Anybody out there know if the US version of the Evo VII will be available with automatc tranny?I know,i know,but the work I do and I really can't go manaul.If not,I may go with the WRX.Your help will be appreciated!Later,Joshua

 

Take a number man...we have no real definites as far as the Evo goes. If we do get an automatic Evo, it'll be the Evo GTA. Look around the board for info on that fallacy of a car. Hopefully we'll get the GTA and a GSR (plus RS)...appeal to a broader market...We'll see...

 

Really, turbo and auto doesn't go well together. With the lag it'll feel like a civic or worse.

If you must go with an automatic i'd go with the V8 high torque N/A cars with makes city driving a ease. If you live towards the south with no snow i'd suggest an auto vette or something decent in auto form.

 

it'll definitely come in an auto

 

I test drove both stick and auto WRX's as part of a test drive event. The auto felt like a different car with zero in gear pull until the kickdown came... my RS felt faster. The stick was very nice however.

If I'm reading in between the lines properly here, are you saying that you'll be on a cell phone a lot while driving?

 

What kind of work you do? I second Billy idea of AT/MT really makes a huge difference in the charateristic of the same car.

Secondly, stick is easy to learn. It takes only days to manage the basic, the rest is just driving it everyday....

 

This is true,I will use my cel quite a bit.Also 90% of driving is in town,stop & go.I may have to change my plans.Your input has helped!Thanks again,Joshua.

 

one word, speaker phone. Oh yeah voice dialing too. These kinds of cars LIVE for gate smashing!

 

I can get ya a hands free headset if ya want man

That way you can drive with the best of 'em instead of having to settle for an auto.

Hooby

 

I have heard that the Evo is only coming as a standard. However i have heard that the Evo 8 should be coming as either a standard or automatic

 

Ok,you may have me talked into the 5spd,I think I wil be able to handle it!Speaker phone may be a way to go also.I did check out the Rally-OZ at my local dealer and it was very comfortable to sit in,even in the back seat.I guess I'll have to wait like everbody else!Thanks for all your help!Anybody out there driven the WRX,if so how does it compare with the Lancer Evo from previous years?

 

i've driven a wrx..there's even one in my driveway...never drove an evo, or actually seen a real one in person

 

lol I have seen some very fast WRX's around....

no I do not have one in my garage... Well I do but it is a stick....

Yes I have driven a EVo VI Tommi Makinen edition...red and baaaad....

before mods my WRX felt slower after mods it felt almost as fast.... the driving feeling thou is different.... that was only a test drive back to back with a euro Impreza GT that felt alot less of a car....


Cheers

T.