brooks

Looks like they are going head to head with the WRX:

The tighter regulations mean the gas-guzzling turbo engine has had to be strangled slightly, so the importer has stripped it of some of the sophisticated technology and will offer the VIII at a bargain price rumoured to be £22,000 - that's £8,000 less than the current model - when it goes on sale in the spring. Then it'll be up to the new owner to uprate the power with dealer-fitted aftermarket kits, which will offer various outputs up to around 320bhp.

From Auto Express

sillysi

And it comes with 270BHP standard, with the option for about £2K to take it upto 320BHP!

STI MAN

I thought the 'strangled' UK version was 220Bhp???



I'd still like the AYC fitted as standard though, as that's one of the more useful parts isn't it?

sillysi

From what I have read they have got it under the emission laws and still kept 270BHP.

brooks

That's how it reads to me silly Si.

STI MAN

Time to sell both the STi's then methinks!

stephen emery

Very intresting whens it due???? steve bet it turns out to be more cash if not then be daft not to take a look steve

STI MAN

I'd prefer the petrol tank to be a bit larger though!

jfrf

think they have made the tank larger from 40 to 55 litres

STI MAN

I think it needs a 70 litre one, so you won't need the 'in flight fuel plane' in front all the time

brooks

Auto Express dont give the release date.

EvoRSX

£22k Evo VIII is only the RS version with small wheels and tiny brakes, no aircon or climate control, no ABS and no AYC.

Basic 'Road' model with 17" wheels and Brembo 4 pot brakes, aircon etc is around £27k

Have a look at http://www.litimports.co.uk

Andy

sillysi

Andy,

Are Litchfields cars not the import versions whereas the official UK supplied car from Mitsubishi dealers will be the one shown in AutoExpress?

Si.

EvoRSX

Si,
If you look at the original post from AExpress you will see that it talks about 'an importer'.

I presume that this is talking about Litchfields and not Mitsi UK because Mitsi have not announced the prices whereas Litchfields have.

Also the link between the 'stripping of the electronics' ties in quite well with the spec of the bog standard RS which, according to Litchfields website, is going to be priced at around £22k on the road.

Seems to all add up to me though I may be wrong.

Andy

sillysi

Andy,

It's difficult to tell from the review who actually is the 'importer'. When they say 'importer' I read it to be the USA 'importer'. The car in the review is the one the USA is getting but they also seem to infer that it is the same as we are going to get. Time will tell but even the stripped out RS @ £22K is a bargain IMO.

Si.

EvoRSX

Si,
It is difficult to say but the 'stripped out' RS model usually comes with tiny 15" steel wheels and really small single pot brakes, no ABS, no AYC etc etc etc. It's built to be sold as a base model for a rally car hence you will be changing the brakes/wheels etc and don't really want AYC/ABS etc etc. It's OK for £22k if you want a rally car but don't expect Evo performance on the road to compare with other Evos when yu have 15" wheels and single pot brakes.

Andy

Silver Knight

Mitsubishi/Colt cars evo8 will be to GSR spec 280bhp and expect the importers to be very unhappy about the price.

Full info at autosport show next week including prices,they do have one on the stand but its an american version so front bumper will be smaller for European cars.

No desicion has been made about 220bhp version.

Defiant STI

For those that are interested and assuming they haven't been posted already, a few EVO 8 pic's..

http://forums.evolutionm.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11930

IMHO it looks great



[Edited by Defiant STI - 1/3/2003 11:15:46 PM]