📰 Auto News Mitsubishi's Ralliart Performance Arm Killed By Carpocalypse

[Mook]

Mitsubishi's performance subsidiary Ralliart, responsible for the company's past WRC and Dakar efforts, will wind down operations this month in advance an April closing. With poor sales they've decided to get rid of the one factor making Mitsubishi cars exciting.

This comes via the Japanese paper The Daily Yomiuri who sites company sources. What this means for the Ralliart variations of their Lancer and Evo vehicles is unclear, but it makes us wonder what there's to like about the company unless it's crossovers and electric cars.

http://jalopnik.com/5490177/mitsubishis-ralliart-performance-arm-killed-by-carpocalypse

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[Bob Kazamakis]

 

[KaMaSuTrA]

Much like when GM Performance Division went under, it sucks.

Mitsubishi as a whole has been trying to piece itself together for a long time prior to the whole carpocalypse. Their shady history with hiding safety concerns really fucked their image and their compromises on engine technology left much to be wanted in comparison with other cars in its class.