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2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Estimated base price: $30,000
0-to-60-mph time: 5.0 sec
Quarter-mile time: 13.8 sec @ 102 mph
Yes, it's slower and heavier than the outgoing model. Sharing a chassis with the Dodge Caliber can do that. The sorcerers at Mitsubishi, however, still managed to hew an altar for worship from this common log.
Although "quick" here describes a 0-to-60 sprint, which the Evo X does in five seconds flat, this car is quick in everything: It stops sooner than the Evo IX and laps the skidpad faster, matching the last Ferrari F430 we tested.
Power and torque are up from the Evo IX to 295 horsepower and 300 pound-feet, thanks to an all-new engine sporting Mitsubishi's MIVEC variable valve timing. It remains to be seen whether the all-aluminum 2.0-liter 4B11 is as responsive to modification as the easy-to-tune outgoing 4G63.
We will also have to wait to see what the six-speed dual-clutch sequential transmission (Mitsu calls it Twin Clutch SST), as installed in the MR edition, will do to acceleration numbers other than make them consistent, as the Evo, like almost all four-wheel-drive, manual-transmission-equipped vehicles, is fickle to launch.
Will the Evo's natural enemy, the Subaru Impreza WRX STI, be slightly quicker in a straight line? We'll see, but as with the last generation, quicker doesn't necessarily mean better. And perhaps softer doesn't mean worse. When you sat in the outgoing Evolution, you simply knew that hard-core motorhead engineers birthed it while wearing big speed-furnished smiles. You have to wonder whether a Rockport-wearing product planner is smiling this time at the thought of conquest sales. We still prefer our pasta al dente, but we will miss the harsh edge of the Evo IX.
Estimated base price: $30,000
0-to-60-mph time: 5.0 sec
Quarter-mile time: 13.8 sec @ 102 mph
Yes, it's slower and heavier than the outgoing model. Sharing a chassis with the Dodge Caliber can do that. The sorcerers at Mitsubishi, however, still managed to hew an altar for worship from this common log.
Although "quick" here describes a 0-to-60 sprint, which the Evo X does in five seconds flat, this car is quick in everything: It stops sooner than the Evo IX and laps the skidpad faster, matching the last Ferrari F430 we tested.
Power and torque are up from the Evo IX to 295 horsepower and 300 pound-feet, thanks to an all-new engine sporting Mitsubishi's MIVEC variable valve timing. It remains to be seen whether the all-aluminum 2.0-liter 4B11 is as responsive to modification as the easy-to-tune outgoing 4G63.
We will also have to wait to see what the six-speed dual-clutch sequential transmission (Mitsu calls it Twin Clutch SST), as installed in the MR edition, will do to acceleration numbers other than make them consistent, as the Evo, like almost all four-wheel-drive, manual-transmission-equipped vehicles, is fickle to launch.
Will the Evo's natural enemy, the Subaru Impreza WRX STI, be slightly quicker in a straight line? We'll see, but as with the last generation, quicker doesn't necessarily mean better. And perhaps softer doesn't mean worse. When you sat in the outgoing Evolution, you simply knew that hard-core motorhead engineers birthed it while wearing big speed-furnished smiles. You have to wonder whether a Rockport-wearing product planner is smiling this time at the thought of conquest sales. We still prefer our pasta al dente, but we will miss the harsh edge of the Evo IX.
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