Report: Mitsubishi developing new standalone hybrid Evo successor
 

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Mention the name [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/mitsubishi/"]Mitsubishi[/URL] to different people and you'll likely get two startling different images. Environmentalists will focus on the company's strides in developing EVs, while performance enthusiasts will point you toward the [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/mitsubishi/lancer+evolution/"]Lancer Evolution[/URL]. The prevailing wisdom was that Mitsubishi would cancel the latter to concentrate on the former, but the latest intel suggests that the two will be reconciled with a new Evo around the corner.

Although Mitsubishi is reportedly working to streamline its lineup from 23 models on 12 different platforms to 13 models on 7 by 2016, the next Evo will stand as an exception. Like [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/subaru/"]Subaru[/URL] did with the formerly [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/subaru/impreza/"]Impreza[/URL]-based [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/subaru/wrx/"]WRX[/URL] (or for that matter [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/nissan/"]Nissan[/URL] with the formerly [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/nissan+skyline/"]Skyline[/URL]-based [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/nissan/gtr/"]GT-R[/URL]), the new Evo won't have anything to do with the next Lancer, which itself will be based on a [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/category/renault/"]Renault[/URL]-Nissan platform.

On that unique platform, Mitsubishi is likely to install a small direct-injection turbo engine (potentially a diesel) that could be based on the 1.1-liter, three-cylinder turbo engine in the [URL="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/11/21/mitsubishi-xr-phev-concept-tokyo-2013-video/"]XR-PHEV concept[/URL] we saw in Tokyo, supplemented by small electric motors with lightweight batteries and driving all four wheels through an enhanced version of the company's Super All-Wheel Control system. As to whether the Evo name will carry over, that remains to be seen, but if these reports prove accurate, its spirit could very much live on.[URL="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/16/mitsubishi-evo-hybrid-report/"]Mitsubishi developing new standalone hybrid Evo successor[/URL] originally appeared on [URL="http://www.autoblog.com"]Autoblog[/URL] on Mon, 16 Dec 2013 11:29:00 EST. Please see our [URL="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/"]terms for use of feeds[/URL].

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