Originally Posted by Az3ar

You are kinda funny Toocold. what papers did u sign on lol. they dont even have the car. We are not kids here. They made fun of you when they said it will be MSRP. Ask any one on these forums if the MR will go for MSRP and they will laugh at you. with 2000 units they will find deep puket customers in a sec and they will through yr money back in yr face when u say its not MSRP.

Originally Posted by Mister2zx3

dcorn, maybe you need to check your profile settings, and make sure your timezone is set..

Why is it always everyone or something else is wrong, not oneself? Jeez.

Originally Posted by BHENKEL

Ok everyone I have the official specs from mitsu on the new MR....
276hp/282lbs-ft for the engine. ACD, Aluminum door beams, Aluminum roof, front helical limited slip diff, 6spd tranny, bbs wheels, bilstein shocks, hid's.

The MR also has aluminum/carbon fiber brake grip, shift knob, and pedals...turbo boost gauge is standard. "vortex" roof spoiler will also be standard on MR. Expected weight to be down about 300lbs. In case anyone is wondering these are for sure specs straight from mitsubishi's production people. Let me know if I can get anymore info for ya!!!

Originally Posted by ChodeSlappinFun

This is Definitely the MR. It's obvious what they have done here is to take an VIII, and modify it to MR performance specs probably for testing in the US. This drastically reinforces the reports in several magazines that the MR is coming here. The fact that it doesn't have all of the exterior "show" pieces of the MR means nothing, as that has no bearing on the drivability of the vehicle. They will need to complete a full testing cycle for emissions, safety, etc., long before the first production model ever reaches our shores. Keeping that in mind, I would say that this discovery does not mean that the MR is going to be arriving at the dealerships any sooner than the initial reports. The probably took one of their existing pre production EVO VIIIs and dropped in the MR spec upgrades. It makes complete sense from an engineering standpoint to do this. Why spend tons of money building expensive pre-production prototype cars, when you can save a bundle using an existing vehicle to build it. They can use this car as a baseline, and then make any tweaks necessary before the final production models are built. Keep in mind that the fact that this particular car is black does not mean that it will come in that color as a production car. What I would suggest is to try and make contact with someone at the facility. Tell them you are really interested to know about the car. If they don't want to talk to you then go to one of the car magazines show them the pictures, they probably have contacts on the inside. In fact the magazines probably know about the car already. The magazines are actually published months after the articles are actually written.