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Old Jan 28, 2016, 06:03 PM
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^and amby said it wasn't a track car... haha
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Old Jan 28, 2016, 07:29 PM
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The Stig has some good info.


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Old Jan 28, 2016, 08:35 PM
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^and amby said it wasn't a track car... haha
Because it isn't one. It's a street car you can take to the track.
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Old Jan 28, 2016, 10:45 PM
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Because it isn't one. It's a street car you can take to the track.
I was trying to be funny... You know, sarcasm...
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Old Jan 28, 2016, 11:04 PM
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I was trying to be funny... You know, sarcasm...
not allowed. serious business only, up in here.

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Old Jan 29, 2016, 04:14 AM
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Damn it, I hope the advertising department doesnt start pushing "Hyperhatch" as much as they did the whole "drift" mode.
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Old Jan 29, 2016, 07:15 AM
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As good as he says it is, I have a hard time believing the stock street brake pads can really handle that much punishment on track.
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Old Jan 29, 2016, 07:22 AM
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These early press videos are more biased than Fox news.

I am waiting to see some head to head testing vs the STI, Golf R and CTR.
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Old Jan 29, 2016, 08:20 AM
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Evo killer!
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Old Jan 29, 2016, 09:00 AM
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Evo killer!
Na, it was Osamu Masuko who killed the Evo.

‘There will be no more high-performance gasoline-engine Mitsubishis,’ said Masuko, who took the top job at Japan’s sixth biggest car maker in June 2014. ‘Mitsubishi is moving in another direction.’
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Old Jan 29, 2016, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by nemsin
Na, it was Osamu Masuko who killed the Evo.

‘There will be no more high-performance gasoline-engine Mitsubishis,’ said Masuko, who took the top job at Japan’s sixth biggest car maker in June 2014. ‘Mitsubishi is moving in another direction.’
so... Japan's smallest car maker? haha
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Old Jan 29, 2016, 10:22 AM
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so... Japan's smallest car maker? haha
Dude, we totally beat Daihatsu.
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Old Jan 29, 2016, 10:26 AM
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Dude, we totally beat Daihatsu.
isn't that owned by Toyota? kinda like the reverse of Lexus?
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Old Jan 29, 2016, 10:30 AM
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Crap, you got me!
Are we bigger than Suzuki?
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I just hope the Yamaha sports concept sees production http://blog.caranddriver.com/yamaha-...torcycle-soul/
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