Mitsubishi still makes cars?
Photograph Courtesy Mitsubishi
If it wore a Mitsubishi badge and needed to go fast on tarmac, dirt or even snow, Ralliart is who you went to.
The brand had been fairly active in Mitsubishi’s lineup until the early 2000s, with the seventh-gen Lancer being one of the last models to wear a Ralliart badge here in the United States.
Now, however, the brand is being revived. Not much information has been revealed at this time, but this information comes from a single slide from the carmaker’s 2020 financial results presentation:
The two images at least hint that the L200 pickup truck could be getting a dedicated Ralliart package or trim, as well as some go-fast bits for current Mitsubishi models. There is also no confirmation that any of these plans could trickle across the ocean to North America, though we are keeping our fingers crossed.
As Mitsubishi’s performance and motorsports division, Ralliart was responsible for twelve wins at the Dakar Rally and the 1998 WRC Manufacture’s Championship
Mitsubishi still makes cars?
In reply to CyberEric :
Yeah that make the electric golf cart, errrr.....iMEV. And the Eclipse which is now a crossover.
edit: The iMEV has been dead for a while now
So I'm guessing "Ralliart" will be an ev sedan with zero sporting intentions.
If I had to take my best guess, Mitsubishi will probably try to go the TRD Tacoma/Tundra/Sequoia or Ridgeline HPD route.
With that being said, I'm totally on board with seeing some kind of performance added back into the lineup. I might not first in line to buy a Ralliart version of the Eclipse Cross, but it'll at least pique my interest more than what Mitsubishi is currently offering.
Alright, just spitballin' here, but what if Mitsu does what Toyota is too scared to do and brings a hot little AWD car with a MT to the states!? Idk, name or something synonymous with constant change, maybe "progress", "agile sprint", "evolution"? Idk, just me over here with silly ideas.
Looks like their US line is down to the Outlander (which is now a rebadged Nissan?), Outlander Sport, Eclipse Cross, and Mirage.
A boosted to the moon Mirage with a sport suspension package could be interesting. Add AWD and you might have yourself a worthy Lancer EVO successor, although it appears Mitsubishi is bound and determined to build one that is as unworthy as possible.
I hink the last Ralliart in the US if I remember was the Ralliart Galant which had approximately zero performance parts and was a FWD auto v6. As a GVR4 owner at the time, I was hoping for a reboot and then we got that garbage.
In reply to crankwalk (Forum Supporter) :
The forum handle speaks to the commitment and loyalty to the brand.
In reply to MadScientistMatt :
Wasn't the first Evo basically an extra spicy Mirage?
crankwalk (Forum Supporter) said:I hink the last Ralliart in the US if I remember was the Ralliart Galant which had approximately zero performance parts and was a FWD auto v6. As a GVR4 owner at the time, I was hoping for a reboot and then we got that garbage.
Was that before or after the Lancer Ralliart in the early 00s?
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