Purchased a 2007 Lancer for my son and daughter to drive. Hoping to teach son/daughter some car car and maintenance as well. Dealer parts dept. in columbus oh says the factory service manual is not available. Is this the case or is there just no profit in it for the dealer. I know from past cars I have had that the factory manuals are expensive, but very detailed and accurate. My hope was that the factory manual would include nice general descriptions of the different groups to help in understanding how they are supposed to work. I did purchase an e-bay manual that was labeled as being for 2007 to 2009 but indeed it was for the 8th generation model beginning with 2008, excellent manual maybe one of the best I have ever seen. Hoping to find the proper 2007 if it exists or do you just use the 2006 knowing little if anything changed for the 2007 year model. Any suggested sources or should I just watch ebay? Thanks for any replys!!

technically there was no 2007 model lancer..

Understand there is no difference between the 07 and the 06 so I will look for a service manual for the 06. Just currious if they published a service manual for o7. My owners manual says 07, placard on car says mfg. in Dec/ 06. How far back in years could I go on the service manual where there was significant difference in model years?

i mean technically there was no 07 -- they just called all the leftover 06 old body styles 07s.. because the new model 08 was the new body style introduced early.....so u have too use the 06 repair manual .. which if u order the set from the dealer is probably around 300$