Looked and drove the IX , PUTS ON FLAME SUIT

As one journo put it previous EVOS were mere "replica rally cars" , i am glad to be getting a grown up , still fast refined Evo X MR

Hopefully all the bugs get ironed out from the TC SST , and Australia Mitsu revises the silly $ 75,000 asking price then ID HIT IT after test driving it .

Cheers
Michael

 

if I was buying an Evo as a PURE daily driver, I would get the EvoX.

Assuming for a second that the X is going to be as good as the IX for mods, then the X would be a better choice for daily drivers.

if you are tracking it, then get the IX... not necessarily faster but will feel faster

 

Well im not saying that If you start with a X which is ~slower~ than a IX and you put the same parts on both of them that the X will outperform the IX... Im just saying that why if you put a intake and TBE on a IX and get X amount of Hp gain. Then Why If you put a intake and a TBE on a X You couldn't get the same number of Hp gain thats all Ill wait and see though and yes ill be getting one prolly in March.

 

You think the price is silly, then you should check out how much the base Evo X GSR cost here in tiny Singapore. A cool US$ 95k from the authorize dealer(& that considering car price now is the lowest in the pass 2 decades, and a 40% price drop from the peak of the late 90s).

I am looking forward to the SST equip Evo X. So far, there hasn't been many positive news coming out for this tranny. I am however going to hold out getting the X until a year or 2 later when all the issues have been sort out by Mitsu & there are reliable, affordable and strong aftermarket support for the Evo X ( & SST tranny).

 

95,000 USD??!? Wow, that's insanity....but I agree with you on the waiting a year or two. The SST will more than likely have one or two small bugs or undesireable performances that will be corrected by Mitsu a few months down the line, hopefully...

Aftermarket though, there should be a strong support for it as it is, there isn't a great need for R & D seeing as the majority of major aftermarket parts companies have already been playing with a JDM version for a few months now.