According to DSPORT, for less than $900 in upgrades, you can gain an additional 25.5 peak wheel horsepower. On their dyno, the Evo X made 271.4 hp and 269.2 lb-ft torque stock. After installing a new air filter ($40), they were generating 282 peak horsepower; after a new exhaust (that happened to be 15 pounds lighter than the stock exhuast also) they were putting down 291.5 horsepower ($700). A new intercooler pipe ($245) brought the final figures to 296.9 AWHP and 288.2 lb-ft torque.

Pretty nice numbers, if you ask me…

Currently, the Evo is the only Mitsubishi product worth a damn. Everything else is easily surpassed by multiple competitors. Imagine what would happen if they made the Galant (currently a car with zero identity or charisma) into a really sweet machine, instead of a wannabe Camry. The talent and potential are clearly on tap.

The mileage is a real downer for a small car like this. I know buyers of this type of car are not supposed to care about economy but feeding this machine 5 dollar a gallon premium at 22mpg on the highway is going to hurt. My truck gets 19 for heavens sake.

I would suspect most buyers will customize the interior with various carbon fiber, aluminum and painted pieces, so the Gladware is not necessarily a bad thing, it shows the money went into the driveline and suspension and that is a good thing.

I believe the Mitsubishi still compete on Rally events especially on Paris to Dakar Rally. That’s why they built the outlander and Evo X.

carlos,negros, I believe you reading the old news about Mitsubishi. Mitsubishi Motors of America has a different management than the Main office in Japan. In America Mitsu are run by American management not Japanese style of management. The only Japanese car that is reliable is Toyota. Period. But I still love the Evo and regular Lancer because I don’t see them a lot on the roads.

You can’t hold the M3 with one finger doing 65 mph
on a hair pin. BMW is not the only car in the world. I wonder why Ford has the best selling car in Europe then BMW?
yes 30 buck will last 3 days on my Lancer. Because I don’t have a heavy foot and I only tap the gas pedal not STEP ON IT. How? you have to see me to believe me.

The price is irrelevant if it speaks your language, and I have an old Talon turbo that gives me an idea what this vehicle is about –fun. It sure ain’t about whether or not a Corvette gets better highway mileage if you pussyfoot it, or the quality of its interior compared to a Mazda MS3.

If you think it is, then please return to worrying about corn juice, the price of gas, and why GM is now saying in its latest annual report that its internal accounting controls were out of whack last year, and may not materially disclose its true financial condition. Who’da thunk that?

I have done about 10 track days in my Evo and taken it on two 4000+ mile road trips and three 3000+ mile road trips. It has been on the George Washington Bridge, at the corner of Hollywood and Vine, on The Tail of the Dragon, and it’s been on parts of Old Route 66 in every state through which The Route passes. I also know that it will do 0-50 in 6 seconds on the beach. It would be a gross understatement to say that I like my car very much.

The Evo X is a spectacular car by comparison to almost anything. With the X, Mitsubishi addressed many of the flaws which afflicted the VIII and IX. But the X also lost the sharp edge which made the prior car special: the steering. An Evo VIII’s steering feel and turn-in is a singular experience almost without equal in automobiledom. By comparison, the steering in the X is merely…. “quick”.

I’ll be keeping my VIII. The X isn’t even on my shopping list at the moment.

But, oddly, my fantasy car is an X with its flaws addressed thusly:
– weight trimmed to 3200 lbs
– 6th gear added to the manual tranny, with 6th geared for highway cruising (unlike the 6-speed in the IX MR)
– battery and other space-hogging junk moved out of the trunk back to where they belong
– fender bulges replaced by the more subtle, Audi-esque flares seen on the Concept X
– gaping front maw replaced with…anything

Regarding the pricing comments: $35k is not an unreasonable price by comparison to the prior models. In 2003 the VIII was almost $31k with wing and sunroof. The Evo has always been G35 money. But the G35 is a 3-series competitor. The Evo is an M3 competitor. On a performance basis, anyway….

The Evo has the performance of a $55k car with a the interior of a $15k car. Average that out and you get $35k. I call that a good freakin’ deal.

Five stars? I wouldn’t even want to be seen driving one of these. For the same money, I would rather have a used M3.

All that tells you is the relative size of the gas tanks, not how good the mileage is. Full boost on the Evo is (I believe) 11.8 psi, so the air flow, and hence fuel flow, power and mpg, is roughly equivalent to a 3.6 liter normally aspirated engine.

But no-one buys these sort of cars worrying about mpg. It’s a little too focused for my needs; a hatch or wagon Ralliart, if they ever exist, would possibly make a good replacement for my current WRX wagon (the new Subarus are just too ugly to consider).

Guess I’ll just wait for the Ralliart Lancer to show up. So what if it has ONLY 235hp? It’s got the old Evo’s AWD system and it SHOULD only cost $25k, same as the MazdaSpeed3 I’ve got my eye on.

conversely, i saw a silver bmw 128i convertible just up the block – it looked not so fantastic. it looked pudgy. plus it was being towed away by the nypd.

The Evo may have a 4 cylinder engine, but it’s a highly tuned powerplant with a turbo (how else do you get 300hp out of 2 liters?). It also has AWD, which adds a lot of mechanical drag. Get the dual-clutch tranny and add in more of that drag. Lastly, the sedan is an inferior aerodynamic shape.

It’s no wonder why the Corvette will get better-to-comparable mileage. It’s got a simple V8, RWD, less weight, and better aerodynamics.

$30 bucks to fill the lancer’s tank?

it costs $45 for 11 or so gallons of premium in a crappy old focus (but thats in illinois)

I just want to say is that the Evo X is a totally different car especially that has all advance electronics that you cannot find under $35,000

Probably the easiest counter is the Corvette which is rated at 16/26. The combination of its tall 6th gear and the LS engine allows for efficient highway cruising. I know a guy with a decently modded Evo IX putting out 500hp (Z06 level) and he can barely manage double-digit mileage …highway. In the future, I’d suggest being a little more open minded towards non-Lancer products.

Sorry, I am too old for the boy racer image. Also, I am not complaining, I am simply stating that this car may be mispositioned. Price-wise it no longer fits in its intended market, and image-wise it’s still stuck in the “Civic with a fart can” buyer appeal.

Just like saying that Coke taste like Pepsi.

I spent $30.00 buck for a full tank on my Lancer and my friends spent almost $80.00 buck for a full tank on their V6 and 8. I get 25 mph on city and 28 on highways. Driving a Lancer is the thrill is in your spine and it will never go away it is always there when you start the car.

The Bimmer, Audi and Benz dont’t have the S-YAC,SST,Active Control differential, brembo breaks,NAV,Recaro seats,650 watts rockford and fosgate sound system with sub woofer etc etc.

Michael Karish is totally honest with his review and he is not dreaming. Before you judge a product by it’s Label try it first before you complain. Go to the nearest Mitsu dealer and test drive a Lancer and Evo X then you judge the product.

If you love cars too old is not an excuse.
Tell that to the oldest Indy 500 car driver.

The price of Evo’s is always been $35,000 with all electronic gadget except for New England overprice Evo’s

Or are the negative points raised about the Evo similar in importance as it’s tow rating? If that’s the case, it should be a lot clearer because I’d expect a 5/5 car to be a “Wow!” not a “They didn’t screw it up completely.”

I only pay $35.00 for a full tank and 6 to 8 Cylinder will cost about $60.00 to $70.00 for a full tank.