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Joined: Oct 2005
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From: Northwestern, PA
OK, so here's my two cents (although most of it's been said before...)
The Evo X looks like a nice machine. It will likely be faster and handle even better than our existing cars.
But-- and this is just one owner's opinion-- I think something's been lost.
The previous/current Evo has an appealing minimalist aesthetic. The parts that you touch-- seats, steering wheel, shifter-- are the best you can get. The parts that touch the road-- engine, wheels, tires, and brakes-- ditto. Everything else is just there to hold these parts together. It's obvious that the Evo's a rather low-end Japanese sedan with a lot of go-fast bolted onto it.
In fact, "go fast" pretty much defines the vehicle. The steering wheel is devoid of fiddly buttons controlling radio volume and whatnot; our cars don't have automatic climate control or cruise control because these items do not make the car go faster. No power seat adjustments? Who's going to be driving the car besides you anyway?
The Evo doesn't suffer posers gladly. If loud and rough and summer tires and no stability control are too high a price to pay for your fun-- if you're not willing to invest some quality time in learning the capabilities of the car-- then may we show you this nice BMW or Mazdaspeed or STI?
Additionally, the Evo's one of the last cars that's easy to work on in your garage. Interior bits pop out obligingly for you to run the wiring to your radar detector, or to swap the positions of the gauge pack and the radio. An entire industry exists to satisfy your urges to modify the car to your personal taste.
We can't blame Mitsubishi for moving the Evo upscale. As I noted, it will be a better car on paper, and sales will doubtless increase, which is something the company desperately needs.
But still...the first thing I noticed in the interior photos of the Evo X was that the huge button laden spokes of the steering wheel will make it impossible to get the kind of firm, intimate grip you can get on the current Momo wheel. And that kinda says it all.
The Evo X looks like a nice machine. It will likely be faster and handle even better than our existing cars.
But-- and this is just one owner's opinion-- I think something's been lost.
The previous/current Evo has an appealing minimalist aesthetic. The parts that you touch-- seats, steering wheel, shifter-- are the best you can get. The parts that touch the road-- engine, wheels, tires, and brakes-- ditto. Everything else is just there to hold these parts together. It's obvious that the Evo's a rather low-end Japanese sedan with a lot of go-fast bolted onto it.
In fact, "go fast" pretty much defines the vehicle. The steering wheel is devoid of fiddly buttons controlling radio volume and whatnot; our cars don't have automatic climate control or cruise control because these items do not make the car go faster. No power seat adjustments? Who's going to be driving the car besides you anyway?
The Evo doesn't suffer posers gladly. If loud and rough and summer tires and no stability control are too high a price to pay for your fun-- if you're not willing to invest some quality time in learning the capabilities of the car-- then may we show you this nice BMW or Mazdaspeed or STI?
Additionally, the Evo's one of the last cars that's easy to work on in your garage. Interior bits pop out obligingly for you to run the wiring to your radar detector, or to swap the positions of the gauge pack and the radio. An entire industry exists to satisfy your urges to modify the car to your personal taste.
We can't blame Mitsubishi for moving the Evo upscale. As I noted, it will be a better car on paper, and sales will doubtless increase, which is something the company desperately needs.
But still...the first thing I noticed in the interior photos of the Evo X was that the huge button laden spokes of the steering wheel will make it impossible to get the kind of firm, intimate grip you can get on the current Momo wheel. And that kinda says it all.
Clearly, Mitsubishi is moving away from it's raw, rally-bred, barely street-legal car that was the previous Evos. Hell, from what I understand the Lancer isn't even going to be their new rally car platform (the Colt is, I believe).
What it seems like is that the new Evos are going to be equivalent to the old 3000GT-VR4s - high tech performance car showcases, with as many "gee-whiz" options as they can cram into it.
Will it perform better than the current car? To early to say at this point, but those of us who enjoy the personality of the current cars will have to look elsewhere in the future to get our fix.
I'm sure that this new Evo will bring in much needed cash flow to Mitsubishi, and for that I can't blame them for doing what they did; they are a business after all. But it also means that I'll probably be going to another brand when/if it comes time to look for a new car.
only time will tell with what you can and can't do with this car... everyone seems to be jumping to conclusions when they haven't even seen or driven the car yet. be patient- afterall they said this will be the most powerful evo to date
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Joined: Apr 2004
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From: Boston
Personally, I think that Mitsu might go the way of Subaru and just release the Evo X as a single model (no RS or MR) prolly priced around $35 - $37K and have a Ralliart version of the Lancer aimed at the WRX priced at around $25 - $30K.
Can u do this for me, take this picture, fill in the plastic part with the same color as the car, and make it GG, and Apex Silver! I wanna see how it looks with paint instead of the plastic, and i mean the whole thing, not just the middle piece.. like also the bottom metal n top metal n stuff
Thanks!
Thanks!