Fast and the Furious Part II - Page 3

The Deuce · 08-11-2002, 11:23 PM

I was playing poker with some friends of mine last Friday, and found out some insider information about F&F2. Yep, they made a second one, and personally I couldn't get enough of the first one.

One of the guys works for Mitsubishi, and actually drew the current Eclipse. Say what you will about imports, but I might work for them, if I can't land a job with Ford of course *cough, hint hint, cough*

Turns out Mitsu cut some kind of deal with the producers, and the 'bad' guy will be driving an Eclipse Spyder, and the 'good' guys will be driving EVO 8's.

I bring this up because the EVO 8 is a sweet car. AWD turbo, makes about 250bhp. It is based on the Lancer, and herein lies the problem. You can get a Lancer that looks like the EVO (ie the OZ rally edition) without the go-fast parts.

Every dumb rice kid that now drives a no performace backed kit/stickered Civic, will trade them in on a lancer. But just like 10% actually have a Vtec, about as many will pony up for the EVO and real hp. So when the movie comes out, sit back, grab a cold one and watch the newest ricer fad come out in full force.

But remember, you heard it here first, Lancer sales will go through the roof. Probably the yellow ones too.

08-11-2002, 11:23 PM	#1
The Deuce Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 2,325	Fast and the Furious Part II I was playing poker with some friends of mine last Friday, and found out some insider information about F&F2. Yep, they made a second one, and personally I couldn't get enough of the first one. One of the guys works for Mitsubishi, and actually drew the current Eclipse. Say what you will about imports, but I might work for them, if I can't land a job with Ford of course cough, hint hint, cough Turns out Mitsu cut some kind of deal with the producers, and the 'bad' guy will be driving an Eclipse Spyder, and the 'good' guys will be driving EVO 8's. I bring this up because the EVO 8 is a sweet car. AWD turbo, makes about 250bhp. It is based on the Lancer, and herein lies the problem. You can get a Lancer that looks like the EVO (ie the OZ rally edition) without the go-fast parts. Every dumb rice kid that now drives a no performace backed kit/stickered Civic, will trade them in on a lancer. But just like 10% actually have a Vtec, about as many will pony up for the EVO and real hp. So when the movie comes out, sit back, grab a cold one and watch the newest ricer fad come out in full force. But remember, you heard it here first, Lancer sales will go through the roof. Probably the yellow ones too. __________________ 1997 Mustang GT "The Freak" - 13.80 @ 101.70, 2.07 60' 1995 Honda VFR750 - not much @ really fast (actual data pending.) 1964.5 Mustang 289 Rice Haters Club Member #13