Here's an and for a 2006 Evo 8. Is this right?

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...r_id=234819293

VIN in the AD says it's a 2006 but this is clearly an Evo 8. What's the deal?

 

Its a mistake or someone went through a lot of trouble to make a IX look like an VIII.

 

he switched out the interior, front bumper, and rims...

or maybe they just put the wrong vin down
they never made an 8 in 06

 

its def a mistake thats a 8 not a 9.

 

maybe the person bought it in 06 but its an 05 model and the dealer took their word for it being an 06

 

Thanks. That's what I thought. I guess the real "tell tale" sign would be to see if the engine is a MIVEC. If so, I guess that would make it an Evo 9 in 8's clothing.

Either that or the VIN in the AD is not the VIN from the car. Strange.

Thanks all for confirming my thoughts.

 

good point.

 

well...... the vin belongs to an 06 igloo white evo rs but that car definately looks like an 8

 

Yeah... thats odd. Run a carfax on it and make sure all the vin numbers match lol.

 

No idea why someone would go through that much trouble ... steering wheel, seats, wheels ... everything. There has to be a mistake somewhere ... that is an VIII.

 

It is clearly a mistake. No one would downgrade their IX into an VIII. Don't get me wrong the VIII is a great car but the IX has a much better interior and front bumper. I think no one would go through all that just to make it look like an VIII.

 

think about it, swap interior and front bumper make money from it then trade it in.
Makes sense to me

 

The VIN is from an 06. So either its the wrong picture or the wrong vin

 

Well, it's the right picture b/c i went to the dealership to look at this car myself. I registered for this forum specifically to ask this question but found this thread (search FTW). I'll try to go talk to them this afternoon and get some more info on it.

In your opinion, this really being an '05 would drastically drop the asking price even with the low mileage? When i checked the car out (on Christmas so i wouldn't get attacked by the salesmen) the car appears to have been driven hard and put up wet so to speak. Every wheel had been curbed, the brakes had several large grooves in each rotor, the dealership had obviously just put on new tires (the mold flashing was still on the contact patches), and the driver's seat looks slightly deformed possibly from an overweight person owning the car before. The plastic clips that holds the seat cover around the sides was also cracked every inch or so all the way down the seat. Given this info what would be a good offer on this car, or should it be avoided all together if it's taken this much abuse to be noticeable?

Thanks for any input.

 

Its not the factory 8 shift knob... Unless mine was different then everyone elses'