The best pics of the 10 here
The best is still the 2nd iteration prototype. It's an absolute shame the resultant production Evo that we recieved compared to this. The fenders and body are slightly more flared and contoured, the nose is slightly different in shape. The middle bumper has it's two vents angled and along the bottom instead of the middle. There is a bar of LEDs instead of the lame fog lights. The main headlights have fantastic interior detailing with HiDs and also banks of LEDs instead of Mitsubishi going cheap and using the normal Lancer lights to save costs. The hood is slightly different with a deeper groove for the intakes, the spoiler has a contour. The side mirrors are much more expensive looking rather than cheap Lancer OEM, the interior is much nicer. The whole thing shows high-class quality and design that is on par with some supercars.
The production Evo is very bland, it's rounded and smoothed with less agreesiveness and many parts are simply Lancer parts to save costs. I would love for somebody to make reproduction versions of these lights, the side-mirrors, and the bumper

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The production Evo is very bland, it's rounded and smoothed with less agreesiveness and many parts are simply Lancer parts to save costs. I would love for somebody to make reproduction versions of these lights, the side-mirrors, and the bumper

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Last edited by Spare-Flair; Feb 21, 2008 at 10:23 AM.
I have to agree with spare flair...... the proto is 10x the car and it would have been easy to keep it looking great instead of cheaping out on it.
Had they released something closer to the prototype I would already own one. I can live with the head lights as seen in the lower pic but the current car is garbage.

Had they released something closer to the prototype I would already own one. I can live with the head lights as seen in the lower pic but the current car is garbage.

Last edited by EVIL_EV0; Feb 21, 2008 at 08:01 PM.
Looking at it more intently, this might be on par. the one on the right in the pic has 2 small in/out lines on the right side. Could be a trans fluid cooler as it appears to be a MR based on the chrome bezel on the grill. The other one could be an upgrade to the factory oil cooler made to match and increase capacity.







































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