Very Old Question Pop backs to my head..

"Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW." (aya-yu) 12/22/2013 at 16:30 • Filed to: None

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If you rally a 4-door saloon like one of those, what's inside the rear door?
If it's empty, why don't make it two doors and save some weight?

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 12/22/2013 at 16:35

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Like this?

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Goshen, formerly Darkcode 12/22/2013 at 16:39

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Yes, Like that.

I think it's mitsu's problem..

Milky > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 12/22/2013 at 16:41

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Less doors, less problems. #CoupeLife

Baber K. Khan > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 12/22/2013 at 16:43

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Homologation have something to do with it.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 12/22/2013 at 16:44

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Not necessarily.

nanceman > Goshen, formerly Darkcode 12/22/2013 at 16:48

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When the heck did they make that?!? Is that a 2?

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > nanceman 12/22/2013 at 16:51

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It's a coupé Lancer, yes.

nanceman > Goshen, formerly Darkcode 12/22/2013 at 16:55

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Okay, that's a fail, it's not an Evo, it's a lame Lancer with a ridiculous front bumper.... That's no rally car.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > nanceman 12/22/2013 at 16:56

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My point is that there was an opportunity to build a 2-door Lancer Evo.

nanceman > Goshen, formerly Darkcode 12/22/2013 at 17:01

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True... So much potential.

I always wonder if Subaru would've kept building WRX coupes if they'd been smart enough to bring the car here before they canned the coupe. Funny thing is if they had I bet it would've sold like hot cakes to NASIOC members and Mitsu would've built the damn thing... Instead we had to wait for the freaking bug eye.

For the record, however, THIS is the most badass Evo!

Because Wagon!

zachaput > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 12/22/2013 at 18:16

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XJDano > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 12/22/2013 at 18:18

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Another structure integrity column, stress braces and stiffness.

Dusty Ventures > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 12/22/2013 at 19:10

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We actually progressed from rallying an Impreza coupe to an Impreza sedan (not by design, that's just how it worked out) and those two extra doors are actually great to have. It gives us a place to put the helmets on long transits (previously I'd have both the driver's and my helmet in my lap), it gives us a quick and easily accessible place to have the tool bag, and it provides us with a place to mount things like the cool suit unit where it's out of the way but still easily accessible. I love having four doors.

Added note in regards to other rally cars: I've seen the back door space used for shovel storage at winter rallies, tow rope storage, and the mounting location for a satellite tracking unit, among other things.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Dusty Ventures 12/23/2013 at 01:48

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I see..
I once do some amateur rallying using my 4-door kia, but i left the car 4-door because i'm too lazy to make it a coupe. And i'm almost never used the rear space..