Comments on: Mitsubishi announces Lancer Evolution FQ-330 SST

By: Dante_JoseCuervo

Dante_JoseCuervo — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:51:02 +0000

Oh tragedy, what a horrible thing. Such a beautiful car and we won’t get it

By: 02WRXPSM

02WRXPSM — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:10:34 +0000

Do not make the mistake of thinking that all AWD systems are the same, or that they automatically give you better zero-60 times. The domestic implementation of AWD, across the board, has been a pale shadow of Subaru, Acura and Mitsubishi’s much more comprehensive approach.

By: A4

A4 — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:39:06 +0000

The SHO will probably have a 0-60 time in the mid 5 second range im guessing as well.

By: A4

A4 — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:37:48 +0000

and Borat, thats quite a stupid comment, you do know people around the world get the internet, and this is an automotive news site, so why the hell wouldnt they cover this?

By: A4

A4 — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:36:13 +0000

Manuals may have fallen off the mainstream radar in the US, but they havent fallen off the enthusiast radar. Why do you think BMW ended up releasing the kit for the M5 people clamored for and that Aston Martin made a conversion kit for select vehicles as well?

By: Bankruptcy2009

Bankruptcy2009 — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:41:14 +0000

Even though not sold in the US I think it does establish a Very Certain Fact AWD Sports Cars Kick Arse.
You can’t deny 0-60 in 4.4 Seconds w/ 329 HP with 3,517 of Curb Weight or the GT-R’s 0-60 run in just 3.3 Seconds w/ 473 HP.
It makes you wonder what the AWD Taurus SHO will do with the Twin Force 365 HP in 0-60 w a Curb weight guessitmation between 3,643 and 3,930. I think it could achieve a similar 0-60 Sprint of the EVO maybe slightly lower 0-60 in 4.2 to 4.6 Seconds! Wow and were not even talking the Henessey Version of the SHO yet!

By: Hyperion

Hyperion — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:28:18 +0000

dual clutch boxes are where high performance is going but there still isn’t anything like driving a well constructed manual transmission. Unless it’s something like a GT-R, Evo or Ferrari I’d still be more inclined to drive a manual car simply because it’s a lot of fun on the street.

Why do some folks still drive older Packards, Fords, Fiat 500′s, etc. with transmissions that lack synchronizers and require double-clutching?

A manual transmission is prerequisite for me. Don’t offer it and in most cases I immediately lose interest in the car.

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:50:56 +0000

I don’t think it’s time to write off the manual transmission quite yet although it does appear as if more and more manufacturers are being forced to choose between one or the other simply because the money’s not there to offer both.

One other thing regarding DSG transmissions I’m curious about is how much it’s going to cost to fix one when it blows up. Conventional automatics with only 3 and 4 gears can cost a small fortune to overhaul as it is. Things do get old… and they break.

By: ricky_b

ricky_b — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:01:45 +0000

In the US, manuals are falling off of the radar. DSG style gears boxes make more sense and I have loved everything that I have test driven with that tranny; they’re just so much more responsive.

To those of you outside of US, how is Mitsu doing there? In the US, they’re struggling to keep alive. They’re product offering here would have been competitive 5-6 yrs ago but it’s seriously lagging by today’s standards and I can’t see how they can stay afloat with their sales number dwindling to their current levels.

By: Fromes

Fromes — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:55:26 +0000

I kinda agree with F3INT))AP3X while I love driving stick (both my vehicles are stick) you cant argue that the new Dual Clutch Gear boxes give you many of the benefits of a stick with out many of the downsides too.

By: Borat

Borat — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:14:00 +0000

I even don’t know why bother with this article. The car will not be sold in US and aimed at UK (right hand drive). I swear I haven’t seen Mitsubishi in London, I am not saying they don’t exist there, but I have not observed one. So how many do they plan to sell? They sold whopping what 10K cars in all of US last year. They’ll be better off assembling Zero for collectors: more sales and more profits

By: F3INT))AP3X

F3INT))AP3X — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:34:45 +0000

You can call SST and paddle shifters boring if you want Andre but there is no denying that they are faster and better not to mention they are beyond human error. I don’t care how good anyone is at driving a manual, everyone has missed a shift before; and this car misses none, ever, period. Combine that with the ability to use left foot braking and all of a sudden SST doesn’t sound so boring, and if it does then that just means your a stubborn purist who will be living in the past. I mean it’s always the same argument, “I like manual because I have a mechanical connection with the car and can throw my own gears etc etc.” This is fine and very purist indeed, but is it not also a very purist thing to love going as fast as possible? The SST and transmissions like it cannot be challenged by any manual (provided both drivers are similar in skill of course), so one could argue that to be purist in the sense of going as fast as you can you NEED paddle shifting. I am not trying to clown on the manual drivers in here, I am just wishing that some of you could give dual clutch paddle transmissions their credit instead of just going on and on about how nothing will ever be as good or as fun as a manual gearbox because honestly even if that is a large number of you it still makes you all sound a bit ignorant. I mean you guys make it sound like going fast has had its day already, as if it was only about getting on the road and shifting as many gears by hand as possible. I don’t know about you guys but I enjoy going fast, faster, faster than the other guy; how I do it is mostly irrelevant in the regards to how I control my inputs, paddles or manual or buttons on the steering while like an F1 I don’t care, as long as it is the fastest.

By: Madcapp

Madcapp — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:25:45 +0000

Type R, Spec V, JDM, DOHC, Nihon, Dragonball

By: shane train

shane train — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:20:28 +0000

Thanks for bringing it to Ameri….. oh wait.

By: Andre Neves

Andre Neves — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:10:08 +0000

Take that goddamn boring transmission and throw in a 5 or 6 speed manual for crying out loud. Then, of course, bring it overseas.

By: Fletch

Fletch — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:29:49 +0000

Oh, they bought a Cobb Accessport?