[Blacdout96]

I recently looked at a Lancer Sport Back. It's really caught up in a purgatory state as far as what market it's after. It's too sporty looking for older people to want it, thus they go with the Subie wagons, it's too huge for college girls to tote around the campus ( I mean this thing is big, but since the last itteration of the Lancer family, all of them are like that) and as for the younger gentlemen crowd, it's not sporty enough, i.e. no AWD, turbo, go fast parts ( and droppign of Rally Art killed the factory aftermarket assistance.) Should of made it an option for the Evo crowd, since the Sti's are a hatchback, and are still being bought ( albait at a much slower rat the the previous sedan body style.)

It is a nice car, but Mitsu just can't seem to find a target audience, and their prices for what the quality is is not worth it. ( There was a Evo X sitting in the show room floor, white, with a couple of go-fast goodies in it, 41K...... pass, I'll pick up a slightly whooped Evo 8 or 9, and use the extra to fix/upgrade.

And now Mitsu is going to rely on electric cars to maybe boost their image and push them into that market, but why would you drop all of your tooling and turn the whole company to electric cars when the market here is bare minimum as far as finding buyers, and at this point and time, if anyone was looking into a hybrid/electric car, they most likely already purchased the Pruis,Volt, or Leaf.... This will be the final straw on the company's camel's back. Shame, I love the 3000GT's and old style Evo's.