The October 24 issue of autoweek has a good article on the EVO X. It also has pictures of all the evo's from the EVO1 to the EVOIX. It says the car will have in the region of 300HP and instant response at all engine speeds thanks to a flat torque curve. Roll on 2007!!

 

The big questions will be US specs/price versus european/asian specs. The article talks about an advanced computerized suspension (yaw control, etc) and a paddle shifted automanual. If we get all that stuff the price increase will be huge. Just another car well out of my price range... There's plenty of them already.

 

I think Mitsubishi has done a great job keeping the price fairly reasonable on the VIII and IX. These cars have been their only "plus" in the last couple years and I cant see them pricing the X too high for the average Joe to afford. Anyway I will hope its priced in my range as it looks pretty impressive to me.

 

That cover shot was awesome.......still cant stand the Integra like tail lights though.

 

i am not sure if I like X yet.

 

is there pics anywhere?

 

plenty
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thanks burningmoney, i thought they had new pics.

 

gonna go grab it right now!

 

Soo any idea if the x will be out in 07 as an 08 model or out in 06 as an 07 model.

Unfortunately this might make the tuning of the ix a little worthless if its only out for 1 yr!!

 

no way you'd put R&D in a new model and only have it out for one year. This should be out in 2007. whats with the ghey red lugnuts? Ricer

 

I just received that issue.

What I found interesting was the Evo timeline that was published. What's up with the older Evos having 276 hp, and then the Evo VIII being rated with 271 hp?

I did notice that the earliest Evos were weighing in at about 2600 lbs, and had about 246-250 hp. I'd be interested to see how fast those versions were, because that's a pretty decent power/weight ratio.

 

I like it. A more mature look for the Evo. People who thought BMW's had it over the Evo in terms of "chick magnet" may want to reconsider.

 

the X is so damn ugly

 

I ve seen a seperate thread on the X on how it actually looks. The front headlights are more like the VIII or IX ( they dont have the stupid TL or the new civic look). I forget but it only shows the front not the rear- end. People were sayin its a repost but u can see the headlights were totally different.