[silviaS15]

Mitsubishi Taiwan just added the Lancer iO 2.0 and Lancer Fortis 1.8 to the current Fortis 2.0 lineup

[CosworthKid]

From certain angles the headlamps look very 3-Series

[silviaS15]

and the taillamps remind me of the Lexus IS

[CosworthKid]

You know what i just realized? That the Chinese car industry has achieved dramatical improvement in absolutely 0 time and a lot of their new cars actually look as good or better than many current Japanese ones. Take this Lancer for example, it looks really nice but compared to some new Chery cars Mitsubishi hardly seems to have made much effort or progress the past 20 years! If Korean and Chinese cars can catch up to them so fast it is definitely an alarming sign for Japanese makers. And with examples such as the butt-ugly Versa/Tiida, boring Corolla, ugly Impreza and nothing-special Civic sedan the only Japanese maker who actually seems to be awake and alert as far as design is concerned is Mazda!

[Superamerica]

Originally Posted by CosworthKid

You know what i just realized? That the Chinese car industry has achieved dramatical improvement in absolutely 0 time and a lot of their new cars actually look as good or better than many current Japanese ones. Take this Lancer for example, it looks really nice but compared to some new Chery cars Mitsubishi hardly seems to have made much effort or progress the past 20 years! If Korean and Chinese cars can catch up to them so fast it is definitely an alarming sign for Japanese makers. And with examples such as the butt-ugly Versa/Tiida, boring Corolla, ugly Impreza and nothing-special Civic sedan the only Japanese maker who actually seems to be awake and alert as far as design is concerned is Mazda!

The Chinese auto industry already is an alarming sound, not only for Japanese carmakers, but for carmakers throughout the world. I agree in part with your criticisms toward the Japanese automakers, but at least they're making profits and expanding their market share globally. The US automakers are the ones who should be even more concerned with the advances in the Chinese auto industry. They keep losing market share in their home country, are downsizing operations and cutting market share in order to stop bleeding cash, and are struggling to survive. Chrysler may not even make it without a major partner. Personally, I only buy Detroit and will support it 'til the end, but I think US automakers are struggling to compete with Europe and Japan (operationally, at least, because product-wise Detroit's made some huge improvements). I still have hopes for Detroit and still hope they will soon be what it once was - the standard of the world in automotive engineering. But I will lose all my hopes once China dumps their cars here in America. We were able to survive the Europeans, Japanese and, recently, the Koreans. But I don't think we can manage to survive another blow to our industry. Especially if China starts making cars that actually manage to remain repairable after a 10 mph collision, sell them for a fraction of the competition's price and with a Wal-Mart-like money-back guarantee customer satisfaction policy.

[Cozz]

I can't believe they down right copied the headlights from the 3series.

[Steve Neill]

The tailights should be on the back of the USDM Lancer here instead of the ugly flat "smoked" red ones we have.

[hks786]

Originally Posted by Cozz

I can't believe they down right copied the headlights from the 3series.

+1



+



=

[Eugene]

yeah those taillights and headlights, with the US grille would look way better. maybe for a facelift?

[basti08]

If the regular Lancer Fortis had Mitsu's once traditional split kidney grille. It would look much like the current 3 series. Even the design of the front foglights and airscoops are almost similar. You absolutely have an idea from where they patterned it.