I've had three dsms, they were fun, fast, little cars, but they were far from quality. It is sad to say, but my evo has a much nicer interior then any dsm i've seen. But for someone to be so into dsms like hondahunter, and he rather have an sti instead because the evo "stole" the dsms "chasis"(even though it just shares the engine, not the chasis like gptourer pointed out) is kinda stupid imho, and to hondahunter...any car can be made to be fast, so stop bragging that your 1g is so much better then everything else

On another note... Everyone is saying the X is fat, I'm sure if the ct9a had all of the extra airbags and saftey equip required for new cars it would be just as heavy or close in weight and not include a stiffer chasis better awd drive system and all the other luxury things the X has...but anyway I hope stays in the US, i need a DD evoX when i decide to turn my VIII into a track car

 

Talked to our DSM (district service manager) on Wed, he says Mitsu is here to stay in N.A.

 

*Trying to raise post count, sorry*

 

at least mitsubishi will be more rare now haha

 

Y2K was supposed to cause world havoc 12.00.01 Jan 1st 2000 and all the computers were going to crash and we were all gonna live in Anarchy - nothing happened.

Weapons of mass destruction were never found in Iraq

Russians never attacked us

is not leaving the USA.

End of story.

Lesson: Dont believe the hype

 

Actually there were weapons of mass destruction found there, however they were inoperable and could not be used against anyone.

 

mitsu is not leaving the US market.

 

I rented a lancer CVT in Australia and I can tell you that has put all their eggs in European and North American markets by the way the designed the car.

The catalyst hump in the floor/tunnel was on the right side and kind of annoying when you are right hand drive. The gas filler is on the left, and last but not least (and awfully cheap of them to not make two versions), the radio had the volume knob way on the left and it was hard to reach.

 

calling empty shells WMDs is an overstatement, even if you qualify them as "not usable".

 

So what?? The people that buy the 60's, 70's muscle cars are not the general public..Its the people that know what they are and how great they were at the time "car enthusiasts" The orignal poster of the idea is just saying it could be like that one day.

 

NASHVILLE -- Mitsubishi Motors North America this week eliminated one-fourth of the jobs at its U.S. headquarters in Cypress, Calif., the company confirmed today.

The company has cut 140 sales and credit jobs across the country, but almost all of them occurred at its suburban Los Angeles headquarters. The downsizing leaves 390 employees at the headquarters.

The restructuring is part of a plan to "ensure longevity in this challenging market," Mitsubishi said in a statement to Automotive News. "These actions will realign its infrastructure to correspond to a much smaller U.S. automotive market."

Last year Mitsubishi U.S. sales dropped 24.6 percent to 97,257. The overall market fell 18.0 percent.
The company plans to shift from its current U.S.-dominated product line to become a more global brand recognized for small cars and electric vehicles.

In early March the company said it is closing its California vehicle research and design center, which had helped Mitsubishi create models aimed at North America, such as the Galant sedan and Endeavor SUV.

All design now will be centralized in Japan, where planners are working on models meant to appeal to consumers around the world.

On Jan. 1, Mitsubishi dispatched its head of global product development, Shinichi Kurihara, to Cypress to become CEO of the North American operations.

In Friday's statement about the staff reductions, Kurihara said the measures were taken with great regret.

"However," he said in the statement, the changes "will better support our long-term durability in the North American market."

 

Sounds like they are planning to stick around to me........

 

Exactly my point, the general public doesn't buy collector cars. How many people actually know what the Evo is? Less than the amount of people who know what a Corvette is (on this side of the pacific anyways). If a small proportion of these people are willing to pay top dollar for well-known iconic cars, a very small proportion of people will be willing to pay top dollar for an unknown iconic car.

 

Hope they don't go under

 

The US car market for Mitsubishi is usually inconsequential. The Mitsu company is so much more than cars, it just happens to make some good ones. When the economy tanks, it starts to become a bit more of a liability.

But... I believe that Mitsu will have to pull out and I think that they deserve it. The US car branch of the company doesn't care at all about its customers. They are a hassle when it comes to warranty work. It seems they will hire just any one and call them a tech because a lot of them don't even know how to work on an evo. Also, if you have ever seen their commercials, their entire marketing team should be tarred and feathered.

I have never had a pleasurable experience getting warranty work done at the 3 dealerships I have gone to. I know many car dealerships are like that, but I have never had problems with warranty work at BMW or Honda like I have at Mitsu.

As far as I'm concerned, those dealerships can burn along with the greedy service managers. The only time I will buy an evo is if it is used and out of warranty, I don't want to get sucked into the illusion that a Mitsubishi still in warranty actually has one.