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"My past week was spent in Mitsubishi&amp;#039;s Lancer Sportback Ralliart. And while we gave it positive reviews when we evaluated the car several months ago, my enthusiasm tripled when I actually spent more than a day or two behind the steering wheel. I drove the wheels off of this thing, taking it to meetings in Los Angeles from our Newport Beach offices, and even to a few nice restaurants in the Hollywood area. The car is amazingly peppy, thanks to its 237 bhp turbocharged inline-4. It came mated to the SST semi-automatic transmission, whose gearshifts are lightning quick in both manual or full automatic. I left it in full auto in the sport mode, where it provided a bit more bias toward performance than comfort...exactly how I like it. The grip provided by the all-wheel-drive system came in handy here in Southern California because we&amp;#039;ve been getting an unusually high amount of rain, prompting our local news channels to really play up &amp;quot;Storm Watch 2010.&amp;quot; It seems rain becomes the lead item in L.A. even when it sprinkles. After a tiring trip to Spain, it was nice to get into something familiar and comfortable. The Sportback body style, especially its hatchback rear door, made it a breeze to carry my luggage. This thing is virtually a station wagon, but with so much more performance and style than your everyday family hauler. My only complaint would be its small gas tank (14.5 gal.), which required more fill-ups than what I&amp;#039;m used to, but it registered about 23 mpg with my lead foot, so I&amp;#039;m not complaining too loudly. The car starts at $27,590, while the Sportback GTS comes in at an affordable $19,190. Related posts:  Wrap Up: 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MR Mitsubishi Releases Teaser Video on Upcoming Lancer Evolution &amp;quot;SE&amp;quot; 2013 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Hybrid: Fast, Sporty and Green!  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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