New Lancer Ralliart is to have 260hp and is AWD

[Jecht]

Its supposedly to combat the regular WRX. I think its awesome.

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/24/mitsubishi-lancer-ralliart-to-have-260-hp-engine-evo-ixs-awd/

[SandM]

i read the article on the evo x today, and since it will have the same driveline i will still decide that i dont like the car. it lost all its raw personality. it will be slightly faster on the track, but i would rather have the feel of the last two.
although, its got a lighter drivetrain and more power..... evo MR has a paddle shift short-tronic style tranny :(

[Alan®]

kickass we have neeeded this for a long time i wounder what the sticker will be like on it though cause the regular lance now is 22 which means that the price on the regular lanver would have to come down and then fall in the middle some where around 25 or the prive on the evo wil go up to around 37-38k and make this one somewhere arund 32k

[SandM]

exo x gsr is supposed to start around $30k with 290hp

[Thighs]

kickass we have neeeded this for a long time i wounder what the sticker will be like on it though cause the regular lance now is 22 which means that the price on the regular lanver would have to come down and then fall in the middle some where around 25 or the prive on the evo wil go up to around 37-38k and make this one somewhere arund 32k

lay off the booze.

anyways, thats awesome. they needed a car like that.

[R32Dragon]

260 hp? I wonder if its gonna be NA or turbo.

[SandM]

uhh.... 2.0 will prob be N/A. mitsu hasnt quite figured out the all might N/A 4-banga

[Jecht]

260 hp? I wonder if its gonna be NA or turbo.

Article says 2.5 liter turbo 4 cylinder.

[R32Dragon]

Well, sounds like with a couple of bolt-ons and a boost increase and this thing could be pushing over 270-280hp at the wheels.

[Oz10]

I always wondered why they didn't make ralliart lancers AWD.

[§treet_§peed]

lol at how they started making more and more cars with JDM looking front ends

[man]

lol at how they started making more and more cars with JDM looking front ends

Ummm... what?

[SandM]

Article says 2.5 liter turbo 4 cylinder.

now, i may be wrong, but i believe both the ralliart and evo will come with the turbo 4B11 aluminum block motors. those are 2.0l are they not?

[IronEagle]

30K? I hope not. To compete against base WRX we need it to come in under $25k for a mid option model.

[danielkim]

30K? I hope not. To compete against base WRX we need it to come in under $25k for a mid option model.

i was thinking the same thing......

[§treet_§peed]

Ummm... what? joo kno what i meanz!!!!

[driftyboy]

Cool idea to make the Ralliart rival the WRX, still think all the new Lancers look horrible though. Eh.. now that I think about it, they look better than the new WRXs...

- Drifty