A friend of mine works for a VERY VERY large company who buy SHED loads of mitsubishi's and they offered him one for the weekend as a "trial" basically so he could thrash it and have fun....a sweetner for buying so many mitsubishi's !!!

 

Hawkeye,put your name down for the MR450!!,also the MR which as the same as any high performance jap car doesnt loosen up to around 10000miles,and knowing the idiots who do the FQ upgrades wouldnt surprise me if it was down on boost,most FQs need the intercooler pipes retightening due to loss of boost.

 

holy cow mr450!!!! me thinks i like the sounds of that??? wheres the info on it

 

its going to be a limited edition before the 9 comes out next year,dont know exactly how much though somewhere around £40.000!!

 

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm now im thinking of changing!!!!!!!!!!

 

Joking aside, do you think Mitsu are putting out the MR450 because they are in such dire financial trouble? Basically its the last chance saloon for Mitsu.

 

dont think 30 MR450s will make much difference,there was a link somewhere about mitsis problems being sorted.

 

could be i hope they do bring it out and they do sort their finances out. I cant see them going bust mind you if they do a lot of mitsubishi will be pi$$ed off big time, only time will tell..............im gonna keep a look out for one of these if they are around.......1 problem my good lady

Paul .... im thinking of changing my car..... good lady.... gr8 is the new car quieter, er No is the new car more practical er no is the new car slower er no is the new car cheaper er no more economical er no

WHY THE HELL DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE er yes dear

 

Chrysler pulled out and a consortium of banks have taken over, no returns and they will pull the plug. America is a big problem especially with Mitsus court case they really arent trusted over there.

 

The 450 is being launched to celebrate 30 years of colt cars in the UK Hence 30 cars

 

To shore up MMC's financial standing, a capital enhancement of 450 billion yen will be carried out with 270 billion yen coming from Mitsubishi group companies, 10 billion yen from MMC's strategic partner China Motor Corporation (CMC), and 170 billion yen from the market. Preferred shares totaling 140 billion yen will be issued to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Corporation, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, and other Mitsubishi group companies, while The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Corporation will swap 130 billion yen of debt for equity. Funds procured from the market will come from plans to issue 70 billion yen1 in common stock to Phoenix Capital and 100 billion yen in preferred shares to J.P. Morgan Securities

 

if thats the case the 450 could be the car for me

 

This months autocar has a test involving the MR320 and the WR1...the 320 beat the WR1 around the track by 2 seconds...which isn't bad.

Autocar's description of the evo... 'it doesn't accelerate up the road, it explodes into the horizon on a wave of torque and grip. It shatters any worthy arguement, this car; any image worries or real-world hypothesis. Nothing woudl be quicker across roads like these'

times

Evo - 51.65 secs
WR1 - 53.40 secs

 

Lol @ Hawkeye and his Missus,Know how you feel mate,and i bet i'm not the only one.

Mac.

 

'Ere Kyl3cook, finish the sentence lest you be accused of bias! The article goes on thus:

'except perhaps the Impreza, with a more loopy driver. Traditionally, the Impreza has been the saner car, a bit more road-friendly and easier going for day-to-day motoring. But this model is almost as barking as the Evo, at least in power.'

 

yes true, it does...I apologise...although it couldn't be true judging by the lap times ...but now finish yours

 

Heres the rest of it

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3734565.stm

 

things look on the up for mitsubishi especially if the rumoured 400bhp beast comes out!! 400bhp and a warranty cant say fairer than that. The ***** in subaru's court to beat it ....... 3 litre six in the imprezza or the 2.5 american unit would be their only hope...... interesting times ahead

 

Yeah, but at 40K plus

There are much better cars out there for 40K plus, certainly much better than either a Subaru or Mitsubishi.

And before I get flung out the fecking door, I currently own an MY02 STI, and have been a loyal Subaru customer for the past 6 years.....Ah bless!

Cheers

Shaun

 

depends what you want out of a car

1 evo would be a five seater
2 3 year warranty and new
3 Damm fast and handles well

what else would get near this for say £40,000

and exclusivity only 30 being made!!!


and i too drive an MY02sti and very happy with it