I have read all the for and against comments on the X vs the IX,etc......I figured the best way to get to the bottom line was to drive one.

I went to Nashua Mitsu (NH) on Wednesaday, brought my IX MR with me and asked them to appraise mine and let me go for a ride in a new one. They let me take a black GSR....only for 11 miles though.....with a terrified salesman in the front seat....that was kinda fun actually.......

I love my IX, but I could easily see me driving and X as well......yes it is not as fast in stock form, but man did it handle great......drop the X about an 1" all around + a couple of bolt ons (Cat back, filter, oil) and it looks like they are extracting some serious power out of the 4B11.....

Believe me...I love my IX......but the X is a winner for sure....next year this time there will be so many aftermarket parts that every X owner will be smiling from ear to ear every time they tromp it!

....so screw the idea of selling the IX for the X.......I want both! (Apex Silver please)

The X I drove did not have the areo package - I thought that looked good.....the sticker price is going to be the killer for this car $38,200 for the GSR is some big $$$ for a Mitsu......and that's not an MR!

I can't wait to see what the X Ralliart brings us....I think this car will be a hit too.

So yes, the next gen X is bigger, heavier, more refined and more costly than the previous models - just like every succesor to the previous model.

IMHO - the X is awesome - I would love to own one.....maybe some day.....so congrats to all you X owners - you have a beast of a car that will ***** slap just about anything out there! And to all us IX and earlier owners....our cars rock too -with just a bit less refinement. Either way - its all good!

Keep it going mitsu.....bring us an RS asap too!

Sick Speed

 

At first I thought you traded the IXMR for the X. lol

 

Great, unbiased review. I think that both cars are awesome too, and if I could own a 9 and a X I would be all for it. I can only afford one car, so I had to pick which one I liked better, and for me it was the X. I tell you what I really wish I had was an EVO 6 tommi mackinen edition sitting next to my X. That'a the best evo ever made from what I've heard and read. SUPER-RAW!, but you can't get them here in the states. Oh well, let us know if you end up getting a X!

 

i drove the black one first, beat the shnots out of it, thing studders at WOT in higher RPMs

 

Now thats one unbiased fair review

 

Thanks Man!.......its hard as a previous gen owner to see the old out and the new in, but its hard not to appreciate what mitsu has done with this line of performance cars.....

 

wait until you drive the new GTR and then you would want the it more than X.
you have to live with the car in order to compare it.

 

and you know whats awesome? they're not expensive in california.
i got mine for 30,089 after loyalty rebate.

 

umm yea i wanna drive the gtr please
there is not a dealer in the U.S. that will test drive the gtr

 

You make me want to buy the X.
Maybe I will wait for The X MR.
Or... Nissan GTR Spec V.

 

Good review.

Captain obvious to the rescue! I would have thought that the million threads about that would have already answered the reasons for it.

 

i liked that he didnt say one was any better than the other and just said he liked them both in their own ways

 

Seriously, you got to do a 11 mile test drive. They wont even let me sit in a X

 

.....it helps having a few grey hairs...and an IX MR!

 

Thats incredible - how much was the loyalty rebate?