Evo X wins 2010 Rally America championship
Jul 21, 2010, 12:09 PM
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It's not like the STI is a big volume seller. The lower priced WRX is what allowed them to claim the market. Mitsubishi only brought the EVO to North America when Subaru decided to bring the STI. Mitsubishi missed the boat by not having a proper Ralliart available to compete with the WRX in the early 90's.
Jul 21, 2010, 01:29 PM
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I was there...that was truly awesome..but guys come on I was in need of some help.I was the only evo..there was like 80 subys, they were like beurk....and evo,lol....I was like...beurkk a subaru 5 doors lol
Jul 21, 2010, 01:36 PM
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2010 after less then two years from the FIRST production year, the Evo X WON the Rally America Championship. It is more amazing if you think about , they were competing a same time with the same car in the Canadian rally championship too.
Makes it really interesting that fact , its a FIRST evo won the Championship, is actually an Evo X.....
I think there is no more to say after this... LOL
Rob
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Makes it really interesting that fact , its a FIRST evo won the Championship, is actually an Evo X.....
I think there is no more to say after this... LOL
Rob
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the first rally by the CT9A evolution VIII was immediately won by the Team Mitsubishi USA in 2003 by David Higgins and Co-driver Laughlin O'Sullivan under the 2003 SCCA Pro-rally Championship which covered basically what Rally America is now. Because of the resounding success of this motorsport event, mitsubishi decided not to repeat and most winners after that were privateers.
http://www.davidhigginsrally.com/com...n-history.php5
http://www.scca.com/newsarticle.aspx?hub=2&news=2206
Jul 21, 2010, 01:39 PM
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oh and btw. Ken Block is freaking amazing. he as that..look at me girls and boys. stylish as hell. betterout of the track than on it..he always crash is poor little ****ty american car llol. Pastrana is a really good driver but you know when you choose subaru instead of mitsu..well your engin let you remind that your not in the right car 
Jul 21, 2010, 03:16 PM
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the first rally by the CT9A evolution VIII was immediately won by the Team Mitsubishi USA in 2003 by David Higgins and Co-driver Laughlin O'Sullivan under the 2003 SCCA Pro-rally Championship which covered basically what Rally America is now. Because of the resounding success of this motorsport event, mitsubishi decided not to repeat and most winners after that were privateers.
http://www.davidhigginsrally.com/com...n-history.php5
http://www.scca.com/newsarticle.aspx?hub=2&news=2206
http://www.davidhigginsrally.com/com...n-history.php5
http://www.scca.com/newsarticle.aspx?hub=2&news=2206
JUst like Lime Rock or Laguna Seca run by different organization - championship. And sometimes with a same cars....
SCCA pulled out, if im right because they consider the Rally too dangerous. LOL
Well i think after some deadly accident.
I dont follow too much US rally before 2009. But Rally America came a alive with some SCCA members , but they dont consider it as a SCCA events. So there for with they logic is a brand new Series of events. And has nothing to do with SCCA , never been won by Evo before.
As i sad in my post :
"Makes it really interesting that fact , its a FIRST evo won the Championship, is actually an Evo X....."
The CT9A could have defend his championship after the SCCA pulled out . RA is a different organization.
I wasnt say , never won evo before any other championship... WHich is in this case irrrevelant i will explain why, besides the things above:
As you said when 2003 they won it was a Factory backed up team...
And as today isn't really. Also the CT9A wasnt really less then two years old design , perhaps the engine was even older and so on so forth when they won in 2003...
In contest , the CT9A still compete in the RA events with a long and stellar history today. With all those years experience against the new comer. But the new evo lived up his name and concur against all odds.
We can go back and forth , but the fact is . This is a RA event, and its a first time the EVo is a champ. And that is a X.
The CT9A had and has its chance to beat it since the RA exists , but couldn't do it.
It was a straight Subaru triumph until now.
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Jul 21, 2010, 05:39 PM
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The Evo came to the USA first in 2003. Shortly after the announcement of the Evo VIII coming here, Subaru announced they would be bringing the STI, which was a 2004 model and arrived a few months later. They made a big spectacle of it, as a Mitsu rep was holding his crotch in mock pain that they didn't get to have the corner on the news too long before Subaru announced a higher power STI.
As far as the WRX in the early 90s, I have no idea when it came to Canada, but in Japan, the Evo actually debuted a month before the WRX, October 1992 versus November 1992. But the real heritage started with the Galant VR-4, which is where the Evo got its drivetrain, and was available in the USA in 1991 and 1992, and as early as 1987 production (for a 1988 model) in Japan.
Jul 21, 2010, 05:59 PM
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Both the Galant and 4wd Starion was used through the (70's and on Galant) and (80's Starion). Mitsubishi has also won more Dakar championships than any other automaker with the Montero and are now seeking wins with the racing Lancer!
Hey man, I'm not trying to bust on you, but neither of these is correct since you said "North America", which would include both our countries.
The Evo came to the USA first in 2003. Shortly after the announcement of the Evo VIII coming here, Subaru announced they would be bringing the STI, which was a 2004 model and arrived a few months later. They made a big spectacle of it, as a Mitsu rep was holding his crotch in mock pain that they didn't get to have the corner on the news too long before Subaru announced a higher power STI.
As far as the WRX in the early 90s, I have no idea when it came to Canada, but in Japan, the Evo actually debuted a month before the WRX, October 1992 versus November 1992. But the real heritage started with the Galant VR-4, which is where the Evo got its drivetrain, and was available in the USA in 1991 and 1992, and as early as 1987 production (for a 1988 model) in Japan.
The Evo came to the USA first in 2003. Shortly after the announcement of the Evo VIII coming here, Subaru announced they would be bringing the STI, which was a 2004 model and arrived a few months later. They made a big spectacle of it, as a Mitsu rep was holding his crotch in mock pain that they didn't get to have the corner on the news too long before Subaru announced a higher power STI.
As far as the WRX in the early 90s, I have no idea when it came to Canada, but in Japan, the Evo actually debuted a month before the WRX, October 1992 versus November 1992. But the real heritage started with the Galant VR-4, which is where the Evo got its drivetrain, and was available in the USA in 1991 and 1992, and as early as 1987 production (for a 1988 model) in Japan.
Jul 21, 2010, 07:55 PM
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Hey man, I'm not trying to bust on you, but neither of these is correct since you said "North America", which would include both our countries.
The Evo came to the USA first in 2003. Shortly after the announcement of the Evo VIII coming here, Subaru announced they would be bringing the STI, which was a 2004 model and arrived a few months later. They made a big spectacle of it, as a Mitsu rep was holding his crotch in mock pain that they didn't get to have the corner on the news too long before Subaru announced a higher power STI.
As far as the WRX in the early 90s, I have no idea when it came to Canada, but in Japan, the Evo actually debuted a month before the WRX, October 1992 versus November 1992. But the real heritage started with the Galant VR-4, which is where the Evo got its drivetrain, and was available in the USA in 1991 and 1992, and as early as 1987 production (for a 1988 model) in Japan.
The Evo came to the USA first in 2003. Shortly after the announcement of the Evo VIII coming here, Subaru announced they would be bringing the STI, which was a 2004 model and arrived a few months later. They made a big spectacle of it, as a Mitsu rep was holding his crotch in mock pain that they didn't get to have the corner on the news too long before Subaru announced a higher power STI.
As far as the WRX in the early 90s, I have no idea when it came to Canada, but in Japan, the Evo actually debuted a month before the WRX, October 1992 versus November 1992. But the real heritage started with the Galant VR-4, which is where the Evo got its drivetrain, and was available in the USA in 1991 and 1992, and as early as 1987 production (for a 1988 model) in Japan.
I messed up in my original post and meant early 00 not 90's. Subaru was a little niche brand that nobody paid attention to in North America until the WRX came out in 2002 and put them on the map to young buyers craving affordable performance. With Mitsu killing off the DSM in the late 90's they left the door wide open for Subaru who took the ball and never looked back. Bringing the EVO in 2003 was great but EVO's were not nearly as attainable as the WRX for young buyers. There's a large group of young drivers driving and modding 2002 and up WRX's which has turned into a legion of rabid fanboys that eat up anything Subaru. I mean no matter how ugly Subaru makes their cars these guys just can't get enough of them.
Jul 21, 2010, 08:34 PM
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Congrats to Estage for this year and ACP last year, and most importantly to Mitsubishi for making such a great car that connects to and proves its rally engineering!
Jul 22, 2010, 04:16 AM
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I messed up in my original post and meant early 00 not 90's. Subaru was a little niche brand that nobody paid attention to in North America until the WRX came out in 2002 and put them on the map to young buyers craving affordable performance. With Mitsu killing off the DSM in the late 90's they left the door wide open for Subaru who took the ball and never looked back. Bringing the EVO in 2003 was great but EVO's were not nearly as attainable as the WRX for young buyers. There's a large group of young drivers driving and modding 2002 and up WRX's which has turned into a legion of rabid fanboys that eat up anything Subaru. I mean no matter how ugly Subaru makes their cars these guys just can't get enough of them.
I messed up in my original post and meant early 00 not 90's. Subaru was a little niche brand that nobody paid attention to in North America until the WRX came out in 2002 and put them on the map to young buyers craving affordable performance. With Mitsu killing off the DSM in the late 90's they left the door wide open for Subaru who took the ball and never looked back. Bringing the EVO in 2003 was great but EVO's were not nearly as attainable as the WRX for young buyers. There's a large group of young drivers driving and modding 2002 and up WRX's which has turned into a legion of rabid fanboys that eat up anything Subaru. I mean no matter how ugly Subaru makes their cars these guys just can't get enough of them.
