but all im saying, is that they need to get back to there roots like most companies are

Chevy = RWD Sports Cars (Camaro)
Chrysler = RWD Sedans
Dodge = RWD Sports Cars
Ford = Sport Sedans
Honda = FWD Sport Cars
Nissan = RWD Z & AWD GTR
Mazda = Rotory
Subaru = AWD Cars
and etc…..

Mitsu needs to go through a re-building phase in the US, the Lancer and Outlander are great vehicles. The Galant and Endeavor aren’t living to there potential. They both have a good amount of power, and gas mileage, but honestly, in the design department, they need some serious help. The Eclipse, is the Eclipse. Best thing for them is to take it away, then bring it back later. The Eclipse has been falling since they took away the AWD turbo model. Not saying to tubro it again, but, an AWD V6 isn’t bad (Endeavor) nor would a Turbo FWD model either (Lancer Ralli-Art). It would sell better. As for a truck, the next generation Triton should be built with US standards so that they can bring it over here. The Mighty Max was an awesome truck (and hard to find) but compact trucks are a good thing right now because it’s still a truck, without it’s heavy gas mileage like a full-size. The Galant Ralliart would sell better with a manual transmission and the company needs to think about it’s origins of how they got big in this country like Nissan and Mazda.

Nissan and Mazda had fallen to the bottom of the car industry, even lower then Hyundai or Daewoo in the mid-late 90′s where Nissan’s Z and Mazda’s RX’s were taken away. Those, are the staple of the cars in the US. When you think of their history, I don’t think Nissan Pathfinder or Mazda 626. The first cars I think of when I think history is the Nissan 240/270Z and the Mazda RX-6 & RX-7′s. They have brought back their origins and history with the 350z and RX-8′s and now since 2001, they have launched successful vehicles like Nissan’s new Altima, Maxima, Pathfinder, Frontier and even a new model in the Titan. Look at how Mazda grew with the 626 replacement in the 6, and the 3 and even decided to add Mazdaspeed models as well which sell even better then the Evo’s.

The Galant should have an AWD model and so should the Eclipse. Mitsu needs to think about bringing back the 3000GT or Starion at a cost effective rate to revamp the company because if Honda releases the next NSX and S3000 (which they will) and Toyota somehow gets the Supra going finally, Mitsu is going to get left behind and an area where they had excelled not just in the US, but in Japan also…