This is where they are putting their development money:

MITSUBISHI Concept Global Small


And of course the i-MiEV

They are showing the Sportback and Evolution at the 2011 Geneva International Motor Show

http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/pub...etail0769.html

 

I have the only EVO I want so don't care really. See Ya

 

is it just me or does Mitsubishi have a track record of screwing up a good thing?

 

If the world does actually end December next year, I wouldn't even be surprised...

Wow... WTF Mitsubishi....... just W...T...F!!!!!

:-(

What do we do now? I have to go grab one :-/ and there's none at my dealership...

 

Man.... I just bought my X in July too. Only has 3400 miles on it (zero mods). Do I now have to hold onto it for at least 30 years before it becomes a classic?

 

that mentality is the exact reason why they may be saying the evo is dead. with the evo name there is an expectation. an expectation that their future ev/hybrid vehicles cannot meet, thus the name change... did he say there wont be a sporty hybrid in the future? no. so we may see a ev/hybrid that is the next gen evo in spirit, but not in name...

 

Will the car ever even be a classic? sad day.

 

Probably more like 40-70 years. There aren't too many 30 year old classics (although that could just be because cars in the 80's sucked).

 

It could. Maybe not a full-blown classic, but it'll obviously have some value and be sought after, like the Supra after they killed it off.

 

I don't doubt it at all.

Look at their corporate home page:
http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/en/index.html

All eco, earth, EV, responsibility, etc etc etc. There's one motorsport link.. click it and you'll see it was last updated in 2009. Ralliart is gone. It's plain that there's a corporate mandate from the top to go in this direction.

And as has been pointed out, they can send a strong message to "green-minded consumers" (and media) by closing the book on one of the most conspicuous performance cars of the past twenty years.

Environmentally, it would be a token gesture (really how much pollution are Evos causing in the grand scheme of things?) but as a display of intention I guess it's pretty powerful.




Looks like Sho will be sorely disappointed.

 

I could tell this story is full of crap. I doubt Mitsubishi will remove the precious Emperor Evo out of the line.

 

This exactly.

 

So i take it that the 11' evos will be the last year u cud get one? lol

 

Well they also say this in the article;

 

Jesus i was at the dealership on Saturday thinking it was the right time to jump out of my Lancer so i could play with the big boys. Had them working out if they could find me a GG MR but the sales person was a dick so i left. I guess im going to have to swallow my pride and go back.

I haven't seen an official announcement anywhere so who knows.