Review: 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart

"Factory rice" rides are always a conundrum. On the one hand, they're rife with unabashed cheesiness: grotesque rims, offensive exhaust notes, a prominent wing and assorted cladding. Yet they're too expensive for the teen tuners at which they seem targeted. So who's buying these augmented econoboxes? Guys like me: 28-year-olds torn between adolescent rebellion and conformist careerism. So, can Mitsubishi's entry in this semi-nihilist Nipponese niche, the Lancer Ralliart, fulfill the existentially-challenged man-child's need for wheels?

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