Thanks for all your honest comments. Tonight I picked up a 2003 Lancer Evo. I got it for under invoice price with no haggling. It was a pleseant experience. There are many obvious trade-offs and I wish I could have had them both, but in the end, I felt I was getting more performance for my buck with the Evo. It is not going to keep its value as well as a Mini, but the initial discount helps in that respect.

Off to the EVO forums. Take care.

>>The EVO is an impressive machine, but I can't get over the $30K+ sticker price for what essentially is a beefed up Mitsu Lancer sedan (And the looks are very AZtekish for my taste)still contend the MCS is a hard to beat deal for $19K-$20K base admission price.
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>>I am glad to see that the small car market is heating up each year with very good contenders in the class.
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>>Before plunking all that hard cash on an EVO, make sure that that car will hold its resale value once the initial appeal has wore off.
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>>A base MCS with JCW still $5K cheaper than a base EVO.