well think about it , if you were why would you go and tell the press? who cares about them..... i'd wait until the doors opened the first day and walk over to there section and see a sick evolution mr

 

Ummm, perhaps because the number of people waiting for an MR announcement nation-wide is far greater than the number of MR-curious people in New York?

 

it hasta have it daybui (sp) somewhere , why not the NY autoshow?

 

Amen brother, they're trying hard to get rid of them now. I went to a dealer yesterday to show my girlfriend an Evo for the first time, and just for the hell of it I asked if I could drive it. The guy came outside with a key and a dealer plate before he knew my name. I would guess months ago I would walk in there as a 22 year old guy and be told no. It was the first time I ever drove one, and I'm still smiling, I love that car! Anyway, there's stickers in the 3 Evos they have left saying $3,000 off. Too bad I can't buy one until late summer. Oh well, maybe I'll get stuck with an MR in that sweet grey color

 

NYIAS is the last major auto show of the year
If wants to get the word out, it should be here
Oh wells guess I'll just get the new Acura RL j/k

 

thank you...... tell pokeandburn that

 

I don't think it's happening guys..

 

I am still being optimistic

 

most of the guys that wants Evo proably bought it already.. And most of the guys that doesn't have the money to buy the evo, are saving money for teh regular evo.. they don't got the extra money to buy the MR

 

You mean, debut?

 

You guys, not to burst anyone's bubbles, but magazines aren't always spot-on. Magazines are, after all, entertainment literature. They're there to make money. They'll say and print stuff to make money.

The only sure-fire source to trust is Mitsu. And when Mitsu started bringing Evo7's to US car shows, and talking about a state-side release (hell, even bringing the Evo state-side for magazines to test!) you *knew* something was gonna happen. If the MR ain't here, then it's unlikely we'll see it..

 

Yeah, looks like probably a bust for the MR. It'll come, I'm fairly certain of that...but I bet they'll keep cranking out the "regular" evos for another year before the MR is in dealerships. So, if that really is the case, what does it take to get one imported now that the "similar vehicle" exclusion from crash testing is in place. As I recall, the "similar vehicle" lets us import an MR as it is substantially similar in virtually all ways to an already US legal vehicle (for purposes of the NHTSA...not in our eyes, of course) and thus can be imported and street legalized. Who's got the lowdown on this? I'm going to possibly have to import one.

 

Let me know what you find out... if we can't get an MR this year, I'd like to import as well.

Hopefully not is all lost, but things don't seem as optimistic... .

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Sorry y'all, but just need to vent a bit.... .

Why are we as automotive enthusiasts in the good'ole U.S.A., constantly screwed?

Every performance icon either comes here late, or never... while across the pond, our European counterparts are in a literal smorgasbord of sports cars.

Oh yes, we do get all the super exotic cars first, but that's because we have more expendable income than anywhere else on the planet... Ferrari, Porsche, etc. would go under without us buying a majority of their autos .

Oh yes, and we do get every SUV and truck built under the sun....

But when it comes to cars, well, yes, you know theirs concerns about crash worthiness, pollution requirements... you know, the government cares about us.

Bullsh*t.

Someone's going to tell me that all those excuses for boring lives and genital inadequecy are safer? Pollute less? More environmentally friendly?

Well, if you think depleting the worlds oil reserves faster will lead to less pollution in the future, perhaps ...

Especially in this time of mounting anti- sentiment fueled by oil money, should we happily let everyone drive alone a vehicle that gets 8-12mpg?

Of course, because the big three need SUVs, trucks to survive... since that's pretty much all they make. I don't think they make cars anymore .

So in the government's effort to protect the 'BIG THREE,' they create the illusion of environmentalism and safety by attaching imported cars that don't have whopping luxary and gas guzzler taxes... they need to make money right?

And we get bent over in the process (sans K.Y. mind you) and our dreams destroyed.

If things were more pro-car, we would have multiple Evos to choose from, including the FQ-330, on lists for MRs, and perhaps shopping over at Subaru for a Spec-C or an allocated WR1.

Just my thought... thanks, I feel much better.
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I'm still wondering where RalliArt is. It's been over a year since they said "they were coming." I wonder if it's all just a ploy? The Mopar packages for the SRT-4 are nice - why can't they do that for the Evo?

What happened to "strengthening" the brand name?