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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Feb 05, 2008 9:41 am) Click here for entire press release Did not want to fill this post with the entire press release so here are some excerpts: Mitsubishi Motors reported that consolidated net sales in the first nine months of fiscal 2007 (April 1 through December 31, 2007) totaled $18.25 billion (one trillion 947.3 billion yen), a 26 percent increase of $3.78 billion (403.2 billion yen) over the same period last fiscal year ($14.47 billion or one trillion 544.1 billion yen). The gain stems principally from higher sales of vehicles in Europe and in Asia and other regions and from favorable yen exchange rates. In North America, the company sold 134,000 vehicles in the nine months from April through December, up 11,000 over the same period last year. Sales in the United States for October through December were down 3,000 units year-on-year, impacted by increased market competition stemming from growing uncertainty about the future of the United States economy due to the sub-prime loan problem. The gain in sales for the period is attributable to factors including continued firm sales of the new Outlander and new Lancer models and to higher sales in Canada. In Europe, Mitsubishi Motors sold 254,000 vehicles, a 23 percent year-on-year growth in volume of 48,000. This gain was attributable to fast sales of the new Outlander and new Lancer, with the fast expanding Russian, Ukrainian and other East European markets acting as the main engine driving the growth. Mitsubishi Motors leaves its full-year net income forecast of $187 million (20 billion yen) unchanged as it expects to make up extraordinary losses incurred through the closure of its production facility in Australia by raising the profitability of its operations. |
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one can be proud of!  Here again is the new 2009 Mitsubishi Eclipse. That color of yellow with that front grille treatment, the Mitsubishi logo in chrome kind of disappearing inside, is growing on me here. Nicely done, Mitsubishi! An observation...clearance with the bodykit, like on my '08 Lancer GTS, is not a whole lot. When coming to one of the street crossings in my little town, I have to slow down a lot. If I don't, I hear the "crunch" of the overhanging kit scraping the street. Never a severe "crunch", just a little scrape to let you know the kit is there. 
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Feb 09, 2008 3:07 pm) Hey iluvmy..., I got to take a long look at a Lancer GTS yesterday while I was in a fast food restaraunt. Man, it certainly is a good looking machine. The guy was in the drive through (that had a long line) so it really gave me a chance to admire it. Blue is not one of my favorite colors, but it did look good on the GTS due to the nice angles/creases that it has. |
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Feb 09, 2008 3:07 pm) I'm sorry but I have to disagree. I don't care for the new grill. Maybe it will look better in person but in the pictures it looks like a big empty hole. I've got a problem with that wing too. I suppose it will appeal to the younger driver but old farts like me like the more subdued current one. Maybe I'm just biased because I have a 2008 but I would like to see Mitsu do something more than cosmetic changes to the Eclipse. Get rid of the cast-iron engine block to get weight off the nose, for example. Eclipse sales are down to about 1000 per month (from a high of 2500). I think they have to do more under the skin.
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Feb 10, 2008 6:45 am) Mitsu has upped the horsepower from 263 to 265 by adding that dual exhaust! Imagine the oohs and ahhs of others whenever they see that 09 Eclipse and think -- "That car's got a whole 2 more horsepower under the hood" 
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treatment of the '09 Eclipse GT that has grabbed me by the eyelashs and gotten me to do a double-take. I like how they shaped the gaping black hole in the center diammetrically off to each side, with the Mitsu logo in chrome inside the black area. Looks very shagadelic to me. I agree, mikevegas06, it will be fun to take a gander at the '09 Mitsubishi Eclipse non-GT models and see how they do the front end. It was the last picture of the yellow Eclipse I posted above that just grabbed my attention...it grew on me the more I looked at it. The rear spoiler is large, but heck, the rear spoiler on my '08 Lancer GTS is substantial, too, but I think Mitsu did a good job with it and although it's not something I pine for, I would rather have it than not have it on my '08 Lancer GTS. |
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Feb 09, 2008 3:07 pm) |
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Replying to: mikevegas06 (Feb 10, 2008 8:05 am) Good point. But at least that is an effort to change the car itself rather than just the look of the car. My problem with Mitsu's efforts is that the criticism of the Eclipse by enthusiasts has been very consistent, they fault the engine, the handling and the weight. I've never heard anyone bashing the looks. |
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tough crowd. 
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Feb 10, 2008 3:24 pm) Just tough love.
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