Posted on 18/01/08 By F.B
Posted on Fri Jan 18, 03:27 by CTZ
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Thanks for uploading all those pics. Nice cars overall. The "flame" car is a bit to bright inside for me personally. HKS did a decent job; gold on black. Is Ralliart the company connected to Ralliart the little brother of Evo X?
Posted on Fri Jan 18, 11:36 by SCOOBYdooby, Part Time Cartoon Character, Neverland
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hello,
can anyone tell me why japanese cars are limited to 280 HP? government restriction or a deal between manufacturers?
i appreciate if someone esp from japan can give me a detailed explanation. ( i never had chance to talk to a japanese
i find it silly cuz it puts japanese cars back of the competition. is there a hope that this limitation can be removed? for gods sake, if you think speed is dangerous , then put the speed limiter around 200km/h or 100km/h but dont restrict the HP..
THANKS FOR ANSWERS
Posted on Sat Jan 19, 12:11 by nihauh, artist, Sydney, Australia
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Does this mean Mitsubishi is going back to rallying in the WRC Series? ( with the red EVO X w/ front foglamps )
Let's hope it does. It's were the EVO Series belongs and is in it's own element.
Dunno why but the new Subaru STI was allowed by the Japanese gov't to by-pass the allowed restrictions on quoted horsepower.
Posted on Sat Jan 19, 12:46 by Snappy, Arizona
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Great coverage! Can you post some pics of the new Fit besides the Mugen version? Thanks in advance.
Posted on Sun Jan 20, 09:08 by Monkey
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I think the Evo X will stick to group N, WRC is home of the hatchbacks and that's probably why Subaru went that way...about the 280HP "limit", I believe it was a restriction applied by the government, same for the tacho showing only 180km/h and the highways being limited to seventy kilometres per hour (!!!!!), now that's harsh...
There is a big contradiction between technology, power and respect of the environment in Japan the way I see it...
Posted on Mon Jan 21, 07:42 by Tiresguy, Tire sales, California
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That Mitsu clot looks awesome, too bad we won\'t get that car in the US.
Posted on Mon Jan 21, 10:24 by GAG, Tokyo Japan
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To Monkey >
It was true that in the past JDM had some kind of gentleman agreement (I am not 100% on this one) on the output of each car to a max of 280... But it seems that such agreement is no longer true.
Posted on Thu May 29, 05:34 by srikanth, Computer Analyst, pittsburgh
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The sub 300 HP rating was a gentlemans agreement between the JDM manufacturers. There was no government involvement.
