Mitsu in 2016 - Page 2

jazket · Jul 16, 2009, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by new041123

Let's wait 7 years and see what's gonna happen.

"assuming we all don't get flushed by Earth in December 21'st 2012 (two days before my birthday... call that an early Bday present... "

Man, 122112 or whatever is a joke. Can't believe people really believe stuff like that.
People said world WAS gonna end on 1992, 1995, 1999, 2000 etc.

I was being sarcastic

GPTourer · Jul 16, 2009, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by mmartahus

so what does this mean for the resale value of our evos in 2016,

Probably typical of any low production 7-12 year old car. I don't think anything drastic will happen to their value. Cars will still be running on gasoline, just less of it.

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Originally Posted by EvoOtto

How will the IMEV effect the average? It doesn't even use gas to run?? Will the government take electric cars into consideration when calculating average mileage?

There's a big dispute going on with the EPA right now on just how that will work. We'll see a bit of what happenes with the Chevy Volt as it is supposed to be able to do 40-60 miles using no gas and right now, that would mean infinite mileage under the current means of testing a car's mileage. I don't know how a purely electric vehicle plays into that, but it has to help some.

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Originally Posted by boost-junky

They could send us the Colt or the Ek. I'm sure that would help out.

That's the plan from what I understand. Mitsu will soon be repositioning themselves as a maker of small, light, effecient cars. They are skipping hybrids all together and working on all electric vehicles as well as making clean turbodiesels. Plus they are small, so this ramp up of requirements won't hurt them as bad as say, Toyota, who has a plethora of thirsty trucks and SUVs.

cedric · Jul 21, 2009, 10:32 AM

They are getting rid of the raider and the endevor soon also? So that would actually help there profile of gas guzzling cars.

BerserkerX · Jul 22, 2009, 03:37 AM

I don't think they will get rid of the raider and endeavor. I don't see them totally getting rid of two of their three big cars.

jazket · Jul 22, 2009, 10:57 AM

Yes the Raider is in it's last year this year;

I don't know about the Endeavor though.

tipoytm · Jul 22, 2009, 11:32 AM

The endeavor isn't a gas guzzler (at least that's what I think). Our '06 Endeavor has about the same interior/cargo space & gas mileage as the '06 Honda Pilot, but we got it for so much cheaper & even rides/handles better than the honda. I average 19-20 MPG on 50/50 highway/city miles... which is only 1-2 MPG shy of our EvoX.

GPTourer · Jul 22, 2009, 12:35 PM

The Raider is for sure doomed. What the plan is for the three cars that the Normal, IL plant builds (Eclipse, Galant, Endeavor) has yet to be revealed. All three ride on the Project America platform which is getting old, and is bit too big unwieldy for what Mitsu claims is going to be their focus, and that is small, economical and light cars. They will probably wait until it is time to upgrade the Lancer platform, and then introduce longer versions of it to build the Galant and possibly a larger crossover for us. They even talk about bringing the Montero back, but I don't see how that would happen.

novaspyder87 · Jul 22, 2009, 03:31 PM

¸I predict that my evox will do 40 mpg in 2016...well maybe evo xIII lol. how? well they will change a mile 1,6km into 1km,lol....hahahaha sorry I'm funny and happy today...maybe because I'm putting my TOYO PROXES T1R tomorrow morning,lol.

zlthomason · Jul 28, 2009, 08:02 PM

i wouldnt mind a diesl evo[

BerserkerX · Jul 29, 2009, 04:43 AM

I think a diesel evo would be nice. But a diesel just can't revv as high and thats what is no fun about them. But that can be overlooked when you hit peak tq so damn fast.

D420mac · Jul 29, 2009, 04:54 AM

I've heard rumors mitsu is supposed to be coming out with a Diesel EVO in the future that'll increase the gas mileage, and performance, imagine the Boost MMMmmmm!

Webman · Jul 29, 2009, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by BerserkerX

So I know that we are all going to die on 12-21-12 because the mayans said so.

While I know you're joking, that idea is a bunch of crap. Guatemala is a second home to me, and if you ask the natives what they think about it, they've never heard of such a ridiculous theory. Every time I ask someone about it, they laugh and laugh and laugh at how crazy we could be to come up with such a far fetched story. They simply tell you that it's the end of one era, and the beginning of another. Nothing more.

EvoXcrzy · Jul 29, 2009, 09:35 AM

My Evo 10 smokes like a diesel... :-)

is300 · Jul 29, 2009, 09:41 AM

according to this mitsu might get exempt-
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124873997073285323.html

jazket · Jul 29, 2009, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by D420mac

I've heard rumors mitsu is supposed to be coming out with a Diesel EVO in the future that'll increase the gas mileage, and performance, imagine the Boost MMMmmmm!

the only diesel vehicle confirmed by Mitsubishi will be their Concept RA for 2011, which might just end up being the new Eclipse with S-AWC and a bunch of Evo X crap