The Mitsubishi Evo is no more
03-02-2011 | 09:18 AM
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Pretty sure this is not new news. I heard that last year. They also said there is a model to replace it, but it won't be a true successor to the EVO. It will be larger and more sport-luxury oriented than sport-sedan oriented.
03-02-2011 | 09:48 AM
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I like it, I'd have to choose between it and the Legacy GT.
Stan
I like it, I'd have to choose between it and the Legacy GT.
Stan
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03-02-2011 | 09:57 AM
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http://www.autocar.co.uk/blogs/autoc...s-no-more.aspx
The Mitsubishi Evo is no more
Matt Prior
I’ve just spent an engaging half-hour in the company of Gayu Eusegi, Mitsubishi’s global product director.
Mostly we talked about the new Global Small Concept, which will be built in Thailand and sized somewhere between a Toyota Aygo and the Colt supermini. It’ll go on UK sale in 2012, effectively replacing the Colt in the line-up.
But also he told me some news, which seemed to surprise a few Mitsubishi Europe bods as much as it did me.
The Lancer Evolution X, Eusegi told me, will be the last Evo. “There is still a demand [for the car],” he said, “but we must stop.” Eyebrow up.
“Our influence now is EV technology,” Eusegi said, adding that the decision was a “policy change”.
It seems Mitsubishi, which is going to introduce eight full electric or hybrid cars by 2015, has decided its image is about lowering CO2, not making lurid replicas of rally cars that don’t go top-level rallying any more.
Eusegi said that customers would find it “easier to understand” what Mitsubishi was about if it was no longer in this motorsport-inspired market.
He seemed to put the rumoured diesel hybrid Evo replacement to bed, too. So the X will be the last Evolution model? “Yes. Maybe the world can change, and maybe someday we can do a motor race by electric vehicles,” said Eusegi. “Maybe then we can enter the market again.”
Until then, prepare yourselves for the end of an era.
The Mitsubishi Evo is no more
Matt Prior
I’ve just spent an engaging half-hour in the company of Gayu Eusegi, Mitsubishi’s global product director.
Mostly we talked about the new Global Small Concept, which will be built in Thailand and sized somewhere between a Toyota Aygo and the Colt supermini. It’ll go on UK sale in 2012, effectively replacing the Colt in the line-up.
But also he told me some news, which seemed to surprise a few Mitsubishi Europe bods as much as it did me.
The Lancer Evolution X, Eusegi told me, will be the last Evo. “There is still a demand [for the car],” he said, “but we must stop.” Eyebrow up.
“Our influence now is EV technology,” Eusegi said, adding that the decision was a “policy change”.
It seems Mitsubishi, which is going to introduce eight full electric or hybrid cars by 2015, has decided its image is about lowering CO2, not making lurid replicas of rally cars that don’t go top-level rallying any more.
Eusegi said that customers would find it “easier to understand” what Mitsubishi was about if it was no longer in this motorsport-inspired market.
He seemed to put the rumoured diesel hybrid Evo replacement to bed, too. So the X will be the last Evolution model? “Yes. Maybe the world can change, and maybe someday we can do a motor race by electric vehicles,” said Eusegi. “Maybe then we can enter the market again.”
Until then, prepare yourselves for the end of an era.
Now the real driving machines are increasingly disappearing ...
03-02-2011 | 09:57 AM
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lol I can see it one day.
I don't understand why one of the manufacturers haven't stepped up and made a good looking hybrid yet. I drive slow almost everywhere. (flame suite prepped) but I wouldn't mind driving a prius IF it didn't look like an oval turd. If it looked like an sti, or a camaro, or something sexy, I would drive it. Doesn't need to be fast. Car manufacturers are stupid. That is all.
I don't understand why one of the manufacturers haven't stepped up and made a good looking hybrid yet. I drive slow almost everywhere. (flame suite prepped) but I wouldn't mind driving a prius IF it didn't look like an oval turd. If it looked like an sti, or a camaro, or something sexy, I would drive it. Doesn't need to be fast. Car manufacturers are stupid. That is all.
03-02-2011 | 09:58 AM
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