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Review: 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Ralliart takes aim at the competition

There has always been a glaringly obvious gap in Mitsubishi's current Lancer lineup. On the bottom is the... Lancer, a biggish-for-its-class economy car that no one particularly likes – at least that's what the sales charts would indicate. It's slow, filled with cheap plastics and dull. It hasn't even proven to be all that reliable by Japanese small-car standards, but at least it looks good. At the top of the heap and on a wholly different plane sits the Lancer Evolution. It's the giant-slayer, David, the little car that humbles supercars. It's also the hottest of the rally-inspired ... Read More

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    Detroit 2008: 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart... we're sold
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    click above image to view more high-res images of the Lancer RalliartMitsubishi has made up for the crimes it perpetrated on enthusiasts with the last two generations of the Lancer Ralliart. In atonement for its sins, it's fitted the new Ralliart with a detuned version of the 4B11T pulled from the Evolution X, producing 235 hp and an unknown amount of ...

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    2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart snapped in parking lot
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    Click image to enlargeAccording to poster jmk2888 at the EvolutionM.net forums, the car you see here is indeed the 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart. The poster, who indicates that he works for Mitsubishi in California, says that the car was in the lot briefly but is now "on the way to an auto show." Funny, we happen to be going to an auto show next week, so ...

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    VIDEO: Mitsubishi Lancer reveal in Detroit
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    For those of you that weren't around to witness Mitsubishi's theatrical reveal of the Lancer on January 8th, the webcast from lancerproject.com has been posted on YouTube.If you're looking for all the details about the upcoming Lancer sedan and its rally-bred brother, the Prototype X, we've got it covered. Literally. Click here for the Lancer and here for ...

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    Detroit Auto Show: Diesel-powered Lancer due by 2010
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    Our man Mike, from our green sibling site, was on hand when Takashi Nishioka, Mitsubishi chairman, unveiled the 2008 Lancer. Just before disrobing the newest iteration of Mitsu's compact sedan, he announced that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was currently developing a four-cylinder diesel mill, which should find its way under the hood of the Lancer and the ...

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    Detroit Auto Show: 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer
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    click above image to view 78 images in our high-resolution galleryThe latest expression of Mitsubishi Motors' recovery from its DaimlerChrysler addiction is the 2008 Lancer. With the company's net income "in the black" and positive response to new products in Japan, Mitsubishi appears poised to regain some of the prestige its products enjoyed in the ...

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    Detroit Auto Show: Mitsubishi Prototype X concept
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    UPDATE: Additional 33 live shots added to the gallery for a total of 109 high-res shots! click above image to view an incredible gallery of 109 high-resolution images var digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/offbeat_news/Mitsubishi_Prototype_X_The_EVO_of_the_future/'; Highly anticipated by fans of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, a preview of what we can ...

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    Mitsubishi announces webcast for Lancer/Prototype X unveiling in Detroit
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    Mitsubishi has to items on the menu for the 2007 North American International Auto Show: the unveiing of the all-new Lancer and the debut of the Prototype X Concept that will preview for us the look of the next generation EVO sedan. We'll be on hand, of course, to watch the unveiling live, but you can too thanks to a handy webcast Mitsubishi is setting up ...

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    Mitsubishi Prototype X Concept previews next gen Lancer EVO
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    The plebeian versions of the Lancer sedan were unveiled to us earlier this week, but the base DE, ES and mildly sporty GTS models are not the versions in which we are particularly interested. That model would be the legendary EVO, and while we're still not privy to its production version yet, Mitsubishi will be bringing this Prototype X Concept to the North ...

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    Even more details on the Lancer
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    As we've mentioned previously, a lucky group of journos got the chance to take the new Mitsubishi Lancer out for a spin earlier this week. The downside was that no one could give any details about the experience, nor any of the hard data they surely received in their press packet, until the embargo has been lifted later this year.However, our man who hails ...

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    Spy Shots: 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer
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    UPDATE: These are fakes, the originals can be found here and here.Mitsubishi has already told us that it will debut the all-new 2008 Lancer at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in early January. Our sources tell us that Mitsubishi doesn't have a shot in hell of keeping this thing secret until then, and this morning we find that the ...

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