[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

[MJW]

Hope this trend doesn't escalate!!! and apologies for lifting from another forum here in UK. It would be very bad for our sport, manufacturers exist to sell cars, if eco image replaces sport well we are in trouble - see below:- original from Autocar Magazine
As per Interview in Autocar

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.

[Daniel]

Hope this trend doesn't escalate!!! and apologies for lifting from another forum here in UK. It would be very bad for our sport, manufacturers exist to sell cars, if eco image replaces sport well we are in trouble - see below:- original from Autocar Magazine
As per Interview in Autocar

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.

Good luck with that Mitsubishi You're about to become the Japanese Lancia

[dimviii]

Hope this trend doesn't escalate!!! and apologies for lifting from another forum here in UK. It would be very bad for our sport, manufacturers exist to sell cars, if eco image replaces sport well we are in trouble - see below:- original from Autocar Magazine
As per Interview in Autocar

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.

Ι read it in mlr this morning but i don t want to believe it.

[RS]

The shape is practically same as it used to be before VW came in.

And it is also good that on the cars the logos will not be green anymore.

The "Vision D" would make a nice looking WRCar but I guess it won't happen

[serial jeff]

Hope this trend doesn't escalate!!! and apologies for lifting from another forum here in UK. It would be very bad for our sport, manufacturers exist to sell cars, if eco image replaces sport well we are in trouble.

To be honest I'm not too worried about this when it's coming from Mitsubishi. It's not that manufacturers are ditching performance cars, its just that Mitsubishi is ditching gasoline cars in general. This isn't surprising because quite honestly Mitsubishi hasn't been good enough at making cars to survive in a very competitive market.

I don't know how it is in the rest of the world, but over here the whole range of their cars are very lackluster compared to the competition, even the Evo X.

They can't best the competition in the conventional auto market, so they're banking on electric vehicles.

[uranium]

Yes, but it means that N4 era is going to the end...

[TyPat107]

Yes, but it means that N4 era is going to the end...

Hasn't N4 been dying for a while? Aren't more manufactures interested in the R4 class anyway?

[AndyRAC]

Yes, but it means that N4 era is going to the end...

Good, with only 2 Manufacturers in it, it was a hardly worth it.....

[uranium]

and R4 will be much more expensive than N4, am I right?

[uranium]

Good, with only 2 Manufacturers in it, it was a hardly worth it.....

Do you think in R4 will be much more manufacturers?
Btw, Subaru and Mitsubishi in N4 are really good cars. And on the other hand they are quite similar to road one. We can't say the same about R4.