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!

By: Me.

Me. — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:30:55 +0000

this EVO X Looks good, looks a little better than the WRX I find

By: Flying High

Flying High — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:33:10 +0000

I went to the Motor Show today and I can tell you that the Mitsubishi guys are as cocky as all get up over their Evo and Subabru’s relatively lack luster stand. And the lack of the STi. Actually the best Subaru could do was put on a cardboard cut out of the WRX Rally car which was very lame.

That said, I have sat inside the VRX which is hardly different from the Evo – front seating aside. The inside feels like a cheap heap of sub 20K s*it and since that is where you will spend 90% of the time with the car, there is pretty much no chance that a lot of ppl would spend 75K (quoted price on road from the Lancer guys) on that car, no matter how good the performance.

Mitsu reckon they are going to cream the STi in the performance stakes – but to be honest I cant see that happening. Outside is excellent no doubt, inside … zzzzzz

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:05:36 +0000

Entry level for the Evo X is estimated at $60.000 . Bitsaremissing are expected to ship around 80 per month when they arrive next year. At the moment around 45 of the 1X are shipped to Australia .

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:32:53 +0000

Will be an interesting racing series next year though,with the Typhoon meant to 6 sec faster around Winton than the previous.I would think the Performance car series will be heating up. NEW EVO,TYPHOON AND M3……in it!

Agree with Toms thoughts on the subject!

By: Toyota Paul

Toyota Paul — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:03:58 +0000

Hahahah someone mentioning Typhoon in the case sentence as an Evo hahahah

By: ImportJap

ImportJap — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:50:23 +0000

Realised I didn’t post the official Press Release from a while back outlining specs (not that anyone’s listening) but here you go
http://media.mitsubishi-motors.....l1682.html

tonnes of info

By: JWFisher

JWFisher — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:46:28 +0000

Remember that this is a manual transmission – not an automatic. No torque converter. You can torque brake with this. You can shift entirely yourself,using either the floor shifter or the paddle shifters. Or, optionally, you can let it shift itself.
-Jeff
http://www.EvoXenthusiast.com

By: George

George — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:31:19 +0000

Having returned from my second trip to the motor show I can now confirm 0-100km/h is 4.8 seconds.

No one seemed to have an official figure on performance, however a conservative estimate on performance would be at least 230kW potentially reaching into the 260kW region.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:00:09 +0000

I think that if you want a high performance thrash about car then you go the evo. But if you want a big 4 door sedan that you can stuff the wife and kids into but happens to go like a cut cat then the typhoon is the better car. Yes the evo has 4 doors and its bigger now than it used to be, but if its like previous iterations it still has suspension that is much too tuned towards performance rather than comfort, and will be tiresome for long journeys on the questionable tarmac that we call roads.

By: Jamison

Jamison — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:45:41 +0000

Yeah I wouldn’t even put the Typhoon in the same class in terms of best bang for your buck. If both are around 65k, the EVO wins hands down. I’m sorry, but the EVO is a world class performance vehicle, the Typhoon is an Aussie muscle car. If you’re looking for a driver’s car for the price range of 65k, and you your options are the EVO X or the Typhoon… sorry unless your a typical tribalist… EVO is the only way to go.

In the other hand if the Typhoon was about 10k or 15k less, then it’ll obviously be the better bang for your buck. But since it isnt… then EVO.

Also, Its funny that the article mentions Subaru deviating from their fans, then says something about EVO’s race inspired performance…. Umm… The STi has not been test driven yet, and last time I checked the specification sheet is better than past STis and very comparable to the EVO X…. or unless the article was merely talking about looks?

I still like the STI’s new look… the EVO X looks great too.. especially the blue one… but the STi is still a driver’s car by looking at its specifications.