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Mitsubishi Lancer Evo XI - New and Future Cars
If there is to be another Evo, it will probably have some sort of hybrid option, which is an infinitely better scenario than having no Evo at all.I don't know about that.



With the launch of the Outlander Sport compact crossover as well as the electric i-MiEV, it seems Mitsubishi Motors is intent on adopting a green image. Word from Japan is that the company is slowly scrapping its sporty-car program in favor of more economical products.

The company’s in-house tuner, Ralliart, has been all but shut down, while plans for the next-generation Lancer Evolution have allegedly been put on hold. However, an inside source tells us that death reports of the next-generation Evo are premature. He informed us that there are still a few people within Mitsubishi who don’t want to see the company’s image car go away, and that development is underway on a plug-in hybrid version of the high-performance sports sedan.

“This way, it will conform to the company’s overall strategic plan of building fuel-efficient cars,” he says. “Yet it will have all the performance that the current Lancer Evo possesses.”

Although nothing is set in stone, it seems that at this point if there is to be another Evo, it will probably have some sort of hybrid option, which is an infinitely better scenario than having no Evo at all. And from what we’ve been told, the new car won’t be a slouch at the test track, either.

 

 

Yuck! Not for my tastes at all.

 

i think it looks kinda cool, as long as it isn't slow from being a hybrid

 

I think it looks pretty cool...but lost the whole evo theme.

 

I like it. Tired of the boxiness of it all.

 

like it! more aggressive stance and curves

 

ew.

 

Remember how we all laughed when Subaru did the hatch STi?? I think the jokes on us now... FAWK!

 

Mitsubishi doesn't support rally racing anymore,so why build a car with racing heritage,build a car that appeals to more people=sell more cars.I don't like the idea but that's the state of the worlds economy today.

 

wth is wrong with mitsu.

 

turn the front upside down and you get a X! ill pass

 

The front side vents make it look like a Mazda.

 

I don't get how automotive manufacturers got the idea in their heads that we needed "diet" sports cars. Who the hell ever walked into a Mitsubishi dealership and thought, "Well, I really want a high-performance car, but I would like to help save the environment?"

Porsche is doing this. Nissan is supposedly considering a hybrid variant of the GT-R.

Do people really think that hybrid technology is the answer?

 

I think it looks fantastic. We'll see about the hybrid stuff.