OK, so the 8 was officially released in the US in 2003. For USDM, from what I've been reading, there were no other model variances for that year. So would an owner of a USDM Evo 8 (like me) have an Evo RS by association of the other versions from the proceeding years? Or is it just an 8 without any other designation?

 

Should just be an viii

 

03 Options

Big Wing/Small Wing

Sunroof/No Sunroof

 

Right, but none of those are designated by an MR/GSR/RS/etc..

From what I can tell, I've got a big wing and no sunroof but it doesn't really make the model different than those with a sunroof and a small wing.

 

That's what I was thinking too.

 

Correct no model nomenclature in 03 they are all just EVO VIII's

 

just an evo VIII, later on down the road you had the GSR/MR/SE/RS models

 

03 came plain 8's technically it's a GSR cuz they only came with everything electric. So it's either GSR or SSL, 04 is when they added the RS model

 

GSR didn't make it to the USA until the Evo X.

03 is just a standard Evo, 04 has the standard, SSL, and RS, 05 has the standard, RS, SSL, and MR, and 06 has the standard, RS, MR, SSL, and the SE.

 

Except, I have an '04 SSL. Nice synopsis, none the less.

 

Typing on a phone it's too easy to miss something haha

 

you correct there is not different models on the 8 after 2005 is when you start looking different models

 

Thanks for clearing up my weird confusion.