MarkM

FQ400 in the UK is £49999, GT-R starts at £56499, not not a huge amount of price difference!!

GPTourer

Well, "not a huge" is subjective. My only point was the GT-R was more money and couldn't be had for the same price, which is true.

def1

iTrader: (6)

what warranty work have you gotten done? Mitsubishi has the worst customer service I have ever witnessed.

GPTourer

My crank pulley damper, fading brembos, ignition switch replaced.

midwestX

iTrader: (4)

you getting f-ed up in canada. I bought evo-X base in 2008 for 28K

So to get the fq-400 it will come out 55K which I will pay in a heartbeat

ambystom01

iTrader: (7)

I think this is one of the few times where I've agreed with you completely .

therocket

If in Canada are f-ed up, what we have to say here in Europe...? Here in Italy a stock EDM Evo X GSR costs 47k EUROS = 65k USD...
This is the reason because I got a USDM EVO X : even considering shipping, re-homologation with european rules, etc I saved in any case 10k EUROS.
And this is the same also for electronics and many other goods!

Sorry for the OT!

UFO

iTrader: (7)

The big point you are missing is not just the warranty and the exclusivity but also the fact that the base GSR in the UK costs around $52K at today's conversion rates. You can get a whole lot of Evo here for $52K so it's all a moot point really.

The extra cost isn't really due to volume, it's more to do with the British government taxing the **** out of foreign car manufacturers and anybody else who has the audacity to think they have a right to drive a car on the government's streets.

CatalystGod

Saying there is a lot to be changed is speculation, I agree, but the chances of it being true are just the same as it being false. I do not have the Bill of Material for the evo sitting in my hand, but all I can say is that there generally tends to be a lot more to these vehicles than one cares to notice.

You actually think people can change their own clutches and turbos! Granted there are a few who can, even so, how many of them could do it with the precision of a factory install. Besides, a factory install lets anyone have the goodies irrespective of their technical aptitude, not so in the case of a self developed project.

I am not falling into the hype, I am merely giving the benefit of the doubt to the possibility that there is more to the car than meets the eye.

I doubt it too, but there is just no way of telling. Besides, I did not say they built it for them, I just said they cherry pick them. There's a lot of difference.

I do not know how warranties are handled in the UK, would anyone from the UK care to elaborate?

slo4g63

iTrader: (3)

Even if there weren't a factory warranty, people would still buy it for the name and also for the build quality. Just like a few years back, there was a Mustang Cobra Type R, no warranty, no A/C, and they sold out. Could you make a stock Mustang GT faster, oh hell yes.

jazket

iTrader: (1)

Yes, after all you are buying an FQ-400; There's a mile distance from the guy who's pushing 380 to the wheels than the guy who's on a brand spanking new, out of the dealer, 360 to the wheels FQ-400, with all WARRANTIED HKS upgrades, the better body work (not aftermarket ghetto body works) the HUGE brakes, all the nice interior (based on the pictures, it's the MR leather package) and even sound dampening compared to that of the MR, unlike the GSR.

It's not really arguable, I'm pretty sure A LOT of people here including me would love to get an FQ-400 off the showrooms rather than getting an GSR and putting the extra 5 grand to push it up to FQ-400 numbers; It still wont be an FQ-400

KPerez

Ok, so in Britain, using your figures, it would cost an additional $30K to purchase a FQ-400 vs the base GSR. My point is I think you could upgrade a base GSR to "FQ-400 equivalency" in the UK for well less than that figure and have thousands left over w/o the badge and warranty. Now for the US and taking 25-30% less, the $30K here translates into $21-22.5K. I think with these $$ you could achieve ~400bhp (crank)+clutch+brakes+body kit with thousands left over. In short, if Mitsu were to offer the FQ-400 here, we could accomplish same for thousands less because of our competitive aftermarket sources.

Later, Ken

prsxefod

i know this is an old thred... and many of you may already know about this,,, but here in USA we have this thing called the FQ-900... better known as the AMS 900x package.... i love the look of the FQ-400, would i buy one for near 60000.. no... but if it were compatible to wut our evo x prices are now (prob at max 52000) then yes i would..... BUT, base GSR for 32000 plus the 21000 AMS 900x = A 53000 dollar monster...

+1 for AMS

CatalystGod

Does the AMS package include labor? I don't think so. Add labor to that 53K and you'll be damn close to broke.

gizmotoy

Unless that car has a badge on the trunk, in which case your warranty is essentially useless from the second you sign on the line. I had 2 weeks of hoops to jump through to get a warranty fix of my SEATS approved on a 100% stock car. They took pictures of everything from the bottom of car/engine bay down to the tread of my tires.

Note: They eventually decided to cover it, but insisted they needed to keep my car for 2 weeks to have it shipped (and by this I'm sure they meant "driven") to an upholstery repair company. This for a 45 minute job. I ended up doing it myself.