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Velocity

Kinda looks like a civic from the front. I like the current model better.

kalix

I agree with you. The new X looks overdone.

snizzle

What? Ugly.... Ha!

I don't agree obviously. I think the X is an improvement. I'm excited to see it in person.

Akisan2

Being an Evo owner now, there's few pros and cons on the 9 to 10 conversion.
I am very happy about 4g63, and it is very tune friendly, and quite easy to achive 320-330whp on the 9 mivec motor. 4B11T, only time will tell about how that engine will do.
But in general, I feel like the general structure on the car(current evos) is a bit "cheap"(Don't quote me on that ) At least from my personal opinions. There's alot of rattles here and there...nothing crazy, but a bit irritating.

X looks like it's going to enter a bit more into "Luxury" department along with its legendary performance that evo has been known for a long time. Either way, I think Mitsubishi will be very sucessful with X, and that's good for the company.

But in general, I am extremely happy with my 9. Let the modding continue

RotaryP7

Looks nice. I wouldn't mind buying it.. Although, I already have an 8..

konradk

Ohhhhh that looks niiiiice! ive been on the scoobie side of the old STI-EVO debate for the LONGEST time, but the X is really looking to change that. The EVOVIII looked like a Pontiac Reject, and the IX was just ho hum, but the X is turning it ALL around for me!

(that and uh..... 08 Impreza:

mikefrombarrie

This car is alot worse then a regular civic!!!

3032Lbs for a front wheel drive car
60/40 weight distrbution
152 HP 2.0l engine


Are we suppose to get all excited when they come out with the "evo" version.???yes, it will probably have 290Hp. But, it will weigh another 500Lbs on top of the base lancer and the weight distbution will be the same.

Ike

I have no idea who you are, but it only took one post for me to realize you're a moron! Yet another guy spouting off that have never driven an Evo.

mikefrombarrie

Actually I have driven an evo and STIs, and they are really well modified economy cars, nothing more.

saturn

There have been a lot of dumb posts as of late, but man, that was right up there with the best of them. Also, you forgot to criticize the Evo's main weakness -- its cheating turbo1!!!11fortyseven1!!1!

PoorCollegeKid

As opposed to:

2800lbs for a FWD car
61/39 weight distribution
140hp 1.8L engine

Doesn't seem like the Civic is much better to me Besides, if the new Evo is anything like the old ones, it really won't have much in common with the base Lancer besides the interior. It's kind of hard to say how good or bad the car will be when we don't know a single spec yet.

mikefrombarrie

true, but the whole thing in "modifying" a base lancer is the same as modifying a civic. yes it will be better. But its really nothing to get excited about. I thought Americans were patriots!! What about the marvel of engineering that a Corvette is?

That is an amazing car!!

Ike

So the Corvette with its pushrod engine and leaf springs is an egineering marvel yet the Evo is a lancer with a few mods? You're a complete and total idiot.

mikefrombarrie

Don't even compare an Evo to a Corvette.. LOL

well lets see, we have a car that has 400hp with torque to match and it weighs in at 3250Lbs. There is nothing wrong with a leaf spring suspension, it does it the job and it saves weight. So whats the problem? Same thing with the pushrod engine. The corvtte does 0 to 100mph in under 10 seconds, there is no car out there that can touch the value for the performance.

point is... The corvette with smoke your evo, on the street and on the track. not to mention the Z06 and the superchargered version which is coming out this year.

funspork

Ugly car.

Ike

The only thing to marvel about with a regular C6 vette is how bad the shifter is and how little driver feedback it has. Don't get me wrong, they are impressive cars for the money, but they're hardly automotive nirvana and I'll take an Evo or Elise over a Vette during a trackday every time. And no, a C6 will not smoke my Evo.

saturn

The whole point is that it's like that from the factory. It has a warranty and will be covered fully by insurance. You start adding parts to a Civic and your warranty is gone and most (if any) of the parts won't be covered in an accident. On top of that you'll never make a Civic look good. I have never seen a Civic that looks as good as the Evo X. They're always tacky, disproportionate, and cheap looking.

You say it's nothing to get excited about, but give me another car in the vicinity of ~$35k that's got a warranty, covered fully by insurance, 4-door, 4-seat, large trunk, that will go around a track or in a straight line as fast as it does. I know it's not the car for everyone, but you are out of your mind if you think it's not special.

And comparing it to a ~$45k, 2-door, 2-seat, rear-wheel drive Corvette is stupid. Why don't we just compare the RX-8 to a Yaris.

Ajax

DUDE! A Yaris would smoke an 8 in a straight line and in the twisties! And it looks better too!

Steiner

The Evo is not a hopped up Lancer. If you'd ever driven the two you would know that. It sounds like the Evo X will put this streak to an end but, at least up to now, the only thing they shared was the same crappy interior, trunk and front exterior door panels.

Design1stCode2nd

Comparing an Evo to a vette is just well stupid. Lets see four door sedan, FWD based AWD system with a turbo 4. And a RWD, 2 seater coupe, 400hp V8 that costs 10k more.

While I liked the looks of the Evo X concept better than the Prototype X with it's more flared wheel arches it still a good looking vehicle. Not beautiful but purposeful. I'm expecting some serious numbers and great reviews with all the techno wizardy mitsu has put into the handling.

And as far as the Vette and the Z06 goes lets see how well it handles the New GT-R.

Luftwaffle

Nothing pwns the 8 in the twisties... except for the Crossfire.

9291150

Never drove a C6, but the C5 shifter did suck. Otherwise I heard the driver feedback really improved in the C6, though it still may not be as good relative to a 911. I think the Elise/Exige may be in a class of one in terms of driver feedback.

Also never drove an Evo (don't sell 'em here), but I heard it has great feedback. But a C6 would smoke an Evo, the thing is slightly lighter, 400hp, endless torque, etc. afterall. You'd have to have some pretty decent mods to overcome that diff.

Ike

Around a track all it it would really take are basic boltons to keep up with or beat a C6 Vette. There are guys running mid 11's at around 120 that still have their stock turbo. For less than $1000 you can get 330whp and run very low 12s in an Evo IX. Spend more and stock turbo guys are making up to 400whp.

As much as I hate to use Top Gear as proof of anything...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVST9Un8XDw

You'll see that the C6 vette is about 1 sec. slower around their track than the old FQ320 Evo, which is about the equal of an Evo IX with an exhaust. Their results may be a little off, but the fact remains the same, it doesn't take much to make an Evo be able to take a C6 Vette around a track or even in the 1/4 mile.

mikefrombarrie

How do they test these cars anyway?!?! A "Honda" Nsx faster then a C6 Corvette in a straight line? I don't think so.... Also, they reviewed the corvette and pointed out how bad it is. And then they pick the corvette in another show as the best overall sports car?

Also, the "track" testing that they do is just as bad! They were testing a FWD Audi TT 1.8 and it was faster then the Mazda RX-8?? There is NOWAY that the
RX-8 is slower then the TT 1.8, even in a straight line!

When it comes to "Top gear" don't take their reviews seriously.