More news on the Evo X
January 23, 2007 by Alborz Fallah
I am suprised by CarsGuide interest in the new Evo X. The Evo is a car that I am sure 99% of CarsGuide employees would be embarrased to be seen in. Infact, CarsGuide, Drive and many Australian magazines tend to refer to the Evo and the WRX STi from Subaru as a “boy racer” car, piloted by ‘wannabe rally drivers‘ and so forth and so forth.
Well apart from forking out $200,000 on a WRC spec Impreza STi from Subaru (which you can’t even register for normal road use) how else can you come so close to buying cars that have again and again proven their capability on all terrains! Why are SS Commodore drivers not referred to as ‘wannabe V8 supercar drivers‘ after all, at least the Evo and the STi share some type of characteristics with their rally brothers, whilst the Holden and Ford V8 supercars tend to differ from each other in little but chassis and badging.
Anyway back on topic, the Evo X is coming, in 2008. Yes I know, I am keen to get my hands on one too, but we’ll have to wait till 2008 before we can pilot this new generation rally car. Some interesting news suggests that the Evo X will have an increase in power from 206kW to about 236kW and torque up from 400Nm to 441Nm. From what is currently known, it will still be a 2.0L engine and not a 2.5L engine which is now found in the STi.
Of course, it wouldn’t be an Evo if it wasn’t faster than some cars 5x its price. The Evo is set to do that 0-100km/h dash in an absolutely astonishing time of under 4.5 seconds. We are talking Ferrari and Porsche times here! The Evo will also feature, as usual, a whole heap of new gadgets to give it far superior handling than its predecessor.
- “Super All Wheel Control”,
- active suspension and steering,
- active brake control technology
- electronically controlled four-wheel drive with active stability and yaw control and an active centre differential.
It will be interesting to see if the 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STi will be able to still keep pace with the Evo X, lets just say 2008 is going to be one hell of a year for rally car fans!
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One thing to note is also the 6-speed double cluth automatic gearbox.
EVOs suck ass.
Oh here we go, John the bogan. What is it this time? A Subaru hoon who cannot afford an Sti (who would buy an STi instead of an evo though), a Commodore driver who can’t afford to upgrade to the new model, or just a true bogan who knows that no matter what car they drive or if they somehow steal a supercar they know the Evo will easily outhandle them.
Whoever that John guy is, ur a dickhead.
EVOs rule, the styling looks sweet and the performance is pretty good for its price. For all u wannabe rally drivers out ther, this is not the car for u. this is a car for the guys who like 2 take corners with speed and not hit another car on the way out of the corner.
Davo – i second that…. im glad the price is higher than the evo 7 8 & 9 – keep the little shits away from them and only for those who can drive fast and not just in a drag. in fact let “john” stay with the shopping trolley WRX…
Bring on April when i take delivery of the MR EVO X