Thanks to our regular reader Rohin Sureka, we’re able to bring you these pictures of the next generation Mitsubishi Lancer testing in Kolkata. Rohin’s snapped these pics at night so a few things are unclear.
1) Has Rohin caught the Lancer Evolution?
After a brief search on google images, I understood that many of the Evos don’t have badges on three locations at the rear. It is the regular Lancer which has the logo in the centre, Mitsubishi on the bottom left, and Evo on the bottom right. We haven’t tracked the car closely or driven them, we could be wrong. We’d like to know from our well-versed readers whether this is the Evo or in fact the Lancer.
2) When is it coming to India?
This test mule was spotted in one of the markets in Kolkata. As we all know, Mitsubishi has a production line in West Bengal Chennai and Rohin’s clicked when the Lancer mule was running about clocking data and miles. This doesn’t give us an idea of the launch date or whether Mitsubishi is considering it for the Indian market this year. We can assume that Mitsubishi will launch this car by the end of 2011.
3) What if this is the Evo?
Great then! The Mitsubishi Evo according to our sources will be in India in the next few months. Mitsubishi could assemble kits shipped from Japan at the West Bengal plant. Prices would start somewhere around 35 lakhs approximately.
4) Is there a market for Lancer still in India?
Absolutely. The Mitsubishi Lancer is the company’s best product not only in India but also overseas. I think the Lancer is why people walk into Mitsubishi dealerships, and in India they were having a great run with the first Lancer. The Cedia hasn’t worked as many of us were expecting it to be a mini Evo. It was neither fast nor fuel efficient. With this all-new Lancer, Mitsubishi could get back into the ring and fight the battle which it doesn’t seem interested in now.
i think this is not the evo x.because it dont have the spoiler, and the body style sow it. i think it is the 2010 lancer.
Its a lancer 2010 base model (DE) without spoilers my friend owned it in canada. As no one is buying a lancer these days they are phasing it out. It retails at around 7.6 lakhs there(starting price)
I am planing to buy this one cause EVo’s price is such an over kill. I hope HM motors launches his soon.
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It’s 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer, The available images help us to conclude that. Anyway it’s a good news that 2010 Lancer is bound to reach India.
http://www.wheelosphere.org/mitsubishi-lancer-2010-images-leaked/
A small correction. Mitsubishi does not have a manufacturing plant in WB. They are manufactured in Chennai only.
This is the Lancer EVO without the Kits.
We had posted that Mitsubishi would be launching the Lancer EVO somewhere in March as we had got these news from Mitsubishi dealer
I think its just a lancer not an Evo as it does not have a spoiler.But i can be wrong….
Thanks for the post! 