RE: Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX FQ-340
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rsvmilly said:
rsvmilly said:
Just as jeans are jeans but didn't Levis get their own way to some extent? You can still buy them a fair bit cheaper now, though.
It didn't work with the Japanese bike manufaturers. In the early nineties a Fireblade was near on 10K but parallel importers did them for nearer 7-8K. Nowadays, bike prices are a good 20% cheaper than they were ten or so years ago (more when taking account of inflation).
It`s not just about driving prices down i`ts about having the choice to buy more specialist models that are NOT available as UK cars, such as Forester STI`s, EVO9 GT`s, EVO9 wagons, where would you have bought an EVO5 back in 1998?????
It's a combination of driving prices down to more worldwide averages through competition and the ability to drive more unusual models. After all, if it wasn't for the importers, there would be no Evos at all in the UK.
Apparently, Mitsubishi started the action because importers were bringing in lower spec L100s from Thailand. For further reading;
http://lancerregister.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=82478
EXACTLY!
The Colt Car Company aren`t going to get very excited about selling 100 non AYC, light weight EVO`s, but a small independent, enthusiastic dealer might!
Thanks to those dealers some of us have been able to own cars that would otherwise be unavailable!
Gazboy said:It is something of an ambition of mine to drive a Getz! It's on my list of things to do, just below Japanese twins.
Gazboy said:
Ok! But my God are you getting the shitty end of the deal!
Indeed Getz for an Evo is a swap I'd be partial too if I owned the Getz.....
Nice to see Mitsi are still perservering with their old formula. All of the japanese 'supercar' manufacturers (eg Nissan: GTR, Toyota: Supra and Honda: NSX) are going a bit too 'Euro' for my liking. By that I mean swapping twin turbocharged sixes and the like for bloody electric motors in the wheels (which the '35 GTR might have), and ditching the aggressive 'big arches and flared guards' for flat, uninspiring (or ugly, in the case of the GTR Proto)...Euro designs. ARRRRRGGGGHHH!!!!! I must say when news of the '35 GTR first came out, I was expecting a bewinged and big guards V35, but I guess I was wrong. But back to Mitsi. Still going with the trubo 4G63, AWD, and generally mean styling. Top stuff Mitsubishi!!!
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