So sad to see it go, but chances are Mitsubishi won't survive without a sporty car in the line up. Boring utilitarian types tend to go into obscurity rather quickly. Oldsmobile, Isuzu, Plymouth etc... decided to stay with lack luster, average looking cars. Every major manufacturer knows this, from Toyota develpoing the FT-86 to Honda with its meager SI & CR-Z. It's kind of stupid having a rally inspired car in production and no longer having rally team. Who knows, maybe this will open up a niche market for shops turning ordinary Lancers in Evo's. I don't think they'll kill off the Lancer anytime soon.

This is the last year for the Eclipse as well.

where does it say that?

Eclipses are for ricers! :icon17:

BTW, Mitsu is refuting the stories as just rumors so need to get worked up gents.

bastard lol i had a 3rd gen with only intake/exhaust mods

not really... the same can be said for any import.. Have you seen the guy with the blue super-turbocharged 350z?

I had a 2g GSX putting down ~330awhp with little money into it..
I also had a 3g GS(T)... it was going to be a GSX but I got poor.. lol
but even still it was putting down 380whp...
they aren't bad...

then I upgraded to a TT 300zx :)

Exciting cars bring people into showrooms whether they can afford them or not. If my local Nissan dealership had a GT-R you can bet your a$$ I'd be there on a regular basis. They're like hen's teeth in these parts. Without the Evo, Mitsu's in trouble, at least in this country.

someone has to win the battle, like blu-ray defeating hd dvd.
i am glad that subaru won it. at least, it would make MT WRX, unlike mitsubishi for the evo.

mitsu's been in trouble for a long long long while in this country....

WTF are you talking about? Subaru didn't win a damn thing. Evos have always pwnt STIs.

Mitsubishi would be retarded to drop the Evolution. I don't think it will happen any time soon.

win = subaru will still continue to make the wrx
whereas mitsubishi will stop making the evo.

:facepalm:

Both of you are failing to see my point.

Also, as per Mitsu, the Evo getting the axe is nothing but a rumor.

I'm obviously kidding just because xdes had one!

My neighbor had a GS-T in college and it was a beast. Upgraded snails, and engine mods = made me piss my pants during a drive-along :icon18:

it doesn't sound like a rumor because that came directly from the global product director. So you are the one who failed to see the point
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Mitsu’s global product director Gayu Eusegi, and he heard some rather jarring news:

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”.