whatever man. I know that there needs to be somemore chat in here.

But we need some more peeps in here than just most of the NNJ guys, hehehehe.

Billyqua
rally driven..............

 

so do you think the Mitsubishi Colt will be the new WRCar in '04 ?

this is from news today on wrc.com

New car is best option says Delecour
Mitsubishi_·_François Delecour_·_03/12/2002 10:09:39

Mitsubishi driver Francois Delecour believes that the team's best hope of a competitive return to the World Rally Championship in 2004 is a new car.

The Frenchman, who will spend next season testing as a result of Mitsubishi's shock decision to give 2003 a miss, is not convinced that the Lancer Evo WRC provides a viable long-term solution.

"Maybe it would be simpler to have a new car," said Delecour. "There is still a long, long way to go with the Lancer if it is going to be competitive." Mitsubishi is known to be assessing its smaller Colt as an alternative base car.

Delecour was only made aware of the team's decision not to contest the 2003 series on Monday morning (December 2) but says he understands the reasons behind it.

"For the sake of the team, it was a wise move," he said. "In their place, I would probably have done the same thing. However, from a driver's point of view it's horrific. It's better to be competing on rallies in a bad car than not competing at all."

Delecour has been promised some World Championship rallies next year, but he is not sure which ones and even which car he will be driving.

"I really know very little at the moment," he said. "I've been told I will do some rallies, and clearly I want to do as many as possible."

He is under contract to Mitsubishi for next year, but does not know whether or not the new circumstances will preclude the chance to drive on World Championship rallies in other cars.

"This is not clear yet," he said. "But it looks like I will have more time at home next year than I did this year." Team principal Andrew Cowan has indicated that he may consider releasing his drivers for one-off drives with other manufacturers._

 

Colt?? I don't even know what a Colt looks like, or if it's even sold in the U.S.

That's a lot of work, if Mitsubishi decides to build (or contract out) a new car from scratch. Seems like they'd be ahead by campaigning both the Lancer Evo and a possible new car in the same season, rules allowing.

I'll bet that the corporate Mitsubishi sales office is wondering how a WRC car change will affect sales of the Evo VIII (or is it VII?) when it makes its U.S. debut in a month or so. Unlike the WRX, Mitsubishi is making only a small run of the Lancer Evo VIII for the U.S. market. The dealers will probably be getting ridiculously high prices for the cars. I know a fellow who works at a Mitsubishi dealership and he says that the Evo VIII that his dealership will be getting has already been 'bid' on and pre-sold at a premium above and beyond MSRP.

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Wingless Wonder

 

i say bring back the EVO VI

 

been weasel-ing around and found this pic
of Mitsu Colt with EVO engine !!

http://www.wheelsjamaica.com/wheels_...ts/coltwrc.jpg

 

hrm...eclipse wrc....maybe....

 

Quote nqwan:
"hrm...eclipse wrc....maybe...."

naaah thats a Mitsubishi Colt in the above pic

 

hehe i know, but it'd be interesting to see a wrc eclipse (the new style)

 

The Colt?! I didn't even know they still built those things haha! Amazing... I don't think that the Eclipse will do very well at all in the WRC, especially considering that there's not even a GSX model in the current lineup. Besides, who wants to drive a supposedly Japanese car that was designed, engineered, and built in North America anyway?

Whoo hoo!! Senior member status attained (again lol)