STOP Production of EVO8????

eyewitness SG

Crying or Very sad hmmmm....heaRD from ple and read from the papers that mitsubishi is not goin to produce anymore EVOs.....in future we have no more new EVO......is it true????EVO IS A BEATUY.....ALWAYS my DREAM CAR.....

euphratis SG

Give it to the japs... they have come a long way since EVO. although I am not a Japanse car fan. I believe in Italian.

It all depends on commercial sense if you ask me.

1. Demand/Racing
2. Cost of new R&D - support there may just use the same design & modify it. Engine...technology wise...need another 10 year.

ditzy SG

Good things always have to come to an end.

euphratis SG

If they still need to win the world rally, they need to built new EVO…don’t worry.

[email protected] SG

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

babypicu SG

Last year Mitsubishi intends to stop the Evo series, cuz The Lancer Evo platform is causing them alot of techincal problems and not winning them anything for some time.It is said they want to concentrate on the Colt as the new WRC car.

But i also read that the Evo is selling very well in the key US market, and as such they have decided to continue the Evo series.

Anywayz, rather than the Colt, the new WRC car is based on just the Lancer platform, and not the WRC Evolution Lancer series platform as in previous years. So we have seen a small, but maybe significant switch (to us car lovers at least) with the seperation of the Evo Series from the WRC cars.

ditzy SG

I may be wrong but I think Mitsubitshi is not in this year's WRC.

And peugeot has a new funky looking car to replace its 206 sucessor.

babypicu SG

It is taking party, after a break last year. It is just that they did quite badly at the Monte Carlo and Sweden, which is expected because of the usual problems with adjusting to a new car and the unexpected problems that comes with it.

[email protected] SG

nah, mitsu's back. and peugeot's usin' the 307cc.

eyewitness SG

euphratis SG

no I think mits will still stick to EVO...yes to better the Euro mkt. so good things to watch on WRC...peugeot, ford....WRX, EVO....

Theatre Of Dreams SG

look at this babe... u will drool at the idea of mitsubishi creating newer generations of such babes; u won't want them to stop. maybe not u, but me surely... keep the evo heritage going!

[email protected] SG

don’t stop!!!!!!!!! noooooooooooooo!

Theatre Of Dreams SG

btw what does “FQ” in FQ330 stand for?

babypicu SG

hi ple....can u tell me wat is the meaning btw lance evolution platform and the evolution lancer platform....is lancer evolution refering to normal mitsubishi saloon car??? think evo 8 is using the evolution lancer platform which is like their WRC cars rite??
CORRECT me if i am wrong....
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The Evolution( or Evos) is a subgroup under the 'Lancer' series,
Just as the WRX Sti, WRX, and the TS under the 'Imperza' banner.

Mitsubishi used to based their WRC cars on the Evo series, which means that their WRC was identicial to the Evos on the road.The 2004 WRC car, however, is based on a totally new platform (or subgroup) under the 'Lancer' series, and not in the Evo subgroup, which is currently represented by the Evo8.

Thus the Mitsubishi WRC 2004, car, is simply named 'Mitsubishi Lancer WR04', and not the 'Mitsubishi Lance Evolution WC02' as the previous car, based on the Evo7.

I hope i am not confusing anyone here. Rolling Eyes

tailslide SG

i may be wrong, but i remember reading somewhere in the UK Car mag that "FQ" stands for "Fvcking Quick".

megatron SG

Originally posted by babypicu:
hi ple....can u tell me wat is the meaning btw lance evolution platform and the evolution lancer platform....is lancer evolution refering to normal mitsubishi saloon car??? think evo 8 is using the evolution lancer platform which is like their WRC cars rite??
CORRECT me if i am wrong....
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The Evolution( or Evos) is a subgroup under the 'Lancer' series,
Just as the WRX Sti, WRX, and the TS under the 'Imperza' banner.

Mitsubishi used to based their WRC cars on the Evo series, which means that their WRC was identicial to the Evos on the road.The 2004 WRC car, however, is based on a totally new platform (or subgroup) under the 'Lancer' series, and not in the Evo subgroup, which is currently represented by the Evo8.

Thus the Mitsubishi WRC 2004, car, is simply named 'Mitsubishi Lancer WR04', and not the 'Mitsubishi Lance [b]Evolution WC02' as the previous car, based on the Evo7.

I hope i am not confusing anyone here. Rolling Eyes [/b]

no you are not..but the japs are! haha..

[email protected] SG

no Shit!

tailslide SG

yeah, the folks in UK get away with tweaking the evo to 330 hps and selling it as a off the shelf production car. and all we get in sg is the evo8 MR. Evil or Very Mad

but read somewhere (as usual, cannot remember where also) that mitsu is developing a new gen of "baby evo"s ala the CZ3. baby hatch pumps out a hearty 250 hps, runs on real time AWD and runs on a "paltry" 1.5 litres TCed engine similar to the 4G93. using the current colt platform, with aggressive styling and aerodynamic enhancements, this babe is poised to take over the hot hatch category as the new king of the hill. better still, the lil critter only weighs in at slightly over 1.1 tons. perhaps a sign of the shape of things to come? Mr. Green