Mitsu dropped out of rally. Rally is dominated by Ford and Citroen now. Mitsu is going in a new direction...electric.
Good thing is my car will now be a collector car!

 

I'm all for trying out and refining new technology, and I don't think Mitsu should shy away from it. That being said, anything with a big battery in it isn't exactly "green" and the whole manufacturing and disposal process of those batteries is about as dirty and nasty as it gets. Sorry, I won't fall for it. Do I think batteries will get "greener" over time? Sure, but we're not there yet, just like we're not there with the range.

What I like about the Evo is that it does a little bit of everything well. Well, I live out in the sticks with a bit of a distance between me and the nearest larger city (and a few hours if I want to get to, say DFW). If they go to straight electric, I may have to start wanting something else. I eat up 60 miles just coming and going to the medium-sized city (not including any goofing off in said city), and I frequently end up on longer road trips because there's nothing over here. That's me out of an all-electric anything, TBH, so this guy's comment about needing charging stations first is at least promising that they won't release an Evo EV for purchase until the infrastructure is there to support it.

Shoot, if it's just a hybrid, I'm not sure I'd want it either. Ever seen the value of a Prius with a dead battery? That's added complexity and expense that I'm not sure I'd want.

If they're dead set on releasing a "green" Evo, they should offer the electric/hybrid drivetrain as an option, just like GM's planning to do with its smaller turbo V8 in the Corvette. The guys who want the engine that's always been associated with the car (turbo 4) could get it, and the guys who want to support something radically different could get the big battery versions.

 

Ill never go STY...im an EVO man till I die!!!!

 

Sounds like rap lyrics LOL

 

99% of the people don't realize that hybrids and full EVs are not environmentally friendly The batteries are very bad for the environment. But, Mitsubishi did contract with the power companies to buy the batteries form Mits. to reuse. Not that that makes it much better but al least they did take that into consideration. {thumbup.

 

Call me what you want, but I do believe a little bit, that their is some sort of agreement going on between oil companies and car makers. Does everyone seriously believe they cant make a combustible engine to get 50+ mpgs? Am I the only one?

I mean, look over the past 10 years. mpgs went from average 20 to 30-40 now. They can make the cars get better gas mileage, I think. Somewhere the oil companies step in and cry, cause that will mean less money for them.

Just a theory I have had.

P.S. If my evo 9 could get 35mpgs with the 4g63, id have no complaints. I really dont have any complaints for cars getting better gas mileage. I just hate once they start talking about electrics. I love the engine, I wanna hear it start up, I wanna hear it roar.

Something I learned in School. Has anyone else ever heard people talk, that their hybrid gets soo much better gas mileage?? To classify as a hybrid, means nothing for gas mileage. Its just creates less emissions and is a more "greener" car. I was at a Chevy dealership once with a friend. There was a salesman tryin to sell an Escalade Hybrid. You should have heard this guy preach to his customers on how the hybrid was gonna get so much better mpgs. lol

 

Well deal with it...everything is moving in that direction.

 

Your right it is, and the fun of playing and modifying cars will be dead.

 

Higher MPG isn't a new thing, though. Itty bitty peanut cars like Metros and Civics got up in the 40s and 50s in the late 80s/early 90s, IIRC. What's new are all the things that various governments require in terms of safety equipment--some needed, some more to protect people from themselves than anything else (IMHO).

More weight = harder to get better gas mileage. Personally, I have a lot more respect for the guys who are getting better MPG out of conventional engines (Mazda's new engine comes to mind) than all the guys who say we need to resort to hybrid drivetrains to achieve that. Just like innovation isn't dead with battery power, it's definitely not dead on internal combustion.

 

Mitsubishi Motors woul lose such a major following and customer base if they were to discontinue the Evo.. even some persons that don't own an evo may have bought a mitsubishi simply to feel a step closer to owning an evo or because mitsubishi does make the evo..

 

When the X first came out ..I used to think the evo was dead but seeing the potential of the car and having had more interactions with it.. I think its a fantastic car with massive potential.. THE EVO LIVES ON!!

 

i own a 2008 lancer...i planned on buying a evo in about 2 years...now it looks like it wont happen.

STUPID!

 

It's about as stupid as when I was starting to drive in the late 1990s and planned to buy a Supra, then they got killed off. It's not as if it were totally predictable.

 

I own an escalade hybrid and it is the best luxury SUV that gets good mileage, even better than my IX MR. compared to the competition(other luxury SUV hybrids), it gives me 25mpg highway and 20 city. no diesel ML or GL can achieve that(might have to buy the 2012 ML350 though for the wife), bmw X6 hybrid doesn' even meet that, porsche cayenne hybrid is a V6 turbo and hybrid still doesn't achieve that. go with range rover, LX570, GL350, etc and all gets at least 11-12mpg. OT sorry.

if the evo becomes a hybrid, who knows if it still has the handling characteristic of the evo, awd, then there will be a market for it

 

What about Mitsubishi's Active Steering and Active Damping which was supposed to be released with the current Evo. It wasn't in Mitsubishis eyes, production ready for the current model. By now it should be ready for the next big thing introduced. I'm assuming this technology will be introduced with the new performance car. Although it is possible they could introduce it with something else sooner. Why wait when it could enhance all cars and trucks.