That's only for the Sportback, not the sedan...

 

i think its growing on me...

here's the best part:

 

not bad at all!

more evo-like, less mirage-like.

i like!

 

the ugly side...

 

SCHA-WING!

 

ok ok. enough pics! go read the article and check out the pics for yourself!

personally, it's winning me over, and i'm thinking about trading in my OZ a few months down the road. all of my pending modifications are at this point put on HOLD.

/begins to dream about ralliart

 

The front end is ugly. I really do like the style of the back bumper though, short and simple. I wasn't a big fan of the evo 8 styling, but it grew on me...i dont think this will. /steals engine from dealership

 

yeah. whats up with the butt ugly slotted grill up front??? i'm still debating which is the lesser of the 2 evil's... the old or new lancer grill.

 

If Mitsubishi were really paying attention to any of the posts on this site they really should have taken their design/styling chief and his underlings out and shot them...hehe... well ok...they did style the EVO VIII pretty decently...maybe thet let some new designer in who used to work for GM when they redesigned the Ralliart Lancer? If I were making the big bucks at Mitsubishi...I would have incorporated CF brake lamp housings...AWD...CF EVO VII or VIII wing...leather or that washable wetsuit kind of fabric interior...spruce up the plastic dash to make it not look soooooo...plastic...and to make a cold air intake or short ram and cat back exhaust standard. Then all you'd have to buy is an ECU flash for RRM and a turbocharger kit....LOL ....just a dream....damn i should have gone into automotive design school...but I digress...

and oh yeah...i'd redesign the fugly front end...lol

 

edmunds.com also tested the Lancer Sportback RalliArt.
Again, quite a good review

http://www.edmunds.com/reviews/roadt.....reviews..4.*

 

24,000.00 CAD = 17,066.85 USD

msrp-wise, that's less than the oz when it first came out.

 

found another review article on the ralliart... this ones by autoweek.

http://www.autoweek.com/cat_content...._code=04299578

now what i want to know is, why won't the sportback be offered in manual???

 

If I could change 2 things on the Ralliart Lancer:

1. Headlights...of course.
2. License plate on bumper instead of trunk!!!

 

The new styling looks so much better than what we got now, it looks like we're getting the Evo IX soon (2005?). The car seems pricey for $24,000.

 

actually, its not that expensive.

24,000.00 CAD = 17,066.85 USD

msrp-wise, that's less than the oz when it first came out.