Check out
www.wrc.com to keep up to date on Mitsubishi's rally doings. The latest articles show that Subaru approves of Mitsubishi's sabatical and that Mitsubishi just got the former-tech leader of Peuguot's 206 rally project. In addition, Delecour supports the move to the Colt over the Lancer Evo. He doesn't believe it has the long term holding power. At the very least, Delecour wants a much lighter Lancer Evo.
Here's a link I grabbed from the rally forum (thanks, Ales):
http://www.mitsubishi-cars.co.uk/colt/
I don't know what year this is, but here is a picture of the Colt: