There’s nothing quite like the smell of an afternoon shower on a stinking hot day. But be warned: the smell of steam coming off the bitumen is a heady reminder to stay off the roads, because there’s craziness afoot.

Scientists have worked out what it is in the spring air that causes hayfever. Now I think [...]

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We’ve recently spent a bit of time behind the wheel of Mitsubishi’s latest Evo and the tightly-wound little jigger is one of the office favourites at The Motor Report. So when news reached us that a competition version was debuting this week, we had to find out more about it.

If you like your Mitsubishis a [...]

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Mitsubishi Motors Australia has announced that the shapely 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback is now on sale throughout the country, expanding the Lancer range and giving Mitsubishi a direct competitor to the Lancer’s long time rival, the Subaru Impreza.

The Australian Sportback line-up consists of the base model ES, the mid-range VR and sporty-ish VRX. The ES [...]

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In a further step along the evolutionary path for transmissions, Mitsubishi has announced that it will be selling its Outlander SUV with the option of a Twin-Clutch SST gearbox, the same one currently found in the EVO X.

The high-performance gearbox will initially be offered in 2009 as an option on the Outlander 2.2 Di-D with [...]

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Leaked images of Mitsubishi’s Lancer Prototype-S found their way onto the internet last night ahead of an expected Geneva Motor Show unveiling in March. Although its being called a prototype it is really closer to being a production car and is basically what we can expect when the Lancer Sportback Ralliart hits the streets.

The Lancer [...]

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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation are planning to take the wraps off their Prototype-S concept at the 78th Geneva International Motor Show which runs from March 4 through to March 16. The Prototype-S is a sports hatchback with wide-and-low proportions that echoes the 2005 Concept-Sportback, which Mitsubishi claim identifies their new design identity.

The Prototype-S is powered by [...]

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Mitsubishi have treated Detroit Auto Show attendees to the unveiling of their Concept RA, an eco-friendly coupe concept. Devised as a showcase for Mitsubishi’s developing “green” technologies the Concept RA is unfortunately, strictly a concept and a production version is not planned.

The Concept RA uses diesel power to achieve high-performance with low fuel consumption. The [...]

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Tipped by TMR to be the performance car “bang for your bucks” buy of 2008, the Mitsubishi Ralliart has been formally announced by Mitsubishi today. With the Evo X and the Impreza STi squaring off, the Ralliart has the standard Impreza WRX firmly in its sights.

The interesting news here is that the Ralliart features Mitsubishi’s [...]

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The guys over at Carscoop appear to have received details from Mitsubishi Europe concerning the upcoming 2008 Lancer Ralliart and if the price is right, it has the potential to be the small car performance bargain of 2008.

Confirmed specifications include a full-time AWD system with Active Yaw Control and an Active Centre Differential. If that [...]

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Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited have just announced that they will unveil the all-new Lancer Evolution X, on October 11th at the Australian International Motor Show in Sydney. Until today, we were not expecting to see the Evo X until the Tokyo Motor show but all that appears to have changed and Aussie motoring fans are [...]

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Today the new Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X goes on sale in Japan, and details have arisen from the company’s official press release about different specifications of Evo’s available.

PRESS RELEASE

Tokyo, October 1, 2007 - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation announces today that it will launch the Lancer Evolution X high-performance 4WD sedan, newest of the company’s legendary vehicles, [...]

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The coming 62nd annual Frankfurt Motor Show or IAA (Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung) is the world’s largest motor show and this year’s is destined to be bigger than ever. If it was a music festival Volkswagen would definitely be headlining. With a 9000 square metre show stand and no less then 8 new cars to debut, the [...]

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