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'Evolution' car dissed by Red States

Home of the American car, so obviously a lot of "buy America" types in this state.
Really low. Maybe the Evolution is terrible in snow.
This is a Mitsubishi ad slogan. I'm not making this up. Really.
'Evolution' car dissed by Red States by Colin Purrington.
The quote is from the official marketing web site. There are no plans to release a "Lancer Creation" version, as far as I know. Las Vegas is probably driving the odd sales data for Nevada (it was a filming location for the Evolution-featurin' flick, "Too Fast Too Furious", I think UPDATE: I'm wrong about this). Not sure what is up for Maine. I probably need to rerun the statistics using "18-44 males" to get a more accurate estimate of the underlying car-buying population that favors Rally and NASCAR models. And, to be fair, I should include a control car (e.g., Galant) from Mitsubishi, just in case the red states have a tendency of "buying American", which probably plays a part in these data. Income level is also negatively correlated with voting for Bush, so the above data are also explainable by Evolutions being too expensive for many in Red states. 
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msamaclean © Melanie  Pro User  says:

LOL ;-)
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vladcole says:

Great analysis. =) I hear red states also prefer to use ethanol, since fossil fuel is actually impossible. The earth was created 6,000 years ago, far too recent for anything silly like fossils and dinosaurs to have existed.
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Brian1625 says:

Yeah, whether or not it's American plays a major role in red states. Along with the Galant, maybe try the Eclipse. And consider the Honda Civic, because it's in the same size and sells very well. As well as Evo's arch enemy the Subaru WRX STi [but then you have to factor in dealership locations]
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4Leaders says:

You forget that in the red states driving distances are probably further. They want something that will be comfortable on longer drives.

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Colin Purrington  Pro User  says:

Good point! Do the long drive distances cause the redness in the first place. More time listening to talk radio?? Exposure to diesel fumes?
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