Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Spy Shots
July 4, 2007 by Alborz Fallah
Spyshots have become somewhat planned. Car Companies know full well if they are taking their cars out on public road, there will be thousands of people capable of taking high quality photos.
We have been lucky enough to have photographers spying on the new Ford Falcon and the Renault Laguna testing in Australia, however most manufacturers tend to do little secret testing in Australia and most spyshots come from Europe or the U.S.
Today saw the first real spyshots of the 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STi , the arch nemesis of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X, testing at Germany’s Nurburgring. Mitsubishi have been far less stringent in keeping the Evo X under cover, we believe this is mainly because the Evo X actually looks good! While the new STi needs covers!
Images of new Evo X testing at Nurburgring hit the net today. We wonder if the STi and Evo X were on track at the same time! That would have caused a few raised eye brows.
The new Evo X will come with a redesigned and lighter high-performance 2.0-liter turbocharged MIVEC engine with an aluminum cylinder block. Subaru have moved onto a 2.5-liter engine in the last few years, although Mitsubishi engineers believe the 2.0-liter engine will still compete.
Power is expected to be on par with the STi at around 220kWs while 0-100km/hr times will sit under 5 seconds. The Evo X will land in Australia by late December or early January – price is expected to be around the mid 60s. CarAdvice are working hard to attend the launch!
Images courtesy of KGP Photography.
Tags: Mitsubishi Evolution X, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X
I’m not a Mitsubish fan, but I’d be lining up at the dealer for one of these if I was in the market for a Subaru WRECKS (WRX).
Cheers
Steve
GOD that looks good!
Oh my god… I’m a big fan of the Evolution range… and I can safely say that this Mitsubishi’s biggest stuff up since the AWD Magna back in 2004.
Why would they ruin such a great car with an ugly arse like that!
It makes it look like an Alfa-Romeo!
Not good Mitsubishi… Subaru will once again kill you in performance.
Yuck! Prototype looks good but this, no way!!!
OMG…. this car looks awesome. I’ve been the biggest WRX fan you could probably find for many many years. I drive WRX 03 and was waiting for the new WRX 08 to arrive before upgrading. But there is no way I’d be going for WRX08 now after seen how the new model looks like.
This new Evo will put the end to WRX. Everyone I spoken to from WRX club are saying the same thing and no one is planning on upgrading to 08.
To be fair
we should wait for the new STi to compare apples with apples.. but nonetheless, the 08 WRX is butt-ugly.