Comments on: 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Official Details

By: Chew

Chew — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:35:44 +0000

It says 2 gears are preselected making shifting gear faster.

Is that for both upshift and downshift or just upshift ?

Would that make downshift slower ?

E.g. say you’re at gear 5 on the MR, would the engine assume you’re going to upshift so it preselects gear 6. What if you intended to shift to gear 4 ?

In that case, the prselected gear would need to be disengaged and changed to gear 4, causing downshift to be even slower than a normal manual ?

Just a thought someone I chat to mentioned.

By: Duck

Duck — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:50:15 +0000

Looks terrific…i’ll have it in blue thanks and i need the keys!

By: GETAGRIP

GETAGRIP — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:08:56 +0000

FlyingHigh: You really need to compare apples with apples and oranges with oranges when talking about these cars. You can’t compare the interior of a $160k BMW with that of a $65k Mitsubishi and draw a conclusion. The EVO X ‘will be’ a brilliant car, but EVO’s have always been plastic fantastic and that is what you will get for $65k. Mitubishi have decided to spend there $65k budget on making this car a drivers car, that means insane engineering and nuts technology. If you had $65k to spend and you wanted one of the best handling cars in that price bracket then the EVO would be the obvious choice. IF you decide that you would prefer the luxury interior then you would probably opt for a new BMW 320i or similar.

Similarly the bloke who argues the Typhoon is a better car….yes it’s in the same price bracket, but what exactly are you basing your conclusion on? If you want a car in the $65k price bracket that pulls like a freight train from 100kph and upwards in a straight line then sure, go the Typhoon. But if you are arguing that the T will out handle the EVO then…no, I would suggest not.

The thing to remember is that as your budget increases, the more of the cake you can have – hence the Audi and BMW Super Tourers have the engineering and technology of a space station AND the interior of a Paris based fashion house.

I don’t think in all honesty you could accuse Mitsubishi of not giving you enough car for your money.

My budget is around $65k, and I for one will be hovering at the Mitsi Dealer, cheque book in hand, when this EVO hits our shores.

By: bob head

bob head — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 00:30:19 +0000

this lancer is the ugliest heap of cereal box junk ever. wtf! what were they thinking?

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:15:48 +0000

I have been driving a WRX STI and was waiting for the release of the EVO X. Got bored waiting especially after seeing the price climb above $70K (It is only a Lancer)

Purchased SS V8 and I am stroked great package and the 20′ Rims set it off nicely. Got leather seats two all for under $50K. VERY HAPPY

By: Flying High

Flying High — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:38:55 +0000

Sexythang if you were right, then why is an RS4 decked out to the hilt? or an M3? or any number of sport mercs? You are wrong I am afraid. The interior does make a difference and the inside of the Evo looks (at this time) ot be very ordinary. If you wanted spartan interiors for this sort of cash you would go for a Lotus which really is a road registered go kart…

By: Sexythang

Sexythang — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:47:07 +0000

for people buying sports cars…..only thing they need to consider is how the car makes them feel.

tradiotionally evos arent suppose to have a luxury quality in the cabin. so no need to complain about this point. any meagre increase in luxury is a bonus but not essential for the car.

performance wise i beleive will be equal among sti and evo. but sales wise i beleive the evo will cream the sti.

By: Timbo

Timbo — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 07:54:38 +0000

I understand that its a totally new car and revised tech however the Aussie dollar has increase some 20 odd percent against the yen in the last 12 months and the pricing schedule in Japan is starting around the 3.7m Yen mark. At current conversion rates (aussie v Yen [105]), how does this equal $60k, sure shipping costs but that is minimal. Please lets see some revised costing rather than a price scalping at old aussie dollar values.

By: Toyota Paul

Toyota Paul — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:05:30 +0000

Yeah flying high thats the inmpression I got form images released, that interior looks ordinary, if they are asking $70k its stretching it on its performance credentials alone… the STi will be close enough in terms of performance but its interior is awesome… and afterall you spend most time cruising in any car on the road, at least do it in comfort! I will have to check the Evo out when I go to the motorshow in a coupla days.

By: Flying High

Flying High — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:25:23 +0000

I am talking about the **inside** of the Evo. If the Lancer VRX on which it is based is anything to go by it will be mediocre – in my opinion, the look has already dated and the car has not even been released!