Report: Mitsubishi Evo successor on hold?
 

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Just take one look at Mitsubishi's latest vehicles, both concept and production, and it's obvious that fuel economy - not performance - reigns supreme. With this in mind, it shouldn't be too much of a surprise that [I]Caradvice.com.au[/I] is suggesting that [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/mitsubishi/"]Mitsubishi[/URL] is putting development of future performance models (like the [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/mitsubishi/lancer+evolution/"]2013 Lancer Evolution GSR[/URL] shown above) on hold as the company focuses on electric and plug-in vehicles.

In speaking with Mitsubishi managing director of product projects Ryugo Nakao at the [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/tokyo-motor-show/"]Tokyo Motor Show[/URL], the publication says that the entire [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/mitsubishi/lancer/"]Lancer[/URL] redesign is on hold, meaning that the aging Lancer Evo and Ralliart will have to contend with fresh performance models like the [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/volkswagen/gti/"]Volkswagen GTI[/URL] and [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/subaru/wrx/"]Subaru WRX[/URL]. That being said, the article doesn't completely shut the door on another Evo - in fact, it goes on to indicate that when a new generation does hit the streets, it will almost certainly do so with some sort of electric-assisted powertrain, an [URL="http://green.autoblog.com/2013/07/24/mitsubishi-working-on-500-horsepower-hybrid-evo/"]oft-repeated[/URL] [URL="http://green.autoblog.com/2011/10/21/mitsubishi-evo-xi-to-get-diesel-hybrid-powertrain-in-2014/"]rumor[/URL] that got its legs [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/21/motor-trend-details-2013-mitsubishi-evolution-xis-plug-i/"]as early as 2010[/URL].[URL="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/11/22/mitsubishi-evo-successor-on-hold/"]Mitsubishi Evo successor on hold?[/URL] originally appeared on [URL="http://www.autoblog.com"]Autoblog[/URL] on Fri, 22 Nov 2013 13:45:00 EST. Please see our [URL="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/"]terms for use of feeds[/URL].

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