I grew up thinking that the eclipse was Mitsu's badass flagship. Then 2fast2furious came out and i behold a mitsu hanging with the eclipse. The asian tech guy in the movie called it an "evo" but i couldn't relate.
Around here you dont see evo's cuz its extremely difficult to ship over, so no exposure.
But i was always a big Lancer fan. End of 2007 and the new base Lancers come out. I go on the internet to do some research and i come across "Evolution X". Liked it, saved for it, bought it and now i love it

 

First time that I had heard of them was when I bought my Civic from a Mitsu Dealership back in 04 and the salesmen were talking about them being so excited to get a EVO at their lot. Then about a week later I went to grab a bite to eat and there was this bad *** car sitting in the parking lot with people surrounding it, I asked the guy at the window what kind of car it was and he told me it was the new EVO. From then on the car was the car that I wanted and eventually 6 yrs down the road got an X.

 

WRC circa Evolution III-IV.

 

Grand turismo 1 or 2, bought the Evo 6 for
Rally races and fell in love lol.

Orginally wanted an Evo in 2003 but shortly
Found out Canada was gay and was
Forced to get an eclipse gt. Turned out to
Be a great first car/summer toy, still have it too.

I followed the evo's lineup for years waiting to
Get one here! I couldn't settle again but this time
With an sti. Finally they came in 08, picked one up new in 2010

 

can't recall. I knew about them before F&F came out. I can remember getting excited when the US finally got their first Evo... and STi for that matter... and the WRX.

 

From WRC racing, I remember Tommi Makinen was driving evolution in the early 2000's.

 

That must be 6.5

 

I honestly don't remember. I think it might of been back in 06 when the 9's first came out. Since then it became my dream car. I just purchased a GG IX MR Friday

 

First like when I saw ekin cheng played in movie called Legend of Speed II. The race again my all time favorite Evo 5 vs gc8. Here link but no subtitles.

Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTbLdkrEgJ4&sns=em

 

Probably in 2003 to 2004 time frame when they came out in the US, and started showing up in the car magazines.

 

gran turismo 1!