artinist

evo or no evo the world edition 2015 lancer which has been in the works for some time will be out soon, most likely at the paris auto show in October. they have been working with Nissan and are selling a reskinned g37 in japan, its very possible that the next lancer could share many parts with the sentra. nobody knows at the this point what the next evo will or will not be other than whatever they have said in the past about a possible diesel hybrid.

its also very likely that they will announce the lancer and if there is an evo on that chassis, it will be revealed a year later.

its common business practice. anyone who says they know anything else is full of crap

Keith6110

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http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1...ccessor-report



Worth the read. Everyone opposed to the hybrid evo, will be opposed to the hybrid supra and hybrid GTR. Hopefully the hybrid Evo comes out before or during the Toyota and Nissan developments.

I don't like the idea of hybrid cars, but if it can achieve 30mpg average with the same power output of the evo x, I think it's a game changer.

JGreg89

I agree with the 30mpg will be a game changer.

nemsin

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You are vastly underestimating hybrid technology. The Outlander PHEV gets 125mpg. Sure thats when limping around, but still. http://mitsubishioutlanderphev.myevblog.com/

xking

I don't understand why Mitsu doesn't just make a 4 door on the new '3000GT successor' platform to diversify their sports car offering. They'll both sell.

jazket

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http://thenewswheel.com/mitsubishi-l...mazing-bought/

All 40 of them 440HP MR's be gone!...

nemsin

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The 3000GT was never well received. When compared to the other Japanese performance cars of its day (Supra, RX7, 300Z) it came up short. Now that the Supra and RX7 are due to return (~2017), and Nissan has the all mighty GTR, I don't see the need for Mitsubishi to embarrass itself again with another 3000GT.

oinkoinkpig

fingers crossed

PZ.eu

it won't be 3000gt, which didnt age well, but evolution will just evolve into such grand tourer 3000gt was supposed to be.

Roen

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Stock for stock, when it first came out, it's competition was the S6 FD, the R32, whatever Toyota had, probably the MkIII Supra, whatever highest power Honda was there during the early 90's and Subaru didn't even make the cut.

If you watched Best Motoring, on a slow-medium track like Tsukuba, The first-gen GTO had a sizeable lead on the field over 5 laps.

2nd and 3rd gens were watered down.

sblvro

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The nissan, toyota and mazda were favored by writers because of their name brand and Mitsubishi came out with the 3000GT VR4 and Dodge Stealth R/T twin. If they have waited a few years later, which model aged gracefully? It's the 3000GT VR4. I drove the 300ZX and I don't understand their fascination to it. I would rather have an immaculate 3000 GT VR4 or a hardtop spyder version.

nemsin

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Wait what? You think the 3000GT aged gracefully? You sir are in the minority.

I would say the 3rd Gen Rx7 and Acura NSX have aged well. They have clean lines and still look modern. The 3000GT still looks like a stretched eclipse

GPTourer

The 3000GT didn't embarass Mitsubishi's pockets as it was on the market longer and outsold all of those other competitors - mainly because of its cheaper non-turbo versions, but overall was a more successful nameplate. I do understand and appreciate what you are saying about how it wasn't as strong a competitor, it was more GT touring then it was supposed to be the "One" for Mitsu since that was the Evos role.

nemsin

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Top Gear review
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NYe5jFhF0g‎

"Early VR-4′s could crack the sixty mark in about six seconds, which was fairly fast for the time. The problem was that all that technology didn’t come for free: the VR-4 was one heavy sonofa*****. Even the early VR-4′s weighed in around 3800lbs, which is a lot even by today’s standards. The heavy turbo sideways V6 also meant the VR-4 had a much more pronounced front weight bias than competitors like the Supra, 300ZX, RX-7, 968, and Corvette, resulting in rental-car understeer when you pushed it really hard. " http://www.carthrottle.com/used-car-...i-3000gt-vr-4/

"It still offers great performance, but it is by no means a great performance car."
http://www.edmunds.com/mitsubishi/30...road-test.html

Do you think it was it worth the $45,580 sticker price 1996? Adjusted for inflation that is the equivalent of $66,841.04 in 2013.

sblvro

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this is already OT but I think the 3000GT lasted longer than its counterparts due to slow sales of the the rest. remember when all the comparo tests, it was always the 300zx winning? where is it now? the 3000GT VR4 is a grand tourer hence it's 2+2 seating. the high sticker shock of the 3000GT VR4 was because of its technological tour de force. It had everything which other cars didn't have. AWD, adaptive suspension, etc.