I highly doubt it's going to weigh as much as 3,500 pounds. My guess would be about 3,300 pounds. I'm fairly certain that only the unibody is 200 pounds heavier.

With the addition of an aluminum engine, aluminum doors, aluminum trunk lid, aluminum front fenders and more aluminum suspension components, I'm pretty sure it's going to be under 3,500 pounds.

All of those aluminum parts will reduce weight substantially. It would not be hard to imagine that weight reduction will be in the region of 200 pounds because of more extensive use of aluminum.

I hope I'm right with my guess.

 

Its starting to grow on me....I still need to see in person.

 

the evo X just doesnt seem to have the edge that the evo 8 & 9 have...it looks like it is going more toward luxury than full on racing. isnt mitsubishi going to change the name from lancer evolution to just "Evolution"?

 

On Motoring 2007 they said that Mitsubishi is likely going to drop the Lancer from the name.

 

why drop the lancer, coz it still is one, and it is where is came from

 

I read somewhere it was not going to be dropped.

 

it is just going to be called Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution just dropping the number X.

 

It's just going to be called 08 Lancer Evolution. Also refered as to Evo X. That is the way it is and alway will be by magazine and car guys like us.

 

looks pretty good

 

I was comparing my 08 GTS CVT with my friends EVO MR. mine has upgraded wheels and his are stock. but we both agreed that the new GTS looked better than the MR inside and out. so i think the EVO X will look twice as good as the older EVO models. only thing that could be improved in the rear is the taillights they have way too much red in them but the shape is cool. the new Lancers look way better in person than in photos, so i think the same is true for the EVO X.

 

^^Iono for some reason I like the look of the IX more than the X... You can tell the IX and older models from far away, but the X will just look like a mazda from far away until it gets closer.

 

lol if you see the 2008 from the front there is no mistake from any distance that you will get ate by the shark. i think it looks more like an acura than a mazda.

 

Sup guys.

Last Friday (June 1) around 2:30pm on the 605 heading North, near Cerritos Auto Square. I spotted this weird looking EVO-VIII, the weird interior caught my eyes. RHD, some mechanical differences from EVO-VIII.

Before I merged onto the 91 freeway, I snapped a few pics with my trusted DC (I always keep it handy in my car now). Here are the pics:

Exterior of an EVO-VIII:


Closer:


Side view:


dual exhausts (small tips resemble the EVO-X concept dual exhausts)


new-Lancer looking interior?


RHD. Fake driver on the passenger side (or is that the driver side?)


Weird bulge on the hood.



I don't know, seems like an EVO-X but with EVO-VIII sheet metals. We had some discussion over at ClubLexus, some people think it's a riced-out EVO, some think it's some wannabe-JDM EVO, others think it might be the EVO-X in disguise, just like how they were testing the GT-R under G35 coupe shell.

What do you guys think? Any suggestions as to what this could be?

 

it has to be the X jut look at the inside

 

Great pics man! I wish my hands were that steady taking pics and driving at the same time. It looks like an X in disguise to me.