RALLI-TIME: Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart Sportback @ the Track

[CaptObvious75]

Anyone with half a brain will know that a decent set of tires will wake this car up. The stock tires that come with the Ralliart are pure garbage. Best mod dollar for dollar

[DontTakeItCirrusly]

@CaptObvious75 Would you reccomend a wider tire in the same series or a better/wider tire altogether? If so, which tire? My buddy uses Michelin Pilot Sports in 215 and he stands by them, they have to make them for everyone, not just those in a hot climate..

[CaptObvious75]

@DontTakeItCirrusly For a good price tire, best bang for buck are the Hankook Ventus V12 Evo K110. Look them up... very good tire for the price

[DontTakeItCirrusly]

@CaptObvious75 I'm more in the market for bang, than I am buck. I do need all season though, would it perform better with just the wider tires, or better tires? I guess the weight reduction would help as well. . .

[ColdNapalm42]

@DontTakeItCirrusly Going with 18x8 and using 235 potenzas will make a world of differance in this car. Before reducing weight, I would say get sway bars,coilover(if you have the bucks)/springs(if you don't...swifts are pretty nice) and casters. Those will give you pretty good improvements for not a lot of money in suspension.

[DontTakeItCirrusly]

@ColdNapalm42 I appreciate your feedback, I've looked into larger sway bars, as well as fatter tires, however, I do actually use it for gravel gunning, and lowering the car isn't a real option... I've also heard Yokohama's are best for gravel, due to their softer compound in most occasions. I'm thinking a 235 on the factory wheels, then an intercooler sprayer unit. I'm not sure which sway bar to get first, the front or back, and would like to experiment with having upgraded versions of both..

[ColdNapalm42]

@DontTakeItCirrusly The stock rims really shouldn't use 235s. Using extra wide tires like that means your wall are being held rigid by air only and not rims. That will kinda ruin the point of wider tires as tires held up by air only won't perform as well as ones held up properly by rims. You could do maybe 225 on stock, but not really 235. Thicker back will make your car track better on tarmac, front on gravel and snow. thicker front = understeer, thicker back = oversteer. Both = just more ;)

[mrcoder]

Of course it is probably an easy matter for an owner to do it yourself upgrade with the tires and sway bars so maybe the Ralliart is a sleeper if you know what I mean.

[mrcoder]

The Ralliart handling looks just as floaty and floppy as the GTS which I own. They should have upgraded the shocks and tires and added thicker sway bars to justify the price, and to match the 70 hp more which the Ralliart provides over the GTS. Mitsu seems to have made no attempt to upgrade the handling in the Ralliart which is a shame since the GTS is such a great little car but it's not a performance car. The Ralliart is a performance car in terms of engine and drivetrain for sure.

[AnTHoNyB1125]

ive seen these do 14.2 in a 1/4 mile stock

[coolerdude44]

i'm very disappointed by these numbers... a golf gti seems to be a better buy, although this is slightly more practical i guess.

[Devastator771]

@coolerdude44 honestly i'd just go with a WRX.

[coolerdude44]

@Devastator771 why? a wrx is slower than a golf gti despite having more power and more-wheel drive, as proven by fifth gear. also, the golf has a much higher quality feel to the interior.

[Devastator771]

@coolerdude44 "More wheel drive" doesn't give a car more power or make it faster, only quicker out of the trap.

Yes but after a few bolt ons n tune you will smoke a gti

And the gti is ugly as fuck imo, and doesn't have a WRC background like mitsubishi and subaru.

If your buying a sports car interior really is the last thing to worry about unless ALL you do is commute.

its all personal opinion, i drive an 05 wrx.

And you won't know which car is best for you until you drive it YOURSELF.

[coolerdude44]

@Devastator771 i don't see how you can call the gti ugly and the wrx good looking, but what ever, to each his own.

i've driven a gti, haven't driven a wrx, though. i wouldn't call either a sports car per se, if i wanted that, i'd buy a mazda mx5 or genesis coupe. a hot hatch is supposed to be an all-rounder, something that can do everything, so while you could make that argument in a corvette, you can't really make it in a wrx.

[Devastator771]

@coolerdude44 Well seeing as the WRX has a big brother that is a full blown, world renowned race car,(or used to be before they droped out of the wrc) that's where my sports car argument comes in.

But yeah i hate the new imprezas, which is why i drive an 05.

To me Evos and imprezas will always be in a league of their own because of the wrc background, which is why i wouldn't compare them to anything else.

[kenmastersmaster]

@coolerdude44 ugh, the 200hp piece of shit gti does 0-60 in 7s. way slower than both the wrx and ralliart

[coolerdude44]

@kenmastersmaster yeah it's quicker than a straight line, but these cars were all built for handling. around a track, the gti is quicker because it's faster around the corners and can put its power down better despite having only front wheel drive

[kenmastersmaster]

@coolerdude44 u fucking kid, awd proves superior on the track. no fwd garbage can compete with the evo or the ralliart.

[coolerdude44]

@kenmastersmaster look up fifth gear gti vs. wrx. i was surprised too, but the gti is lighter and it just puts its power down better. the bottom line is that you simply don't need 4wd when you're talking about 250 bhp or less.

[kenmastersmaster]

@coolerdude44 lol a cunt reviewed that video. are you going to believe what a cunt thinks? fuck fifth gear AUSTRALIA

awd or gtfo

[speedgeek123]

ugh 215's -.-

[ponyskick]

poor you...I should throw pennies at you.

[soulcalibur22]

your hooker sister = WHORE and Overpriced

(yes even @ 75 cents for a : blow suck fuck smack and facial. its way to much.)

[cenagod]

LMAO.. did you actually spent almost 40K for one these overpirced POS??

so...how does it feal to know that a 20K SRT-4 will leave you eating dust??

[soulcalibur22]

no but your sister is still in fact a whore.

and SRT anything is garbage.

[coolerdude44]

@cenagod lmfaooo!!!! how does it feel to know that the srt-4 has 85 more horsepower than a golf gti, yet is literally 5 seconds slower around willow springs raceway?

[goofypowerallday]

wrx is better

[Whispershade]

They should had worked more on making a proper manual transmission rather than a wagon. Lancers will always be best in sedan flavor in my opinion.

[Camilian66]

I was looking for a hot hatch (with auto mode for the misses) and even waited 9 months for the Golf MK6 GTI to be released. Took both for a test drive and ran back to Mitsubishi and ordered a ralliart (2 month wait). Also the comes with 5 year warranty and road side assist plus 10 year warranty on drive train and engine. Ps was not that impressed with the Golf just felt wrong and the speedo so hard to read.

[undeadkillers]

I own one and the performance is great but the lights at the bad are hideous untill at night the whole looks fabulous.

[splintsd]

Just bought this. I also have an S2000 so i wasn't looking for another race car.

The thing they dont show you is this car kills the STI/WRX in comfort/features. I drove them all and went with this because it has room to put all my gear in and is still fun to drive... Plus Recaro seats, paddle shifters, 700w audio with sub... And its more than fast enough for daily driving.

This was meant to go up against the WRX hatchback, not the STI. 10K less than an STI or Evo.

[NasahrSandi9]

@splintsd Is this the ralliart refined and does it feel fast? I just need to know because I don't if its worth to spend the extra money and go for a evo as my first.

[DontTakeItCirrusly]

@splintsd It's tough to compare a 6 speed dual clutch to a Subaru 4 speed.

[TacoManTuesday]

Rock on MITSU! WOOT!

[nigghtwalker]

i love mitsu..but i think they must change that rear...it looks like a $10000 car..-.-

[vietcongak47]

need a better spring like wrx and retuned on da brake

[czf21]

i like the evo is way better that one Sucks everything the body

[senser1080]

It's mildly quick but nothing great at all.

[DestroyerXD]

WOWOOWOWOW!!! I was waiting for this car and now I see it being tested. I think that is one ugly looking car. I mean the front end is fine, but the rear is really unpleasant to look at. Mitsubishi shouldn't be making wagons. Leave that to Subaru. They make the best looking wagons around. xD

[SinaPouya90]

oh god look at 0:16,the front end wants to fly!

[HassanMansour555]

Man, what is the point of that car. I pulled up in dat to the KFC and brothers would throw chicken wings at me then light me up. Punk ass white man's car. Shiiiiiiiiiiit.

[isaacd101]

im really not impressed

[XCarnage9367X]

yeah thats one ugly piece of shit

[MustangTaichou]

suck ass version

[oddfigure]

wow. this looks like a pimple. What an ugly design.

[RandumbXD]

watch it randomly pop

[rudolphna54]

I'm wondering if Mitsu has sorted out their terrible transmissions, cheap valve stem guides, and fixed their fuel injector problems.

[gengiz]

this car ia competing with the base wrx not the sti the evo is the sti equivalent

[seph95]

looks like a cross-over SUV that was "slammed"

[lyvvracingtou]

sport back more like station wagon

[DonkeyFuck]

Don't lean towards ugliness!! keep the sedans!

[skyman95946]

Remember people this is a ralliart not a evo. Its a cheap car for what you get and I have a feeling people won't notice that when they judge it.

[NinjaForeChrist]

interesting but really a sports car...?..

[imjustme2131]

they're trying to be like the STI.

[nugget254]

not bad

[EuroTunerX314]

ugly , there trying to copy subaru but its not worken

[viper2788]

ugly, but still better looking than the new sti.

[sonyeddie]

no.

[viper2788]

you win. im still not convinced.

[EuroTunerX314]

i dont even know man the back ugly as balls =/

[bertito43]

OMG what an ugly car.

[bailmeout]

wow they ruined the lancer............

[VXLBeast]

Not digging the styling.

[ilikenarutoalot]

first nigahigahiga

[wideopen704]

terrible skidpad, terrible slalom, terrible braking, terrible car.

[DCN1234567]

What a terrible skidpad performance. It must have truly awful tires. I bet the weight doesn't help either.

[hdskull]

Why are people referring to this car as an EVO... It's NOT an EVO.

[HaloNerd3]

Mitsubishi should have stuck to the original design.....a wagon. But this one is trying to attack the WRX and isnt really doin so good. The old EVO wagons from japan were true EVO's with extra cargo space....

[loneshark2000]

this isnt an EVO its a Lancer.

[sdlausen]

This car is nice but in my opinion, its a bit too heavy.

[GerryK61]

It looks better than the Subaru.

[ooorEVOlutionIXooo]

Lancer Sportsback - the greatest mitsake Mitsubishi ever made :(

I really do like the new EVO but not the Sportsback...

[AliGhanizad]

when i saw d back for the first time in this vid, i was like "wtf" lol

[sspope]

This only shows that Mitsubishi EVO doesn't have all that good suspension or natural balance.

All its performance comes from its rear torque spliting differential that basically steers the rear wheels helping eliminating the understeer.

[supratrdlova]

its not a fucking evo

[sspope]

ORLY Cpt. Obvious? You're entirely missing my point, you know?

[tven99]

it looks good but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­O...

i dont like cars which copy each others rivals... they just ruined it.. making a hatch back evo.

[andrezor24]

trying to get the whole subaru wrx look....

[jwblada]

handling and stopping performance numbers are pretty bad

[JSlShow]

Might as well just get the Evo, it's like a couple thousand from it. LoL

[MazdamusPrime]

ahhh the lancer ate an alfa romeo!

[007johnie]

i like the last lancer wagon they had in japan better

[deerguy14]

yea what about subi's they look kinda alike

[BlackTransAmdude]

Is Mitsubishi trying to copy Subaru with the sportback thing?

[ferret6677]

The front end is so ugly. The new WRXs are butt ass ugly also.

[DONNYBOYY28]

Whats all this sport hatch back bullcrap!!

[charles125]

I know wtf?

[linkdarkshadow]

...ew, and people thought that the new Lancer look was ugly, wait until the see this.

But in all seriousness, I prefer the WRX. Because it looks right and its compact, this car... it looks as if they made it bigger than the seda version.

[charles125]

I know, this is thing is hideous!!!

[lrmvProductions]

the only thing thats better than a mitsubishi evo is a mitsubishi evo sportback!

[car852]

i didnt realize these cars were that slow..

[stigger91]

I never thought I'd be seeing a Lancer hatchback -or Sportback.

[car852]

theyve been around since 2004...

[stigger91]

Wow.... I've never heard about it or seen if before.

[car852]

yeah but the older ones like like hell. haha. go to Google images and type in 2004 lancer sportback. you'll see what i mean.

[stigger91]

I know I did.... which explains why this is new to me haha

[ironchopsticks]

only thing respectable was the slalom, everything else sucked.

[NismoPWNS]

Is the station wagon bodystyle getting popular again? theres the panamera, MKT, CTS sport wagon, wat the hell is going on?

[FrostedCold]

Hatchback...not station wagon

[NismoPWNS]

ya, just figured it out, thx

[modding69]

How much HP in this car? please reply

[XxESKIMOxX]

why not just google it?

[FrostedCold]

about 230bhp

[Z3RO0RD1E]

237. Looked it up in the Motor Trend that came today.

[modding69]

thank you :)

[snare94]

this car just sucks

[FrostedCold]

Good acceleration but damn...even my 2004 Mazda3 handles better than that!! For shame Mitsu....for shame...

[FerrariandBMW]

Mazda3 is way too good somehow, always. It sometimes even beats Subaru.

[driftaDK]

good handling though.............

[Atheismrulez]

Wow, that's terrible.  The WRX hatchback runs circles around this.

[mrjost55]

that looks pretty awful especially with that face. The slalom is terrible, so much body roll

[ronzilla3000]

the back reminds me of a venza. Iwish they had a coupe . then Iwould buy!!!

[jobranLB]

impreza wanna be

[SLK350fast]

Do one with the WRX

[812Horsepower]

subaru beats this hardly

[sokkarul1]

Aww. That did they do to this car?!? Its uglier than my aunties hairy ass mole :P

[IAmSamThatIAM]

Wait! You've seen your Auntie's harry ass mole? Can I see too?

[thugnut94]

do you look at your aunties hairy ass mole a lot? because that's gross

[bennychan723]

its hould called Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart uglyback

[ozy18708]

sadly its slow ad ugly

[silvershadow169]

The back looks like a Chevrolet Optra5

[maserati199]

I do not like the back very much

[EXPExplorer94]

Nice exterior, but this car hates performance... I thought this car would do a 5.0secs and more than 65mph in slalom.

[Pezdetz666]

This isn't the EvoX Sportback. Just a normal, albeit, slightly improved Lancer.

[Caseybat94]

as sad as it gets... this piece of crap is faster then a gencoupe...ive seen reviews saying the gencoupe goes from 0-60 in 6.9 secs, 6.6 secs, and even 5.8 secs... so wat is the actual time? does anyone know?

[scapet8659]

so this piece of crap, as Caseybat94 says, is more crap than a HYUDAI Tibur...ahem, Genesis Coupe?

lol you are a funny person

[Caseybat94]

i know what i said its contradictory, but i still get the gencoupe over this car and any car. maybe not the sti but. sti is expensive in canada.

[CountryBoyDak]

depends on what gencoupe you want cause as every one knows the 2.0t gencoupe has a evo x engine just tuned down but sti sucks compared to an evo flat out the evo can handle way better

[FILIPINOCD]

damn that thing looks ugly at the back

[pittsburgpen]

i agree

[novan3]

Does the sportback weigh more than the sedan?

[venomviper32]

i didnt think they could make the evo look worse but i guess i have really underestimated what the japs will do

[nokia3591]

Im the 60th to view this

[nokia3591]

Im the 104th to view this

[lawl802]

i swear ta god if the evo becomes a sportback.

[anotherone10]

He clipped a cone at 1:09 LOL

[jhvalley]

niceee

[Trapv2]

WRX 265 FTW!!

[heavenlyshin]

first

[Vagmonster666]

get a life

[PATTYZ102]

agreed!!

[PATTYZ102]

1st to comment , last to loose viriginity