class then the 2.0L will reign supreme. I'd personally like to see the car go back to a 100IN wheel base and lose 500lbs. I don't need cruse or 12 airbags I am stripping them out any way. so there should be a gsr with all of the luxury and the MR with manual everything, no A/C no stupid 12 speaker stereo w/sub, and less sound dampening.

 

2.5l on sti doing 310 hp is more cost efective harder to get the hp out of a 2l and why would you want a motor that isnt tested like say evo and the rally car or i am sure the new x will be same engine . sti dosnt use the same engine as the rally team would

 

Let me premise this by saying that my sources cannot be reveled.

I got word from a corporate source that the 2009 Evo will be the last year for Evo brand. They will offer a special ralliart edition for 2010 (which will essentially be a 2010 Evo badged as a lancer ralliart special edition), but it will only be available with the dual clutch auto, no manual. I asked if sales were the cause, and the response I got was, "Bingo, we are trying to save a sinking ship". So, to all you guys who want a manual Evo, get yours in 09 or you'll be buying used.

 

^You better be lieing, or I will punch a baby.^

 

all i can say is google Lancer Evolution and Raider future

 

Proof *****es!!
2nd paragraph
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubi...ncer_Evolution